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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 946
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters, Hatchets or axes |
| 11 YOM-@ HOME FATHER STATES CHILD WAS SPLITTING LOGS W/BROTHER & GOT TO CLOSE TO BROTHER & WAS STRUCK IN HEAD W/AXE DX SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 7 Y/O MALE WAS USING HORIZONTAL LOG SPLITTER & GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN LOG AND SPLITTER DX; CRUSH INJURY RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 8YOWM PT WAS HELPING REMOVE LOGS FROM A LOG SPLITTER THAT WAS CAUGHT I N SPLITTER, TIP OF L INDEX FINGER CAUGHT W/ WOOD. DX. AMPUT L 2ND FINGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 15YOM, GOT RT LITTLE FINGER CAUGHT INTO A LOG SPLITTER, ?MECH >>AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 13YOM WITH FAMILY USING GAS LOG SPLITTER, GOT HAND CAUGHT IN DEVICE & A MPUTATED THUMB DX: AMPUTATION OF L THUMB, TRANS TO *** HOSPITAL |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/18/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| FRACTURE FOOT - 11 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH MOM WHO REPORTS THAT WHILE U SING A LOG SPLITTER A LOG EJECTED FROM THE SPLITTER AND HIT PT'S FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Log splitters |
| R RIB CONT: 14YOF FELL OFF CONCRETE PAD ONTO A LOG SPLITTER, L SIDE & BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 13YOM WAS HELPING SPLIT WOOD AND GOT FINGER PINCHED BETWEN PIECE OF WOOD AND WOOD SPLITER DX: FINGER FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| FRACTURE FINGER - 9 YO MALE STATES HE WAS ASSISTING TO SPLIT WOOD WHEN 3RD FINGER OF RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN WOOD AND THE SPLITTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 14YO M; PT REC. A CUT TO LEFT 3RD FINGER ON A LOG SPLITTER; DX: LACERATION TO LEFT 3RD FINGER# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 15YOM AT HOME USING A WOOD SPLITTER INJ R THUMB/ DX 3CM DEEP LAC R THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| DX LAC SCALP/CONJ: 6YOF HOLD' HEAVY METAL WOOD WEDGE W MOP HIT WOOD, WEDGE HIT PT IN FOREHEAD @ HAIRLINE; <1CM LAC TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 14YOM SPRAINED WRIST INJURED WHEN PULLING ON WOOD SPLITTER TRYING TO ST ART IT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| FINGER FX-13YOM-HELPING W/A LOG SPLITTER WHEN HE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN RAM & LOG |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/20/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 13 YOF USING WOOD SPLITTER; C/O WRIST PAIN DX: WRIST FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 12 YOM INJURED FINGER WHILE SPLITTING WOOD DX: FINGER AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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