Accidents - Log splitters - 26-50 years old - Year 2003 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,399
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Date: 12/07/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
42YOMC SMASHED THUMB BETWEEN WOOD SPLITTTER AND TRAILER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
CUT FINGER ON A LOG SPLITTER DX: L THUMB LAC. / FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	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: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FX R 4TH FING/44YOM CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN LOG SPLITTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	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
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HER FINGER FROM GETTING IT CAUGHT BETWEEN W OOD AND A WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT. CUT THE END OF RING FINGER ON L HAND WITH A WOOD SPLITTER. DX. LAC /FX L INDEX FINGER TUFT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 36 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
INJURED FINGER WITH A LOG SPLITTER DX: L INDEX FINGER LAC. / CRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
USING A WOOD SPLITTER AND CAUGHT FINGER IN HYDRAULIC MECHANISM AMPUTATI NG HER FINGER TIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 37 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
37 YOM FINGER CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2003	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: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN LOG AND METAL BLADE....FX R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT. LAC TO BOTH INDEX FIGNERS ON WOOD SPLITTER THIS PM, STRONG ODOR ETO H. DX. LAC R/L INDEX FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	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 AT HOME WHEN HE FX AND LACERATED HIS RT THUMB WITH A LOG SPLITTE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2003	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: Log splitters
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE LACERATED HIS LT 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS WITH A LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
SMASHED FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER/ LAC LIF NOT WORK RELATED, HAPPENED AT HUNTING CAMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 47 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
47 YOWM GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN A *** LOG SPLITTER. DX. OPEN FX L 4THFIN GER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 28 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: Log splitters
28 YOF CUT HER FINGER ON A LOG SPLITTER LACERATION AND FX TUFT R LONG FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
46 YEAR OLD MALE FINGER SMASHED BY LOG SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
RT 5TH FINGER FX-SMASHED FINGER IN A LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
38YOM USING WOOD SLPITTER INJ TO FINGER AT HOMEDX/CRUSH INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT R THUMB IN WOOD SPLITTER AT 8:30 AM. DX. FX R THUM B, CRUSH INJURY R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN WOOD SPLITTER AND METAL WHILE SPLITTING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS USING LOG SPLITTER AND CAUGHT THUMB. DX: DEGLOVING R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Log splitters
PT. WAS SPLITTING WOOD WITH A LOG SPLITTER- HURT HIS FINGER INJURY TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2003	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: Log splitters
49 YO M USING LOG SPLITTER CUT FINGER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2003	Age: 49 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
OPEN FRACTURE L 3RD FINGER WITH EXTENSOR TENDON INJURY, INJURED WHILE USING A LOG SPLITTER, NO OTHER INFORMATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Log splitters
PT. WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER AND HURT HIS FINGER CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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