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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 719
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 14YOF USING LOGSPLITTER WHEN A LOG "KICKED BACK" HITTING (L) WRIST D X;# CONTUSION (L) WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Log splitters |
| ACUTE DISTAL & ULNAR FX: HELPING DAD W/ LOG SPLITTER, PULLED BACK HANDLE, IT KICKED BACK, HIT HIM ON THE FOREARMS, AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2009 | 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: Amputation |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT GOT HER L INDEX FINGER CAUGHT IN MECHANICAL LOG SPLITTER AND DISTAL TIP OF FINGER WAS AMPUTATED. PAIN, BLEEDING CONT. DX FINGER AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Log splitters |
| 8YOM PT HELPING DAD CHOP WOOD. DAD USING WOOD SPLITTER WHEN PIECE FLEW OUT AND HIT PT IN L EYE. PAIN, FB SENS. DX FB L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Log splitters |
| CONTUSION HAND - 14 YO FEMALE WAS HIT BY CORD WOOD THROWN BY LOG SPLITT ER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT SUSTAINED A FOREHEAD INJURY FROM A TREE WHILE WALKING- DX- F/O LOG S PLITTER REMOVED FROM FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT GOT (R) RING FINGER CAUGHT IN A WOOD SPLITTER DX;* LAC (R) FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2009 | Age: 13 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 INJURED FINGER WITH A LOG SPLITTER. DX: RIGHT INDEX FINGER 3 CM. LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT PRESENT TO ER AFTER GETTING A SPLITTER LOG IN BARE FOOT GRANDMA REM OVED SPLITTER- DX- F/B IN RT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2009 | Age: 15 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 LT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT INTO A WOOD SPLITTER, ?MECH, >>AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Log splitters |
| PT PRESENTS TO ER FROM SCHOOL DUE TO HEAD INJURY AFTER FALL INTO LOG SP LITTERS- DX- BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Log splitters |
| SPLITTING WOOD AT GF HOME CUT FINER ON SHARP WOOD CUTTER LACERATION OF SMALL DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2009 | Age: 10 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 |
| R 3RD FING LAC/10YOM CAUGHT R 3RD FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER. HAS 2 LACERA TIONS. ALSO STS GOT HAND HIT WITH LOG FROM WOOD SPLITTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2009 | Age: 10 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 |
| 10 YOM GOT FINGER CRUSHED BETWEEN LOG AND LOG SPLITTER FRACTURE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/09/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Log splitters |
| WHILE AT HOME USING A WOOD SPLITTER SHE SMASHED HER TWO FINGERS. DX DEB RIDEMENT AND FIXATION OF R INDEX FINGER. # |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/04/2009 | Age: 9 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 |
| CAUGHT THUMB IN A WOOD SPLITTER. DX CRUSH AND LACERATION THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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