Accidents - Log splitters - 26-50 years old - Year 2009 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,435
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Date: 12/22/2009	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
FINGER LAC-45YOM-HIT FINGER WHILE SPLITTING FIREWOOD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2009	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
ACC GOT RT HAND SMALL FINGER CAUGHT INTO WOOD SPLITTER TODAY >>AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2009	Age: 46 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 USING A LOG SPLITTER & INJURED FINGER DX;* (R) INDEX FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
45YOM USING A WOOD SPLITTER CAUGHT LT INDEX FINGER IN SPLITTER; FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2009	Age: 44 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: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN LOG AND BASE OF LOG SPLITTER CRUSH INJURY TO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2009	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
GOT L MIDLE FINGER CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER @ HOME DX L 3RD FINGER LAC/L DISTAL TUFT PHALANX *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
27YOM, CUT THUMB WITH LOG SPLITTER, THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2009	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: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
CRUSH FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 10/24/2009	Age: 39 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
PT FRACTURED A FINGER IN A WOOD SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2009	Age: 50 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 CRUSHED (L) THUMB IN LOG SPLITTER DX;* (L) THUMB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING A LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2009	Age: 33 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 WAS SPLITTING WOOD, GOT (L) PINKY FINGER CAUGHT IN BETWEEN WOOD & SP LITTER DX;* FX (L) PNKY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT. CAUGHT L LHAND ON WOODSPLITTER , CRUSHING L THUMB TIP AT HOME DX: OPEN COMMINUTED FX L THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2009	Age: 28 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
28YOM USING LOG SPLITTER, CAUGHT RIGHT THUMB - OPEN FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT JAMMED FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER. DX: L THIRD PHALANX FX, SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2009	Age: 49 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
2.5 CM LAC TO PROX. PHALANX 3RD FINGER: OPERATING NEW LOG SPLITTER, CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN LOG AND METAL PART OF LOG SPLITTER, 2.5 CM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Log splitters
34YFC PUTTING FIREWOOD INTO LOG SPLITTER AND HIT FINGER AGAINST METAL FRAME/SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2009	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
PT CUT FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/21/2009	Age: 42 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: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
SPLITTING WOOD ON SPLITTER AND NEARLY AMPUTATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/19/2009	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
47YOM WHILE USING A LOG SPLITTER ACCIDENTLY INJURED LT THUMB; THUMB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2009	Age: 28 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
USWING WOOD SPLITTER INJURED FINGER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2009	Age: 43 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
FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN WOOD AND SPLITTER. DX THUMB CRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2009	Age: 44 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: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
ACC GOT RT HAND CAUGHT ONTO LOG SPLITTERS, CUTTING 2 FINGERS >>OPEN FX/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2009	Age: 27 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: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
LHD, ACC CUT LT MIDDLE FINGER AFTER GOT CAUGHT ONTO THE BLADE OF WOOD S PLITTER>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
CAUGHT THUMB IN LOG SPLITTER AT HOME. DX: CRUSH INJURY THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	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,GOT HAND STUCK IN A LOG SPLITTER CAUSING AN OPEN FX TO LT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	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: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
ACC GOT A FINGER CAUGHT INTO A LOG SPLITTER, +CRUSHING INJ, ?MECH >>FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2009	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: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
WAS SPLITTING WOOD @ HOME WITH LOG SPLLLITTER WHEN CAUGHT LT THUMB B/T THE BLADES>>CRUSHING INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2009	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
FINGER LAC, PT INJURED FINGER WHENUSING A LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PT GOT (L) HAND CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER, TAKING TIP OF RING FINGER OFF DX;; (L) RING FINGER TIP AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
CAUGHT LT MID FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER. FINGER TIP AMPUTATION LT HAND,3 RD DIGIT DISTAL PHALANX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
PT PINCHED FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER. DX: R INDEX FINGER TIP AVULSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2009	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: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT AT HOME USING A LOG SPLITTER CAUGHT L HAND BETWEEN LOG AND MACHINE/ DX FX L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
38YMC SPLITTING WOOD WITH LOG SPLITTER AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN LOG AND SPLITTER/AMPUTAION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/23/2009	Age: 44 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
SPLITTING WOOD,FINGER PINCHED IN SPLITTER/ LAC RT 5TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2009	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: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
FRACTURE FINGER - 26 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH PAIN AND SWELLING OF THE LEF T LITTLE FINGER - CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	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: Log splitters
PT LACERATED L 2ND FINGER WITH WOOSPLITTER TODAY DX L FINGER LACERATION ************
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2009	Age: 43 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: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
ACC GOT RIGHT POINTER FINGER CAUGHT INTO A LOG SPLITTER >>PARTIAL AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/10/2009	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: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
CRUSH FINGER - 26 YO MALE CO OF PAIN AND DEFORMITY OF THE LEFT THUMB - INJURY OCCURRED USING A WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2009	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
LACERATED FINGER ON A LOG SPLITTER AT HOME. DX R #2 FINGER LACERATION +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2009	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
RT INDEX FINGER LAC.PT LACERATED FINGER ON A WOOD SPLITER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
CUT FINGER ON WOOD SPLITTER. DX FINGER AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT CRUSHED L INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS IN WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME. DX. FX , LAC L 3RD FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2009	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: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE INJ L INDEX FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER/ DX LAC L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2009	Age: 37 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: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER WHILE SPLITTING WOOD, USING LOG SPLITTER >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2009	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
FINGER INJURY FROM LOG SPLITTER. DX-LEFT 2ND FINGER TUFT FRACTURE, LEFT 2ND FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2009	Age: 33 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 WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER AT HOME AND CUT FINGER TIP OFF DX: TIP AMPUTATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2009	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
29Y/O,M,AT HOME, GOT THUMB CAUGHT IN LOG SPLITTER, FX R THUMB TUFT, NAIL AVULSION R THUMB, LAC, R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2009	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
40Y/O,M,CAUGHT FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER AT MOTHER'S HOUSE,OPEN FX DISTAL JOINT 3RD FINGER, PARTIAL AMPUTATION 2ND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2009	Age: 39 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
FINGER CRUSH INJURY-CAUGHT FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
CAUGHT FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER FINGER AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT WITHI FRACTURED FINGER FROM A WOOD SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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