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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 535
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 10 Y/O M INJURED R EYEBROW WHILE USING AX TO CHOP FIREWOOD AT HOME. DX; R EYEBROW LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT FACE WITH AXE HANDLE DX: FACIAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| FOREHEAD LACERATION.PT ACCIDENTLY HIT SELF IN FOREHEAD WHILE USING AN A XE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD AND WOOD GOT STUCK AND PT PULLED HANDLE ON AXE PT WAS HIT IN FACE WITH BLUNT END OF THE AXE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 27YMC CHOPPING WOOD WITH A HATCHET AND HATCHET SLIPPED BACK HITTING CHEEK/CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2005 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| STRUCK HIMSELF WITH AXE HANDLE LACERATION ORBIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 16 YOM LACERATES FOREHEAD WHEN STRUCK SELF WITH AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT HIT ACCIDENTALLY WITH AN AXE HANDLE ACROSS THE FACE PERIORBITAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2005 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 13 YO HIT IN FACE W/AXE LAC EYEBROW/FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT. WAS HIT IN HEAD W/A HATCHET AT HOME. DX. LAC FH, CONT HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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