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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 352
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/03/2010 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 65YO MALE SPLITTING WOOD AND MAUL BOUNCED OFF OF A BEAM THEN CAME DOWN AND HIT HIM ON BACK OF HEAD. DX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2010 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 61 YO M HIT IN HEAD WITH LOGSPLITTER. DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2010 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 70YOM WALKING BACKWARDS, FELL AGAINST LOG SPLITTER/ SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 53 YO HIT IN HEAD BY CAP FROM HYDROLICLINE OFF WOOD SPLITTER HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/27/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| FELL AND HIT HEAD ON LOG SPLITTER; LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2005 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Log splitters |
| WAS USING LOG SPLITER AT HOME AND ACCIDENTLY HIT FACE DX: CHI , LAC TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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