Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 50+ years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,656
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	878	Upper Trunk:	166
Shoulder:	118	Face:	95
Toe:	85	Lower Trunk:	85
Hand:	85	Head:	71
Lower Leg:	69

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT INJ SHOULDER USING AX STRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
62 YO USING AXE INJURED SHOULDER STRAIN/SPRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2007	Age: 80 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
80Y/O,M,LAC. FINGER WITH HATCHET WHILE CHOPPING WOOD, LAC. L THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 57 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 CUT FINGER W/AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX: R INDEX AVULSION LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2007	Age: 64 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
LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER - SLICED FINGER WITH AXE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2007	Age: 52 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
PT CUT THUMB W/AXE. DX: THUMB TIP AMPUTATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
STRAIN UPPER BACK/CHEST - 58 YO MALE REPORTS ONSET OF UPPER BACK PAIN W HEN CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2007	Age: 65 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
RT THUMB LACERATION.PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CUT WOOD AND LACERATRED THUM B.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FOREHEAD FROM AN AXE. DX SCALP LACERATION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2007	Age: 53 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
PT FX FINGER WHEN USING AXE TO CUT WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
59 YO FEMALE TRIED TO CUT DOWN TREE WITH AX AND CUT TOE LACERATION TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
HIT FINGER WITH AXE AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2007	Age: 57 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 USING A HATCHET SCOPPING WOOD SUSTAINED AN OPEN FRACTURE TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
GREAT TOE AVULSION FX: AT LOCAL STORE LOOKING AT HATCHETS, HATCHET FELL OFF SHELF ONTO FOOT, INJ GREAT AND 2ND TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2007	Age: 65 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 5TH FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER ON A SHARP HATCHET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT INJURED BACK WHEN TRYING TO CHOP WOOD WITH AXE DX: LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 62 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 FINGER WITH AXE AT HOME. DX; PARTIAL AMPUTATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
52 YO M LACERATION TO CHEST PUNCTURE WOUND WITH OUT PNEUMOTHORAX CHOPPING PIECE OF WOOD PIECE OF AXE CAME OFF*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 81 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. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN DIGGING A HOLE AND SWINGING AN AXE DO ING YARD WORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 69 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
69 YOM-HIT FINGER WITH A HACHET WHILE CHOPPING WOOD/LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
FOREIGN BODY TO FACE, FACIAL WOUND / HATCHET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
64YOM WHILE AT HOME USING A HAND AXE CHOPPING WOOD,ENDED UP CATCHING THE CORNER OF THUMB;2-CM THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2007	Age: 72 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 WITH LACERATION TO 3RD AND 4TH DIGITS FROM AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT USING HACHET-FB INTO HAND- FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes, Wooden containers
PATIENT WAS CHOPPING A PALLET WITH AN AXE WHEN PIECE OF WOOD FLEW UP AND CUT PATIENT'S EYEBROW. DX-LACERATION EYEBROW, 2.2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 67 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 LEG WITH AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD @ HOME DX LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT FX FINGER WHEN USING A HATCHET TO CHOP WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2007	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: Hatchets or axes
DX LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION: CUT FINGER WITH AX AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2007	Age: 59 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, Animal induced injury
LAC L THUMB;NAIL/59YOM STS WHILE KILLING A ROOSTER, STRUCK THUMB WITH HATCHET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2007	Age: 51 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
CUT FINGER ACC ON AN AXE WHIEL CHOPPING WOOD " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2007	Age: 54 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, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT LACERATED FIGNER WHEN USING A AXE TO CUT STUMP AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	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/AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX: L INDEX LAC 4 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2007	Age: 53 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
PT INJURED FINGER WITH AN AXE AT HOME TODAY DX// CONTUSION LAC AND FX LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT OUT IN THE WOODS CHOPPING WOOD AND STRAINED CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes
LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN.PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CUT SOME WOOD AND INJU RED SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT STRUCK HIS HAND WHEN CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE - FX HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2007	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: Hatchets or axes
DX LEFT THUMB LACERATION: CUT THUMB WITH AX AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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