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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,492
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| SPLITTING WOOD, AND HIT FINGER. DX FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | 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: Amputation |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT SUSTAINED AN AMPUTATION OF A FINGER BY A WOOD SPLITTERS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| LEFT MIDDLE FINGER FX.PT WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER AND LACERATED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER AND SMASHED (R) THUMB DX- THUMB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Log splitters |
| USING A LOG SPLITTER AND LOG "KICKED OUT" HITTING RIGHT THIGH. DX CONTU SION# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| USING A HYDROLIC LOG SPLITTER AND CAUGHT (R) 4TH FINGER UNDER WOOD HAS OPEN FX TO FINGER DISTAL PHALANX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT FRACTURED A FINGER WHILE USING A WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2008 | Age: 54 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 CUT FINGER ON LOG SPLITTER AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| HIT IN FACE WITH PIECE OF WOOD FROM WOOD SPLITTER 1CM LOWER LIP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | 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: Crushing |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT WAS AT HOME, GOT FINGER STUCK IN A WOOD SPLITTER CAUSING A CRUSHING INJURY TO LT 5TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 61 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 |
| 61 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT USING WOOD SPLITTER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Log splitters |
| CRUSH FINGER - 54 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH CRUSH INJURY TO LEFT RING FINGE R - CAUGHT FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| GOT FINGER SMASHED IN LOG SPLITTER AT HOME, HAS FRACTURE FINGER WITH HE MATOMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2008 | 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 |
| CAUGHT TIP OF FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER;HAS LAC TO FINGER. LACERATION/CONT USION RT INDEX FINGER. C |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2008 | 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: Crushing |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT WAS UNLOADING A LOG SPLITTER AND INJURED FINGER. DX: CRUSH INJURY TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 69 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 |
| INJURED USING LOG SPLITTER/ OPEN FX RT 4TH FINGR, FX RT 5TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2008 | Age: 60 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 |
| 60 YO INJURED FINGER ON WOOD SPLITTER FX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters, Other unpowered garden tools |
| CUTTING WOOD AT HOME, CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN WOOD SPLITTER WEDGE AND SLE DGEHAMMER. DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 60 YO HIT ARM ON LOG SPLITTER LAC FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2008 | Age: 63 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 GOT LEFT GLOVED HAND CAUGHT IN A WOOD SPLITTER @ HOME DX; LEFT HAND CRUSH INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | 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 CAUGHT THUMB IN WOOD SPLITTER. DX: L THUMB AMPUTATED TIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 60 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'S THUMB WAS CRUSHED IN HYDRAULIC LOG SPLITTER. DX: L THUMB PROX PHALANX FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 62 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, Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
| L 5TH FING AMPUTATION/62YOM STS INJURED FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER. ALSO S TATED WOOD CHIPPER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 72 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 |
| R LAYERED THUMB LAC. WITH REPAIR: USING A HOMEMADE LOG SPLITTER AT HOME PIECE OF LOG KICKED BACK, PINCHED THUMB BETWEEN LOG & SPLITTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Log splitters |
| FINGER CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER/ OPEN FX WITH PARTIAL AMPUTATION LT 3RD DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT CUT (L) INDEX FINGER ON A LOG SPLITTER DX- LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| R FOOT FX/52YOM AT HOME SAYS LOG SPLITTER FELL ON R FOOT. CANNOT FEEL A NYTHING IN FOOT BECAUSE OF DIABETIC NEUROPATHY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 59 YO FEMALE SMASHED FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER FRACTURE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | Age: 64 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 WITH LACERATION TO #3 RIGHT FINGER AFTER HAND SLIPPED WHILE CUTTING WOOD STRIKING THE BLADE OF WOOD SPLITTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| CUT FINGER ON LOG SPLITTER BLADE/ LAC LMF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT STATES SHE SMASHED L MIDDLE FINGER W/WOOD SPLITTER 30 MINS PTA. DX. LAC L MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 52 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 |
| AMPUTATED FKNGER USING A WOOD SPLITTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 78 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 MASHED R INDEX FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER. DX LAC,FX R INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 67 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 CRUSHED FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER AT HOME DX/ LEFT INDEX FINGER DISTAL TIP AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Log splitters |
| LEFT HAND CRUSHING. PT WAS USING A WOOD SPLITTER AND INJURED HAND AT HO ME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Log splitters |
| SUDDEN ONSET OF DIZZINESS&LIGHTHEADNESS WHILE USING WOOD SPLITTER&PASSE D OUT>> SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/01/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Log splitters |
| HIT KNEE ON LOG SPLITTER LEFT KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | 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 |
| PT FRACTURED A FINGER IN A WOOD SPLITTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2008 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 55 YO M FRACTURED FINGER WITH LACERATION CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Log splitters |
| THUMB SKIN AVULSION-CAUGHT THUMB IN LOG SPLITTER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Log splitters |
| INJURED LEFT THUMB WITH WOOD SPLITTER NEAR AMPUTATION LEFT THUMB # |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/03/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT CAUGHT L MIDDLE FINGER ON WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME. DX. LAC, FX L 3RD DISTAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2008 | Age: 59 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 |
| DX HAND LAC: HAND LAC WHILE CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME, THE WOOD SPLITTER STRUCK HIS L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2008 | Age: 65 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 |
| SPLITTING WOOD AND CRUSHED FINGER AND FX IT ALSO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2008 | Age: 54 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 |
| USING A LOG SPLITTER ANDE DEEPLY LAC FINGER TO BONE PARTIALLY AMPUTATIN G IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM A WOOD SPLITTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2008 | Age: 68 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 |
| CUT FINGER ON WOODSPLITTER/ OPEN FX LRF WITH COMPLEX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2008 | Age: 79 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'S L INDEX FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME. DX. LA, FX L AND DISTAL, INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 51 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 CUT L MIDDLE FINGER W/WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME. DX. AVULSION INJURY L MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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