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Accidents - Log splitters - Year 2009 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 395
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Date: 12/09/2009Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LEFT HAND LAC.PT CAUGHT HAND IN A LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2009Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PATIENT SMASHED HAND WHILE USING LOG SPLITTERS. DX; 6 CM LACERATION T O LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
CONTUSION HAND - 14 YO FEMALE WAS HIT BY CORD WOOD THROWN BY LOG SPLITT ER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2009Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LAC HAND ON WOOD SPLITTER
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 05/24/2009Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
PT CRUSHED HAND IN LOG SPLITTER. DX: R HAND CONT, SUPERFICIAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2009Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS AT HOME USING A LOG SPLITTER, GOT HAND CAUGHT, CAUSING A CONTUSI ON TO RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2009Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
DX FX METACARPAL: BRUIS'G OVER R HAND & WRIST, INU W SPLIT'G WOOD, STRUCK HAND ON WEDGE BLADE OF A LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2009Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT WITH LAC TO HAND FROM A LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2009Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters, Ceilings and walls
41 YOM, LOG SPLITTER SLIPPED , HIT HAND AGAINST WALL, FRACTURE HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2009Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
C/O HAND PAIN S/P ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT INTO A METAL WOOD SPLITTER @ HOME >>CRUSHING INJ/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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