Accidents - Log splitters - 26-50 years old - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,527
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	995	Hand:	218
Mouth:	68	Upper Trunk:	67
Head:	67	Lower Trunk:	67
Ankle:	41

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT USING LOG SPLITTER & WAS HIT IN MOUTH BY A LOG. DX LAC TO MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
AT HOME CUT FINGER ON WOOD SPLINTER DX LACERATION LT THIRD DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2002	Age: 38 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: Log splitters
GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER - LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT CUT ON LOG SPLITTER; LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
PINCHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN WOOD SPLITTER AND PIECE OF WOOD DX: NAIL AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
WAS SPLITTING LOGS AND STEPPED ON A LOG AND IT ROLLED, INVERTING HIS R ANKLE. DX. SPRAIN R ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
CRUSHING INJURY TO FINGER WHEN USING LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
CAUGHT FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER CRUSH INJURY AND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Log splitters
PT.C/O SPLITTER (WOOD) BEING IN LT.THUMB UNDER NAIL SUSTAIN AT HOME DX-FOREIGN BODY LT.THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
SPLITTING WOOD AT HOME AND INJURED CHEST/SHOULDER. MUSCLE STRAIN TO CHEST WALL AND LEFT SHOULDER. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2002	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: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER AT HOME WHEN HIT FINGER GOT CAUGHT CAUSING A FX AND A LACERATION OF HIS LT 5TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PARTIAL AMPUTATION FINGER - PATIENT AT HOME CRUSHED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER IN WOODSPLITER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
RT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER WHILE USING A LOG SPLITT ER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT. WAS SPLITTING WOOD AT HIS HOME, SPLITTER HIT HIM IN THE HEAD LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
CONTUSION HAND - PATIENT REPORTS HE GOT HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT IN A WOOD SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
WOODSPLITTER THUMB FX/MULT LAC'S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
MOVING WOOD SPLITTER 10 DAYS AGO LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
47 Y/O M INJURED R THUMB WHILE USING WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME. DX; FX R TUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Log splitters, Clothing accessories
LT HAND INJURY-SPLITTING LOGS-CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN WOOD AND FRAME-WEARIN G GLOVES-HIT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
FINGERS CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTERLAC LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
28 YO M USING LOG SPLITTER INJURED HAND FX HAND,CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
RIGHT LONG FINGER TIP AMPUTATION. PT GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN A LOG SPLITTE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Log splitters
PT STATES HAD A SPLINTER EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
=40YOM INJ TO FINGER ON LOG SPLITTER AT HOME DX=OPEN FRACTURE LEFT 2ND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 47 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 CAUGHT FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER AT HOME. DX: PARTIAL AMPUTATION L FIFTH FINGER, FX DISTAL TIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2002	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: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
46 YO M HAND CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER FX FINGER DISTAL OPEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN WOOD SPLITTER AND LARGE LOG. DX. LAC L SMAL L FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LT 3RD & 4TH FINGER LACS-CUT ON A LOG CUTTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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