Accidents - Hatchets or axes - Year 2003 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 69
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/27/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
52 YOM WAS CUTTING DOWN THORN TREES WITH AN AX; GOT A THORN IN LEFT UPP ER LEG. FOREIGN BODY, LEFT UPPER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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