Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 26-50 years old - Year 2004 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,279
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Date: 12/30/2004	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 2ND DIGIT LACERATION: CUT FINGER ON AXE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 43 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
CHOPPING WOOD TODAY W/ AXE & LAC LT HAND, BASE LIF (4CM)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2004	Age: 30 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 CUT W/AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX: L THUMB LAC 5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2004	Age: 28 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
PT CUT FINGER W/HATCHET WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX: R INDEX LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hatchets or axes
R THUMB P.W./29YOM HIT HIS R THUMB WITH BROKEN AXE AND PIECE OF WOOD ST UCK IN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2004	Age: 30 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: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUTTING WOOD WHEN CAUGHT INDEX FINGER ON HATCHET. D: FINGER LACERATI ON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2004	Age: 34 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
LEFT THUMB LAC, PT WAS SPLITTING WOOD WITH AN AX AND INJURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2004	Age: 42 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 CUT FINGER W/AXE LAST PM. DX: L INDEX LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2004	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
CUT FINGER USING AN AXE TO CUT WOOD DX: L 4TH FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2004	Age: 42 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 INDEX FINGER LACERATION: CUT FINGER WITH AX WHILE CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2004	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 ON HATCHET. DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2004	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
PT WAS SHARPENING AN AXE AND CUT HIS FINGER DX:LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 35 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
LACERATION FINGER - 35 YOM LACERATED HIS LEFT THUMB WITH A HATCHET WHIL E CUTTING SOME WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2004	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
PT WAS CUT W/HATCHET 2 DAYS AGO. DX: R THUMB 2 CM LAC W/CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2004	Age: 34 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. HIT W/A HATCHET, LAC TO L INDEX FINGER. DX. LAC L INDEX FINGER MET ACARPAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT HER FINGER WITH AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD SUSTAINED " RT INDEX LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2004	Age: 41 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
FINGER LAC-CUT ON AN AX-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2004	Age: 39 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
LAC TO LT THUMB AFTER CHOPPING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 50 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
INDEX FINGER CT-@ HOME-CRUSHED FINGER W/ AN AX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2004	Age: 29 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 CHOPPING UP BLOCKS AT FRIENDS HOME WITH AN AXE, SUSTAINED LAC TO RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME WITH A HATCHET WHEN HE PARTIALLY AMPUTATED HIS LT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT THYE TIP OF LEFT SECOND FINGER WITH AN AXE. CUTTING WOOD. DX: 3 CM LACERATION LEFT SECOND FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2004	Age: 47 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
CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE OPEN FRACTURE OF THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 27 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 LACERATED THUMB WITH AN AXE DX: 7 CM. LEFT THUMB LACERATION, REPAIRED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2004	Age: 49 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 HIT FINGER W/HATCHET. DX: 6 CM L INDEX LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2004	Age: 34 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 HIT FINGER WHILE CHOPPING WOOD W/AXE. DX: LAC L FOURTH FINGER 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
CHOPPING FIREWOOD WITH HATCHET AT CAMPGROUND AVULSION LACERATION TO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2004	Age: 32 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 HIT FINGER W/AXE. DX: L INDEX LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT THUMB WITH AXE WHILE CUTTING A GOAT. DX- L THUMB AND NAILBED LACERA TIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT THUMB WITH A FLEXION AX WHILE CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME. DX. L THUMB AV ULASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
LAC TO R THUMB W/AX YEST. DX. LAC R THUMB/CRUSH INJURY TO R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	Age: 41 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. CUT FIRST FINGER R HAND THIS AM W/A BUSH AXE. DX. LAC FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/17/2004	Age: 43 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
LAC LMF W/ AXE LAST PM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2004	Age: 50 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
LEFT 3RD FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS CUTTING BUSHES WITH AN AXE AND LACERA TED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2004	Age: 37 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
37 Y/O M INJURED L INDEX FINGER WHILE USING HATCHET AT HOME. DX; LAC L INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2004	Age: 35 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
LACERATION FINGER - 35 YOM LACERATED HIS LEFT THUMB WITH AN AXE WHILE C UTTING FIREWOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2004	Age: 43 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
CHOPPING TREE WITH HATCHET THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2004	Age: 38 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, Clothing accessories
USING HATCHET TO CUT WOOD (KINDLING), CUT FINGER, WAS WEARING LEATHER G LOVES AT TIME. DX. LAC L INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	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 STATES HE WAS HOLDING A PC OF WOOD & WENT TO HIT IT WITH A HATCHET AND LACERATED THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	Age: 26 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: Hatchets or axes
26 YR OLD MALE HAD THUMB HIT WITH AXE CONTUSION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	Age: 48 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
LEFT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS USING AN AXE TO SPLIT LOGS AND LAC ERATED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2004	Age: 47 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 COMPLEX LACERATION LEFT THUMB: CHOPPING WOOD, GOT THUMB WITH HATCHET AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2004	Age: 41 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
HIT FINGER WITH HATCHET WHILE CUTTING WOOD DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PATIENT HAD AX SLIP OUT OF HAND.AND IT HIT HER FOOT. DX: LEFT SPRAIN O. F THUMB AND CONTUSION OF FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2004	Age: 40 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: Hematoma
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE WHEN FINGER WAS SMASHED BETWEEN WOOD AND AXE. D: HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2004	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
PT. CUT HIS THUMB WHILE CUTTING WOOD WITH A HATCHET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2004	Age: 37 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
PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH A HATCHET FOR KINDLING MISSED AND CUT THUMB L EFT THUMB AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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