Accidents - Log splitters - 50+ years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,442
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	930	Hand:	218
Face:	69	Toe:	69
Lower Leg:	62	Upper Trunk:	58
Ankle:	16	Foot:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/16/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
PT HIT HER HAND WITH A WOOD SPLINTER DX: CONTUSION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
PT STRUCK FINGER WITH A WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2004	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
LACERATED HAND WHILE USING A WOOD SPLITTER HIT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
HAND LAC-CUT ON A LOG SPLITTER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
PT GOT R MIDDLE INGER CAUGHT IN A LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2004	Age: 51 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: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2004	Age: 61 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: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
LAC L IND FING W/AVULSED NAIL & TUFT FX/61YOM CAUGHT L IND FINGER BETWE EN LOG SPLITTER AND TRACTOR IN BACK YARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
LEFT TIB FIB FX/ LAC, PT FELL OVER A LOG SPITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
PT CUTTING WOOD AT HOME AND GOT RT HAND CRUSHED BETWEEN LOG SPLITTER AN D LOG CRUSH INJURY RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 57 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: R INDEX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT. REPORTS CUTTING L 4TH FINGER W/LOG SPLITTER. DX. LAC L RING FINGER .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
FOOT SPRAIN-USING LOG SPLITTER-LOG JUMPED & HIT PT'S FOOT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
HAND CRUSHED BETWEEN LOG AND LOG SPLITTERE FX IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
PATIENT DROPPED LOG SPLITING ON FOOT. DX; CONTUSION TO 2ND AND 3RD TO ES, LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Log splitters
PIECE OF METAL FROM SPLITTING WEDGE FLEW OFF AND HIT PT. DX: FB R LEG DEEP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
SMASHED THUMB IN WOOD SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2004	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
FRACTURE FINGER - 51 YOM WAS SPLITTING LOGS AND THE MACHINE KICKED BACK INJURING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER, WRIST WAS SPRAINED ALSO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
FINGER LAC-@ HOME-INJURED ON A LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
TRIPPED AND FELL, HIT FACE ON LOG SPLITTER/ FACIAL FXS AND LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2004	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: Foreign Body
Product: Log splitters
52 YO M GOT SPLINTER IN FINGER FROM LOG SPLITTER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT STATES HE WAS USING A LOG SPLITTING MACHINE AT HOME AND CAUGHT FINGER IN MACHINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
53 YOM USING LOG SPLITTER PIECE OF WOOD FLEW BACK INTO ANKLE SPRAIN ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters, Clothing accessories
54 YOM CAUGHT GLOVED FINGER IN A LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
56 YO M SPLITTING LOGS W/LOG SPLITTER INJURED LEG CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PATIENT CUT HIS THUMB OFF WITH A LOG SPLITTER, SPLITTER MALFUNCTIONED. DX-AMPUTATION THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	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
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HER HAND GOT CAUGHT IN A LOG SPLITTER CAUSING A FX TO HER LT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Log splitters
HIT IN ABD WITH PIECE OF WOOD FROM LOGSPLITTER. DX JAUNDICE, S/P TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT. WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER AT HOME, FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
66 YOM WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT THUMB. FRACTURE, LEFT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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