Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 84
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2002:	15
Year 2009:	69

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/21/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
PASSED OUT WHILE SPLITTING WOOD WITH AXE AT HOME. DX: HYPOVOLEMIA, HYP OGLYCEMIA, VASOVAGAL SYNDROME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
CARDIAC ARREST-COLLAPESED -CHOPPING WOOD-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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