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Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 26-50 years old - Year 2008 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 218
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Date: 10/18/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT FRACTURED LOWER ARM WHEN CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND LARGE PEICE FLEW UP AND HIT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2008Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
R FOREARM STR/34YOM STS WAS CHOPPING WOOD YESTERDAY AT A FRIENDS HOUSE AND INJURED R FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2008Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUTTING WOOD WITH AXE, FOREIGN BODY HIT AND STUCK IN ARM. DX; REMOVAL FB FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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