Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,789
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	163
Year 1998:	285
Year 1999:	36
Year 2000:	69
Year 2001:	133
Year 2002:	213
Year 2003:	84
Year 2004:	162
Year 2005:	437
Year 2006:	370
Year 2007:	85
Year 2008:	179
Year 2009:	99
Year 2010:	468

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/23/2010	Age: 62 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
62YOM CUT HAND WHILE USING A HATCHET - LACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2010	Age: 60 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
60 YOM LAC LT HAND/POINTER FINGER, FROM A HATCHET;CHOPPING A BRANCH;HAD LEATHER GLOVES ON. DX: LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
52YOF WAS USING AN AXE TO CUT WOOD AND CUT LEFT HAND, LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2010	Age: 55 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: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
55 YO M CHOPPING WOOD WITH A HATCHET, SLIPPED, CUT HAND. DX HAND LACERA TION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes, Log splitters
54YOM USING AN AX SLPITTING WOOD AND PUTTING IT IN A HYDRULIC CUTTER, THE LEVER HIT HAND;RT HAND FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2010	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes, Coal or wood-burning stoves
87YOM SKIN TEAR(AVULSION ) TO HAND MAY HAVE CUT WITH A AXE OR ON THE DO OR OF WOOD STOVE PT HAS DEMENTIA FAMILY NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
56 YR OLD FEMALE WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH A SMALL AXE AND HIT HAND AT HOME DX: CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	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
WAS CUTTING WOOD LAST PM WITH AN AX&ACC CUT THE DORSUM OF THE RT HAND >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 61 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
HAND LAC-ACCIDENTLY HIT W/A FALLING AXE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2009	Age: 64 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, Hammers
LACERATION HAND - 64 YO MALE WAS PLACING AN NEW AXE BLADE ON HANDLE USI NG A HAMMER WHEN HIT LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER - AT HOME TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2008	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
L PALM LAC/63YOM WAS CUTTING KINDLING WITH SMALL HATCHETT, MISSED WOOD AND HIT INNER L PALM WITH HATCHETT SUSTAINING LACERATION.(2 HRS AGO)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT HIT HAND WITH A HATCHET AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX OPEN PUNCTURE WD/TETANUS IMMUNIZATION/SINUSITIS: CUTTING TREE WHILE GARDENING WITH AX (CULTIVATOR) AND HIT SELF THE DULL SIDE OF AX IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2008	Age: 65 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: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
DX 2.8 SUPERFICAL LAC L PALM: ACC CUT HIS L PALM WHILE REMOVING HATCHET FROM CASE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 55 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
CUT HAND WITH AXE/HAND LAC
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: 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: 12/06/2006	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
PATIENT WAS CHOPPING WOOD W/AXE AND WOOD STRUCK HIM IN RIGHT HAND AND FRACTURED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2006	Age: 75 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
PT HIT HAND WITH AN AXE AND LACERATED HAND. DX: LEFT HAND LACERATION, DORSAL ASPECT ABOVE INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS USING AN AXE AT HOME AND HIT HIS HAND. DX: RIGHT SECOND METACA RPAL FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2006	Age: 75 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
RIGHT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND WHEN USING AN AXE AND DIDNT SEE A BRANCH ST ICKING UP AND HIT HAND ON IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2006	Age: 85 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
AT HOME REPLACING AXE HANDLE AND IT SLIPPED AND LACERATED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2006	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
SUPERFICIAL LT HAND LACERATION WITH REPAIR: CUTTING FIREWOOD WITH AXE, AXE SLIPPED, CUT LT HAND WITH AXE FIREWOOD, NO FIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
43 YO - DX: LACERATION RT. HAND - WAS CUTTING WOOD AND HIT HAND WITH AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2005	Age: 71 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: CUT HAND WITH AXE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2005	Age: 63 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
PT USING AXE TO CUT WOOD AND CUT LEFT HAND C/O PAIN LEFT HAND LACERATIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2005	Age: 51 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: Hatchets or axes
SOFT TISSUE INJURY HAND - INJURED HAND WHEN CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PATIENT WAS USING HATCHET AT HOMEL AND CUT HAND. DX: 8 X 2 CM LACERAT ION TO HAND AND WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT. CUT L. HAND WHILE CHOPPING WOOD W. AXE. DX. LAC. L. HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT ACCIDENTLY HIT HAND AGAINST TREE WHILE CHOPPING. DX: CONTUSION R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hatchets or axes
PW RIGHT HAND . PT INJURED HAND ON AN AXE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2005	Age: 64 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
CUT HAND ON AX CHOPPING WOOD LACERATION LEFT HAND
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: 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: 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: 06/17/2003	Age: 55 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, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT. WAS DRIVING A STAKE IN THE GROUND WITH A HATCHET, CUT HIS HAND LACERATION HAND 2.5 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2003	Age: 60 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
HAND LAC-HAND SLIPPED WHILE SHARPENING AN AXE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2002	Age: 90 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
CUT HAND ON AN AXDX: HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 64 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
PT-INJURED LEFT HAND WITH HATCHET WHILE CHOPPING WOOD DX- 10 CM LEFT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	Age: 57 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
RIGHT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND WHEN USING AN AXE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hatchets or axes, Chain saws
HAND, WRIST PAIN AFTER CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE AND SAWING WITH CHAIN SAW AT HOME. DX: TENOSYNOVITIS HAND, WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2001	Age: 64 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2001	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2000	Age: 73 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/1999	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/1999	Age: 77 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/1998	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/1998	Age: 77 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/1998	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/1998	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/1997	Age: 71 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/1997	Age: 53 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/1997	Age: 74 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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