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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 323
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HIT BY AXE DX. SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| STATES HE HIT HIMSELF IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD WITH A AXE DX HEAD LACEATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PATIENT HIT IN BACK OF HEAD WITH HATCHET BY BROTHER. DX: 1.5 CM LACERATION ON SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2003 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT WITH AX - SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| STRUCK SELF IN HEAD WITH HATCHET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CHI WHEN HIT AXE HANDLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND IT HIT HER IN THE HEAD DX: LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE AT HOME, AXE CAUGHT IN CLOTHES LINE AND HIT HEAD . DX: SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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