Accidents - Chain saws - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,402
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Date: 12/17/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
PT WAS CUT W/CHAIN SAW. DX: R RING FINGER LAC 1.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
LACERATION TO FINGER BY A CHAIN SAW. DX LACERATION R MIDDLE FINGER#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2007	Age: 60 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: Chain saws
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER WHILE USING A CHAIN SAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
PT USING CHAIN SAW @ HOME HAD LAC TO R MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 55 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: Chain saws
PT INJURED FINGER WITH CHAIN SAW AT HOME TODAY DX// LAC LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
LEFT THUMB LAC, PT INJURED THUMB WHEN USING A CHAINSAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
57 Y/O MALE INJURED LT RING FINGER USING CHAIN SAW AT HOME. DX: LACERATION LT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2007	Age: 71 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: Chain saws, Plants, trees and shrubs
L MIDDLE FINGER LAC. WITH REPAIR: IN PROCESS OF CUTTING TREE DOWN WITH CHAIN SAW,SAW SLIPPED OUT OF HAND,GRABBED TO CLOSE BLADE,CUT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2007	Age: 62 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: Chain saws, Plants, trees and shrubs
62 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT WITH CHAIN SAW WHILE CUTTING A TREE DOWN AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
FINGER LAC-CUT ON CHAIN SAW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2007	Age: 74 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: Chain saws
PATIENT USING CHAIN SAW ,CUT THUMB-LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
CHAIN SAW KICKED BACK WHILE CUTTING WOOD IN YARD. DX. FINGER LACERATION , FX. PROXIMAL PHALNX, CENTRAL TENDON INJURY. *
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 54 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: Chain saws
PT WAS AT HOME USING A CHAIN SAW, CAUSING AN AVULSION TO LT 4TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2007	Age: 52 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: Chain saws
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A CHAIN SAW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
52YOM WAS HOME CUTTING A BRANCH WITH A CHAIN SAW,ACCIDENTLY CUT FINGER; FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chain saws
PT INJURED FINGER WITH A CHAIN SAW AT HOME TODAY DX// FX AND LAC LEFT SMALL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2007	Age: 61 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: Chain saws
PT WAS AT HOME USING A CHAIN SAW CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
51YOM COMPLAINT OF LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER,SUSTAINED FROM A CHAIN SAW,WHILE AT HOME; FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2007	Age: 57 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: Chain saws
USING CHAINSAW AT HOME LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
USING CHAIN SAW AND IT "KICKED BACK" CAUSING L SMALL FINGER LACERATION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM CHAIN SAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 80 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: Chain saws
REACHED ACROSS CHAIN SAW LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
67YOM WHILE AT HOME REMOVING COVER FROM A CHAIN SAW,LACERATED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER;LACERATION OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	Age: 63 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: Chain saws
PATIENT USING CHAIN SAW-BOUNCED UP AND HIT FINGER-LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
PT CUT FINGERS ON CHAIN SAW AT HOME TODAY DX/ LAC LEFT MIDDLE AND RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 59 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: Chain saws
PT WORKING WITH A CHAIN SAW WHEN IT GOT AWAY FRM HIM AND LACERATED THUM B. D:THUMB SKIN LACERATION, TENDON LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
PT CUTTING TREE LIMBS WITH CHAINSAW AT HOME CUT 2 FINGERS LAC LT MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 73 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: Chain saws
PT WAS USING A CHAIN SAW AT HOME, LACERATED LT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
CUT FINGER ON CHAINSAW AT HOME. LACERATION, LEFT 2ND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
FINGER LAC-CUT ON CHAIN SAW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Chain saws
AT HOME PT USING CHAIN SAW,INADVERTENTLY CUT DISTAL ASPECT OF 5TH DIGIT R HAND, DX PARTIAL AMPUTATION 5TH DIGIT R HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/17/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
PT CUT FINGER WITH A CHAIN SAW AT HOME, DX: LACERATION TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2007	Age: 75 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: Chain saws
USING A CHAINSAW LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 04/14/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
PT INJURED FINGER WITH A CHAIN SAW AT HOME TODAY DX// LAC MULTI TENDON RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/23/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
CUT SELF WITH CHAIN SAW/FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
PATIENT CUT BY CHAIN SAW DX: LACERATIONS TO LT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
66 Y/O M INJURED R INDEX FINGER WHILE USING CHAINSAW AT HOME. DX; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2007	Age: 58 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: Chain saws
58 YO INJURED FINGER ON CHAIN SAW LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
CUT TO FINGER WHILE USING CHAIN SAW, DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chain saws
51 Y/O M INJURED L THUMB WHILE USING CHAINSAW AT HOME. DX; L THUMB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chain saws
PT C/O CUT THUMB. PT CUT THUMB WITH CHAIN SAW. DX LAC LFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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