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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,433
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2009 | Age: 14 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: Hatchets or axes |
| DX LWOBS: 14YOM L INDEX FINGER LAC (AXE ACC X 10MIN) SL TAPPED INDEX FINGER W SM TACTICAL AXE |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/27/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 10 YOM CUT HAND WITH A HATCHET DX: HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD @ HOME PTA WHEN SHE WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT IN HEAD WIT H AN AX PT HAD +LOC DX CONCUSSION WITH LOC* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 11YO WM HIT HEAD WITH AXE HANDLE AT HOME HAS SCALP LACERATION SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2009 | Age: 15 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: Hatchets or axes |
| L THUMB LAC/15YOF BETWEEN 6-6:30P WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND CUT L THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| SHARPENING A HATCHET CUT L 5TH FINGER DX- LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT CUT LEG W/AN AXE. DX: R LEG LAC 2.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 11 YO F AMPUTATED TOE CUT FOOT WITH AN AXE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT FINGER WHEN PLAYING WITH AXE;DX LACERATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HIT ANKLE WITH HATCHET WHILE CHOPPING WOOD LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LAC TO KNEE, COMPLICATED. PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CUT FIRE WOOD AND IT HIT HIS LEG, CAUSING LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT HIT LOWER LEG WITH A HATCHET. DX: 3 CM. LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS STANDIN BEHIND HER BROHTER WHO WAS CUTTING A TREE WITH AN AXE HE SWUNK THE AXE HIT HER IN FACE LACERATION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HIT ANKLE WITH HATCHET WHILE CAMPING, HAS LACERATION TO ANKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CUT ANKLE WITH HATCHET 3 CM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 14 YOM LACERATED HIS LEFT THUMB ON A HATCHET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| ACCIDENTLY CUT L KNEE WITH AN AXE DX TRAUMATIC LAC L KNEE * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 13YOM WHILE BUILDING A CABIN ACCIDENTLY STRUCK LT KNEE WITH AN AX; KNEE LACERATION,0.5CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH SOME FRIENDS, PT WAS HOLDING THE WOOD WHEN FRIEND CAME DOWN WITH AX AND HIT PT ON THE FINGER DX: FX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| 15YOM CUTTING WOOD WITH A HATCHET ACCIDENTLY CUT LT CALF; CALF LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY CUT FOREARM WITH AXE PLAYING AROUND WITH FRIENDS; FOREARM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD, AX GOT CAUGHT IN CLOTHES LINE & FELL, CAUSED LACERATION ABOVE EYEBROW DX: LACERATION REPAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| HATCHET SLIPPED AND CUT TOE. DX TOE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS DIGGING HOLE WITH AXE AND HIT EYE LACERATION EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT WAS HIT ON ACCIDENT W/ BUTT OF AXE TO HEAD C/O LAC TO THE CORNER O F EYE. DX: LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT CUT THUMB WITH AN AXE, RECEIVED LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB AND INDEX F INGER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT PLAYING AROUND IN HIS YARD CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE SUSTAINED A LAC ERATION TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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