Accidents - Log splitters - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,098
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Date: 11/24/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
SPLITTING WOOD, AND HIT FINGER. DX FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2008	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: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PT SUSTAINED AN AMPUTATION OF A FINGER BY A WOOD SPLITTERS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
LEFT MIDDLE FINGER FX.PT WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER AND LACERATED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
WAS USING A LOG SPLITTER AND SMASHED (R) THUMB DX- THUMB FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
USING A HYDROLIC LOG SPLITTER AND CAUGHT (R) 4TH FINGER UNDER WOOD HAS OPEN FX TO FINGER DISTAL PHALANX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT FRACTURED A FINGER WHILE USING A WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT CUT FINGER ON LOG SPLITTER AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2008	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: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS AT HOME, GOT FINGER STUCK IN A WOOD SPLITTER CAUSING A CRUSHING INJURY TO LT 5TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
61 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT USING WOOD SPLITTER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	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: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
CRUSH FINGER - 54 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH CRUSH INJURY TO LEFT RING FINGE R - CAUGHT FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
GOT FINGER SMASHED IN LOG SPLITTER AT HOME, HAS FRACTURE FINGER WITH HE MATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
CAUGHT TIP OF FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER;HAS LAC TO FINGER. LACERATION/CONT USION RT INDEX FINGER. C
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Log splitters
PT WAS UNLOADING A LOG SPLITTER AND INJURED FINGER. DX: CRUSH INJURY TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
INJURED USING LOG SPLITTER/ OPEN FX RT 4TH FINGR, FX RT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
60 YO INJURED FINGER ON WOOD SPLITTER FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters, Other unpowered garden tools
CUTTING WOOD AT HOME, CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN WOOD SPLITTER WEDGE AND SLE DGEHAMMER. DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PT CAUGHT THUMB IN WOOD SPLITTER. DX: L THUMB AMPUTATED TIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT'S THUMB WAS CRUSHED IN HYDRAULIC LOG SPLITTER. DX: L THUMB PROX PHALANX FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2008	Age: 62 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: Amputation
Product: Log splitters, Power leaf mulchers and grinders
L 5TH FING AMPUTATION/62YOM STS INJURED FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER. ALSO S TATED WOOD CHIPPER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2008	Age: 72 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: Log splitters
R LAYERED THUMB LAC. WITH REPAIR: USING A HOMEMADE LOG SPLITTER AT HOME PIECE OF LOG KICKED BACK, PINCHED THUMB BETWEEN LOG & SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
FINGER CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER/ OPEN FX WITH PARTIAL AMPUTATION LT 3RD DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT CUT (L) INDEX FINGER ON A LOG SPLITTER DX- LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
59 YO FEMALE SMASHED FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER FRACTURE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT WITH LACERATION TO #3 RIGHT FINGER AFTER HAND SLIPPED WHILE CUTTING WOOD STRIKING THE BLADE OF WOOD SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
CUT FINGER ON LOG SPLITTER BLADE/ LAC LMF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT STATES SHE SMASHED L MIDDLE FINGER W/WOOD SPLITTER 30 MINS PTA. DX. LAC L MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
AMPUTATED FKNGER USING A WOOD SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT MASHED R INDEX FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER. DX LAC,FX R INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
PT CRUSHED FINGER IN LOG SPLITTER AT HOME DX/ LEFT INDEX FINGER DISTAL TIP AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 61 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: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT FRACTURED A FINGER IN A WOOD SPLITTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2008	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
55 YO M FRACTURED FINGER WITH LACERATION CAUGHT IN WOOD SPLITTER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
THUMB SKIN AVULSION-CAUGHT THUMB IN LOG SPLITTER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
INJURED LEFT THUMB WITH WOOD SPLITTER NEAR AMPUTATION LEFT THUMB #
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/03/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT CAUGHT L MIDDLE FINGER ON WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME. DX. LAC, FX L 3RD DISTAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2008	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
SPLITTING WOOD AND CRUSHED FINGER AND FX IT ALSO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2008	Age: 54 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: Amputation
Product: Log splitters
USING A LOG SPLITTER ANDE DEEPLY LAC FINGER TO BONE PARTIALLY AMPUTATIN G IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Log splitters
PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM A WOOD SPLITTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
CUT FINGER ON WOODSPLITTER/ OPEN FX LRF WITH COMPLEX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Log splitters
PT'S L INDEX FINGER IN WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME. DX. LA, FX L AND DISTAL, INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Log splitters
PT CUT L MIDDLE FINGER W/WOOD SPLITTER AT HOME. DX. AVULSION INJURY L MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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