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Accidents - Log splitters - Year 2006 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 569
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
26-50 years old:324
50+ years old:245

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/29/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Log splitters
32 YOM USING LOG SPLITTER HAD FOREIGN BODY IN PALM OF R HAND, UNKNOWN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/24/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
USING A WOOD SPLITTER CRUSH INJURY HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2006Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
CRUSHED HAND IN A LOG SPLITTER " HAND CRUSHING INJ" + MULIT FINGER FXS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2006Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LACERATION HAND - 54 YO MALE REPORTS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN LOG AND LO G SPLITTER - SUSTAINED LACERATION TO PALMAR ASPECT OF HIS LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2006Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters, Pruning or trimming equipment
HAND CAUGHT IN A WOOD SPLITTER/CLIPPER " HAND CRUSHING INJ" + TENONDON INJ/TEAR"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/02/2006Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LEFT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND WHILE USING A LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
SPRAIN HAND - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH RIGHT HAND PAIN - ONSET WHEN PULLIN G STARTER CORD FOR WOOD SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2006Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS USING LOG SPLITTER AFTER 6 BEERS AND CAUGHT HAND. DX: L 4/5 METACARPAL AMPUTATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2006Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LAC L HAND/43YOM CUT L HAND ON METAL RAIL OF LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2006Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
CONTUSION LT HAND - SMASHED HAND IN LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LACERATION HAND - 58 YOM WAS CUTTING WOOD USING A SPLITTER AND A PIECE OF WOOD KICKED BACK OUT LACERATING LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/12/2006Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT. CUT L.HAND ON LOG SPLITTER, WHILE SPLITTING WOOD. DX. L. HAND LAC. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2006Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
PT SUSTAINED A CRUSHING INJURY TO A HAND FROM A WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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