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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 438
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 24 YOM SPLITTING WOOD ON LOG SPLITTER, PIECE OF WOOD FLEW UP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Log splitters |
| CAUGHT FINGER ON EDGE OF LOG SPLITTER CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 16 YO M USING WOOD SPLITTER NON DISPLACED DISTAL FRACTURE PHALANGY SKIN AVULSION* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 19YMC SMASHED THUMB IN LOG SPLITTER/FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Log splitters |
| L THUMB CONTUSION: AT HOME USING LOG SPLITTER, CHOPPING WOOD LT THUMB, WAS HIT BETWEEN WOOD AND WEDGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT HAD FINGERS CAUGHT IN A LOG SPLITTER. DX: CRUSH INJURY AND LAC. TO R T 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT AMPUTATED TIP OF RING FINGER ON A LOG SPLITTER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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