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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,259
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/02/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: American Indian/Alaska Native |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 15 YONAM HIT TO ANKLE WITH AXE HANDLE BY SIBLING CONTUSION LT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 9YOM SPLITTING WOOD WITH AN AXE, FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN HANDLE & WOOD - CONTUSION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 9YOM INJURED LT INDEX FINGER WHEN HE WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE & AMPUT ATED END OF FINGER. DX: ACUTE SOFT TISSUE AMPUTATION OF LT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| A 14 YOM DROPPED AN AXE ON HIS FOOT. DX: 3 CM. RIGHT FOOT LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 8YOF CUT TOE WHILE HITTING PIECE OF WOOD WITH HATCHET TOE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 6 YOM INJURED FINGER WITH HATCHETT. DX-LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| R LOWER LEG LAC/14YOM AT CAMP SWUNG AN AX TO WOOD & WAS DEFLECTED INTO LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| L 2ND FING LAC/13YOM CUT FINGER ON A HATCHET. HAPPENED AT CAMP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 14YOM LAC RT LOWER LEG FROM HATCHET WHILE CHOPPING WOOD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 12YOM WAS THROWING AN AXE IN THE AIR AND TRIED TO CATCH IT, CUT ON HAND ; HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 13YOWM PT W/LAC TO NAIL OF L INDEX FINGER, CUT WITH HATCHET. PT ELOP ED. LAC L INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/13/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 15YOM AT HOME CUT L HAND ON A HATCHET DX 4CM SUPERFICIAL LAC L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 15 YO M CUTTING WOOD WITH HATCHET, CUT HAND. DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 15YOM WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE WHEN PIECE OF WOOD HIT R EYE DX- C ORNEAL ABRA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 14YOF WAS SWINGING AN AXE AND DEVELOPED (R) WRIST PAIN DX;# (R) WRIST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 9 YOM WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH AN AXE DX: HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 13YOM FOREIGN BODY, LACERATION TO FOREARM CHOPPING AT A TREE TRUNK WITH AN AXE PICEC OF AXE BROKE OFF AND LODGED IN PTS ARM PT TO THE OR* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/21/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 10YOM HIT KNEE WITH HATCHET WHILE CHOPPING WOOD KNEE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 10 YO M DOING YARDWORK WITH DAD WHEN A HATCHET DROPPED 2 FT FROM A TREE & HIT PT ON HEAD. HX OF HEMOPHILIA. DX;MINOR CHI, HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 7YOM, PLAYING WITH AN AX&ACC CUT LT KNEE WITH IT, +BLD CTR'D >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 14YOF CUT THUMB WITH AN AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD/ LAC LT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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