Accidents - Log splitters - 50+ years old - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,849
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,423	Hand:	220
Wrist:	68	Ankle:	68
Lower Trunk:	67

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PATIENT WAS WORKING ON A LOG SPLITTER AT HOME, WRENCE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND. DX-LACERATION RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
R THUMB CUT BY WOOD SPLITTER 30 MINS PTA. DX. LAC R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Log splitters
70 YOWM WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER AND THE LOG FLEW BACK AND INJURED THE PT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
66 YOM WAS USING A WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME AND CUT LEFT LONG FINGER ACCID ENTALLY. LACERATION, LEFT LONG FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN WOOD & DRILL END OF SPLITTER OPEN FX/DISL HAND
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/30/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
CUT FINGER WITH A LOG SPLITTER DX: L 2ND FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
DX:FRACTURE TO RIGHT 2ND AND 3RD FINGERS WITH DEGLOVING. CAUGHT HAND IN LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
AVULSION OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGERTIP ON A WOOD SPLITTER DX AVULSION LEFT MIDDLE FINGERTIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 52 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: Log splitters
LT INDEX FINGER TIP AMPUTATION-INJURED ON LOG SPLITTER-AT HOME-HAD DRANK 8 BEERS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/17/2002	Age: 71 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
LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS INJURING LEFT INDEX FINGER WHEN USI NG A WOOD SPLITER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2002	Age: 81 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: Log splitters
USING WOOD SPLITTER @ HOME, PIECE OF WOOD FELL ON HAND DX: LACERATIONS TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
HAND CAUGHT ON WOODEN STAND OF WOOD SPLITTER. DX. LAC R RING FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
74 Y/O M INJURED R INDEX FINGER WHEN STUCK IN HINGE OF LOGSPLITTER AT H OME. DX; LAC R INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
WOODSPLITTER THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT SPLITTING LOGS WITH LOG SPLITTER. RT.INDEX FINGER CAUGHT IN LOG SPLI TTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2002	Age: 53 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
PARTIAL AMPUTATION FINGER - PATIENT CAUGHT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER - TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Log splitters
PT. MOVED AND PULLED WOOD SPLITTER INTO A BUILDING CAUSING SUDDEN HIPPA IN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PT.INJ.L.5TH.FINGER AT HOME WHEN USING A GAS LOG SPLITTER TO SPLIT LOGS . DX; L.5TH.FINGER TIP AMPUTATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 55 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
FINGER WAS PINCHED BY LOG SPLITTER. NONWORK. LEFT 3RD FINGERTIP AMPUTATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2002	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
PT CRUSHED THUMB IN WOOD SPLITTER. DX: CRUSH L THUMB W/COMPLEX 10 CM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
DROPPED LOG SPLITTER ON FINGER FINGER FX/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
CONTUSION LT ANKLE, DROPPED A LOG SPLITTER ON SELF AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
53YOBM-CONTUSION LEFT THUMB-SPLITTING LOGS-LOG STUCK FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
PT STATES WAS SPLITTING WOOD & STRUCK FINGER WITH THE LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 57 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: Log splitters
57 YOM USING LOG SPLITTER FINGER CAIGHT AMPUTATED TIP OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
WAS USING WOOD SPLITTER AND WOOD JUMPED UP AND INJURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
L HAND LAC/64YOWF LAC L HAND ON A WOOD SPLITTER YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
L LONG FINGER WAS STRUCK BY A LOG SPLITTER L LONG FINGER FRACTURE WITH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2002	Age: 58 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: Log splitters
USING MECHANICAL LOG SPLITTER, FINGER AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
59 Y M AMPUTATED FINGER ON LOG SPLITTER. DX: COMPLETE AMPUTATION OF RIGHT RINGER FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS DISTRACTED AND GOT FINGER SLAMMED IN A HYDROLIC LOG SPLITTE R; CRUSHING INJURY TO LT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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