Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 6-15 years old - Year 2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 76
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Date: 04/11/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
13YOM FOREIGN BODY, LACERATION TO FOREARM CHOPPING AT A TREE TRUNK WITH AN AXE PICEC OF AXE BROKE OFF AND LODGED IN PTS ARM PT TO THE OR*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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