Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 26-50 years old - Year 2002 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,272
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Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT L INDEX FINGER WITH A HATCHET ACCIDENTALLY. DX. FX L INDEX FINGER, LAC L INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT THUMB WITH HATCHET DX. THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 30 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: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Clothing accessories
SPLITTING WOOD WITH AN AXE WHEN BLUNT END HIT GLOVED HAND AND LAC FINGE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
43 YO M HAD HATCHET FALL LANDING ON FINGER AMPUTATION FINGER
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/17/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT WITH AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD; AMPUTATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
NOTICED PAIN ONE HOUR AFTER CHOPPING WITH HATCHET AND PICKING UP STONES WHILE GARDENING. DX: LEFT 5TH FINGER EXT TENDON RUPTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT HIT FINGER WITH AXE OPEN FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION: SPLITTING WOOD WITH AX AT HOME, INJURED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CARRYING A HATCHET AT HOME, BUMPED HIS LEFT THUMB WITH THE HATCHET CAUSING A LACERATION. DX LACERATION LEFT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUTTING WOOD AT HOME, AXE HIT HEAD THEN FINGER. DX: OPEN FRACTURE FING ER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT FINGER WITH AN AX DX: FINGER AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT FINGER ON HATCHET-MULTIPLE LACERATIONS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS CUT W/AXE WHILE CUTTING WOOD.DX: 3.5 CM LAC L INDEX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PAIN BASE OF (L) THMB. CAR DOOR SLAMMED 1WK AGO FELT "POP". TODAY USING AXE FELT "POP" AGAIN. X-RAY(-). DX: (L) THUMB STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
46 YO M CUT FINGER WITH AN AXE LAC FINGER,COMPLICATED W/TENDON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS INJURED USING AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
RT 5TH FINGER CONTUSION.PT WAS USING A HATCHET IN YARD AND FELT A POP I N FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS INJURED USING AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT-INJURED FINGER WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE DX-2.5 CM FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
RT INDEX FINGER FX AND CONTUSION,DYSPNEA-BANGED FINGER WITH AN AX HAND LE @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT. WAS SPLITTING WOOD WITH AN AXE WHEN HE HIT THE SIDE OF HIS FINGER LACERATING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT HIT FINGER W/HATCHET. DX: L INDEX SOFT TISSUE AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS CUT W/AXE. DX: 1 CM L FIFTH FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
AMPUTATION FINGERTIP - VICTIM ACCIDENTLY CUT OFF TIP OF LEFT INDEX FING ER WITH AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT BY HATCHET; LT 2ND FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT THUMB WITH HATCHET WHILE CUTTING CHICKEN DX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
FINGER LACERATION - CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH A HATCHET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT FINGER WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AX DX: LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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