Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 832
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/05/2009	Age: 57 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
57 Y/O W/M CUT THUMB WHEN SPLITTING WOOD WITH A HATCHET AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
58 YOF LACERATED LEFT THUMB ON A HATCHET WHILE WORKING IN GARDEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2009	Age: 74 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
SPLITTING A BOARD WITH AXE DX L FINGER # 2 LAC *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2009	Age: 63 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: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS USING AN AX AND SLICED LEFT THUMB, LEFT THUMB LACERATION L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2009	Age: 56 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
PT HAS LAC TO (R) LITTLE FINGER BY AN AX DX;* NONE STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT SUSTAINED TRAUMA TO LT HAND WHILE CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME. DX-AMPUTATION OF 1ST DIGIT OF LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2009	Age: 74 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: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
L THUMB AVULSION/74YOM WHILE AT STATE PARK, WAS CUTTING KINDLING WITH A N AXE AND CUT L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2009	Age: 71 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
CUT FINGER WITH HATCHET LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT FINGER WITH AXE WHILE OUT CAMPING, HAS LACERATION WITH CONTUSION TO FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2009	Age: 77 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
FINGER LAC. PT CUT FINGER WHEN CHOPPING WITH AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
STRIANED FINGER WHEN CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT LACERATED FINGER WITH A HATCHET. DX: 2 CM. SKIN LACERATION, LEFT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
ACCIDENTALLY CUT THE DORSUM OF LEFT 2ND FINGER ON AX VERSUS HATCHED WHI LE CHOPPING WOOD>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS USING AN AXE AT HOME CAUSING A LACERATION TO LT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2009	Age: 61 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: Hatchets or axes
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A HATCHET WHILE CHOPPING WOO D AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
62 Y/O M INJURED L THUMB WHILE USING AX AT HOME. DX; L THUMB OPEN FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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