Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 50+ years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,162
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	811	Lower Leg:	164
Hand:	162	Lower Trunk:	155
Toe:	103	Head:	94
Wrist:	86	Eyeball:	85
Shoulder:	69	Upper Trunk:	69
Upper Arm:	69	Upper Leg:	69
Unkown:	69	Elbow:	58
Ankle:	47	Face:	43

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/22/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
76 YOM DROPPED HEAVY AX HANDLE ON LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2004	Age: 56 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, Vises or workshop clamps
DEEP HAND LACS-AN AX FELL OUT OF VISE-LANDED ON PT'S HAND-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 62 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, Ceilings and walls
AXE FELL OFF WALL AND STRUCK FINGER/ LAC LFRF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes, Hammers
PT CHOPPING WOOD AT SISTERS USING A N AXE THEN SLEDGE HAMMER.. DX LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
LUMBAR STR. RIGHT KNEE STR. PT WAS SWINGING AN AX TO CHOP WOOD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2004	Age: 75 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
PT CUT THUMB W/AXE. DX: 2 CM L THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT FROM SPLITTING WOOD WITH AX DX PARTIAL FINGER TIP AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUT BY AXE; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hatchets or axes
89 Y/O W/M RECEIVED HEMATOMA TO UPPER ARM AFTER USING AXE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
54 Y/O M INJURED LOWER BACK WHILE USING AX TO CHOP FIREWOOD AT HOME. DX; LOW BACK SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2004	Age: 54 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 TO FINGER HIT WITH AX DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
C/O PAIN R HAND BEHIND 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS W/BRUISING WHILE CHOPPING WO OD, AX HANDLE PULLED THE 5TH DIGIT. DX. FX R PROXIMAL #5 HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2004	Age: 71 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, Awls, chisels or planes
LACERATED THUMB WITH A CHISEL WHILE TRYING TO PUT A HANDLE ON A AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
STATES FELL ON BUSH AX AND SUBSTAINED LACERATION TO LEFT THIGH. LACER ATION LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
EYE INJURY-@ HOME-WHILE CHOPPING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT. WAS CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME WITH AN AX, HAD CHEST PAIN DX: UNSTABLE ANGINA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/13/2004	Age: 62 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, Workshop furnishings
WENT TO REACH FOR TOOL RAN FINGER ACROSS HATCHET ON WORK BENCH CUT FING ER DX LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT CUTTING FIREWOOD WITH 2 LB. HATCHET ALL WEEKEND. NOW UNABLE TO STRAI GHTEN ARM. D:ELBOW TENDONITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT USING AN AXE TO CHOP WOOD AT HOME WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF WOOD WENT IN TO LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2004	Age: 57 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
CUT RT. LOWER LEG W/ AXE DX: LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2004	Age: 67 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
LACERATION RT 4TH TOE-CUT RT 4TH TOE WITH AN AX WHILE CHOPPING WOOD TOD AY. HAS 3CM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2004	Age: 56 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 ON HATCHET - LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 68 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: Hatchets or axes
L 2ND FING LAC/68YOM CUT FINGER WITH AN AXE TODAY AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT. SPLITTING WOOD THIS AM, AX CAME DOWN AND SIDE OF AX HIT ANKLE W/LAC ERATION. DX. CONT R ANKLE./LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hatchets or axes
AMPUTATION FINGERTIP - 55 YOM CUT OFF THE TIP OF HIS LEFT THUMB A FEW M INUTES AGO WHEN HE HIT HIS THUMB WITH AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS SPLITTING WOOD WITH AN AX AND A PC OF WOOD HIT PT ON THE LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
CUT TO TOP OF HEAD HIT SELF WHILE SWINGING AX DX: LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2004	Age: 52 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 LEFT THUMB WITH A HATCHET WHILE CUTTING WOOD AT HOME. LAC TO THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hatchets or axes
65 YOM WAS SPLITTING WOOD WITH AN AX; CAME IN CONTACT WITH POISON IVY. DERMATITIS, GENERALIZED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2004	Age: 74 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
PT HAS LACERATION TO LEFT SIDE OF NOSE AREA SUSTAINED FROM A PIECE OF F IREWOOD THAT HE WAS SPLITTING WITH AND AXE FACIAL LACERATION NO FD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2004	Age: 53 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
PT WAS CUT W/HATCHET. DX: L THUMB LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Hatchets or axes
USING AXE TO PRY WOOD, WOOD CAME OUT AND STRUCK HIM AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN / LT SHOULDER SEPARATION 3RD DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2004	Age: 51 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
LEFT THUMB LACERATION.PT LACERATED THUMB WHILE USING AN AXE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX LEFT HAND LACERATION: DISTRACTED BY WIFE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX, INJURED HAND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
54 YOM CUT THUMB WITH AX LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2004	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT. WAS HOLDING WOOD TODAY USING AX TO SPLIT, HIT THUMB. DX. AVULSION L THUMB TIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
LEFT INDEX FINGER OPEN FRACTURE.PT WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND IN JURED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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