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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 231
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 04/09/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LAC TO L THIGH FROM HATCHET APPROX 1: LONG. DX. LAC L THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2004 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| STATES FELL ON BUSH AX AND SUBSTAINED LACERATION TO LEFT THIGH. LACER ATION LEFT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 52 YOM WAS CUTTING DOWN THORN TREES WITH AN AX; GOT A THORN IN LEFT UPP ER LEG. FOREIGN BODY, LEFT UPPER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS HIT BY AXE 1 WK AGO, LACERATION TO THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/1998 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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