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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,627
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| FINGER CAUGHT (L THUMB) BETWEEN WOOD AND WOOD SPLITTER. DX. LAC/CONT L THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| LEFT 2ND DIG FX.. PT WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER AND INJURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| RT HAND FRACTURE.PT GOT HAND CAUGHT IN A LOG SPLITTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2004 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| LEFT INDEX FINGER FRACTURE.PT GOT FINGER STUCK IN WOOD SPLITTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2004 | 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 |
| PT LACERATED FINGER ON A WOOD SPLITTING MACHINE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2004 | Age: 49 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 |
| PT THUMB CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2004 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 42 Y/O M INJURED L INDEX FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER AT HOME. DX; LAC L INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| INJURED FINGER WITH A LOG SPLITTER DX: L 4TH FINGER FX. / LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2004 | 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: Amputation |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 29 YO USING WOOD SPLITTER AMPUTATED TIP OF FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Log splitters |
| FOREIGN BODY WHILE SPLITTING WOOD WITH WOOD SPLITTER GOT INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Log splitters |
| AMPUTATION FINGER TIP- 35 YOM MISSING PAD OF LEFT INDEX FINGER, GOT CAU GHT BETWEEN PIECE OF WOOD AND THE SPLITTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Log splitters |
| R HAND INJ/36YOF CAUGHT R HAND IN LOG SPLITTER 20 MIN AGO AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Log splitters |
| STRAIN LOW BACK - PATIENT REPORTS HE INJURED HIS LOW BACK WHEN LOADING LOG SPLITTER ONTO BACK OF A TRUCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2004 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Log splitters |
| L POINTER FINGER TIP SMASHED IN LOG SPLITTER DX: L INDEX FINGER TIP PARTIAL AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER; CRUSH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2004 | 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 |
| FRACTURE FINGER - PATIENT CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN LOG SPLITTER AND PIECE O F WOOD AT HOME 20 MINUTES AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2004 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 42 YO DX: L ORBIT FRACTURE - HIT IN FACE WITH LOG FROM A LOG CUTTER - L OG WAS EJECTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 41 Y/O F INJURED R THUMB WHEN GOT CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTED WHILE INTOXICA TED AT HOME. DX; R THUMB NAIL AVULSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 41 YO CAUGHT HAND ON LOG SPLITTER FX METACARPAL SHAFT CLOSED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN WOOD & METAL WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH HEAVY CHOPPER DX: L 3RD FINGER FX. / LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2004 | Age: 49 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'S FINGER WAS IN BETWEEEN WOOD & SPLITTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 26 YOM AMPUTATES L RING FINGER AFTER HE CATCHES IT BETWEEN A LOG SPLITT ER AND A PIECE OF WOOD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2004 | Age: 43 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 BLOCK AND METAL WEDGE ON LOG SPLITTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| LACERATED FINGER WHEN CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2004 | Age: 49 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 |
| STRAINED BACK WHILE SPLITTING WOOD DX: LS STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2004 | Age: 45 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: Log splitters |
| FINGER AMPUTATION-WORKING ON AN ENGINE TO A LOG SPLITTER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/02/2004 | Age: 48 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: Log splitters |
| AVULSION INJURY FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS LEFT PINKY FINGER CAUGHT IN WO OD SPLITTER AT HOME JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| THUMB CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER THUMB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| CRUSHED FINGER WITH WOOD SPLITTER WHILE LOADING IT INTO HIS TRUCK DX LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2004 | 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: Log splitters |
| FINGER LAC-CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN LOG & LOG SPLITTER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2004 | 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 WHILE USING A LOG SPLITER DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 27YOMC CUT LOWER LEG ON A WOOD SPLITTER/LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2004 | Age: 32 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 |
| 32YOM UNKNOWN LOCALE CUT L THUMB ON LOG SPLITTER WHILE USING IT DX/L THUMB LAC 2CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT.REPORTED RT.HAND 3RD FINGER SPLINTER UNDER NAIL DX-FOREIGN BODY RT.2RD DIGIT S/P REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2004 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT C/O CUT ON RT LOWER LEG SUSTAINED FROM LOG SPLITER RT LOWER LEG LACE RATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2004 | Age: 49 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 |
| PINCHED FINGER WHILE UNLOADING WOOD SPLITTER/ LAC LT RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN LOG AND SPLITTER. DX: L WRIST STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 36YOMC CUT LIP ON CRANK STYLE MOTOR OF WOOD SPLITTER/LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Log splitters |
| LUMBAR STRAIN-PAIN SINCE SPLITTING WOOD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2004 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| THUMB CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER - FRACTURE THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2004 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT.REPORTED HAVING SPLTTER LT.HAND THROUGH HE HAD GOTTEN ALL OUT NOW C/O PAIN,PUS RED SWOLLEN. DX-F/B WOUND INFECTION LT.HAND W/WOOD S/P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| CUT FINGER ON WOOD SPLITTER/ LAC LIF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2004 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| HIT FINGER WITH A LOG SPLITTER DX: L 3RD FINGER FX. / LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2004 | 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 |
| INJURED SELF USING LOG SPLITTER DX. FINGER AMP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PINCHED R FOREFINGER IN A WOOD SPLITTER 20 MINS PTA. DX. LAC/CONT R IN DEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT. WAS USING A WOOD SPLITTER AND LACERATED HIS THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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