Hatchets Or Axes

74YOM COMES TO THE ER WITH A FINGER LACERATION. HE STATES HE WAS SPLITTING WOOD WITH A HATCHET, WITHOUT GLOVES ON, WHEN THE HATCHET SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HAND. HE SUFFERED A LACERATION OF THE LEFT INDEX FINGER. DX: LACERATION WITHOUT FOREIGN BODY LEFT INDEX FINGER WITHOUT DAMAGE TO NAIL

17YOM COMPLAINS OF LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER. HE WAS USING AN AXE WHEN HE SUSTAINED LACERATION. DX: LACERATION OF FINGER

51YOM WITH TOE AMPUTATION WAS USING AN AX TO CUT FIREWOOD AMPUTATED THE LEFT MIDDLE TOE. DX LEFT TOE AMPUTEE

66YOM WITH RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN, HAS BEEN SPLITTING WOOD USING AN AX.DX: RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN.

16 YOM CUTTING WOOD WITH AXE, HANDLE BOUNCED BACK HITTING HAND DX HAND PAIN

61 YOM INJURED THUMB WHILE USING A HATCHET DX LACERATION THUMB

72YOM BROUGHT IN BY EMS FROM HOME FOR GROUND LEVEL FALL. REPORTS CHOPPING WOOD OUTSIDE ALL DAY ON HIS FARM, WHEN HE NEEDED TO HAVE A BM, ENTERED THE HOUSE, BECAME DIZZY AND LOWERED HIMSELF TO THE GROUND. DENIES HITTING HIS HEAD OR LOC. DX: NEAR SYNCOPE, HYPONATREMIA

21YOM WAS CHOPPING WOOD WITH AN AXE THIS EVENING WHEN THE AXE SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE RIGHT FOOT DX: LACERATION OF RIGHT FOOT; LACERATION OF TENDON OF RIGHT FOOT

30YOF REPORTS SHE WAS OUT WITH FRIENDS, AXE THROWING WHEN SHE LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL INJURING HER WRIST. DX DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE

64YOM, C/O LACERATION RIGHT ANTERIOR LOWER LEG, ACCIDENTALLY CUT HIMSELF W/ AXE WHILE CHOPPING WOOD DX: RIGHT LEG PAIN, RIGHT LEG LACERATION

36YOM C/O FINGER LACERATION. DROPPED A NEWLY SHARPENED AX. SCANS SHOW TUFT FRACTURE. DX: LACERATION OF LEFT INDEX FINGER WITHOUT FOREIGN BODY WITH DAMAGE TO NAIL, OPEN FRACTURE OF TUFT OF DISTAL PHALANX OF FINGER

33YOM TO ER FOR EVAL OF RIGHT SIDED CHEST PAIN, PT SAYS WAS CHOPPING WOOD WHEN PT SAYS FELT CHEST PAIN COME ON, PAIN RADIATES DOWN RIGHT ARM DX CHEST PAIN

I was injured by a tool called a Silky Nata. This tool is sold with a scabbard that is unsafe. I was cut while attempting to remove the scabbard from my belt using the scabbard’s quick release buckle feature. The tool came out of its scabbard unexpectedly. The Nata scabbard quick release buckle is designed in such a way that if it is operated while the Nata handle is secured within the retention strap, a hazardous condition results. The secured retention snap results in the Nata being attached to the wearer’s belt. If the scabbard quick release is operated while the Nata handle is secured with the retention snap, the Nata is drawn out of the scabbard as the lower section of the scabbard separates from the upper section. I sustained a severe laceration to my hand that severed two tendons. This injury has required two surgeries to correct.

Using a splitting maul purchased at Harbor Freight new earlier in the day, I had taken one swing without issue. On the second swing the 8 lbs. head on the splitting maul broke off of the shaft.

Kobalt Hatchet - purchased at Lowe's April 23, 2011. Used hatchet immediately after purchase to chop shrub roots. After 30-40 swings the head detached from the handle and landed several feet away. Fortunately I was not struck and no one else was nearby.

Purchased an ozark trail brand hatchet from Wal Mart. With less than an hour of use the blade flew off the handle. Blade appears to have been glued, not welded to the handle. Fortunately no one was hit by the blade hit it certainly could have caused serious injuries.

Cutting fallen cedar trees into manageable logs with the Fiskars X17 ax, the join of the head and handle of the ax came apart.

I purchased a hart brand hatchet wedge hybrid that was advertised as forged steel and when used as a wedge and struck with a small handheld sledge it shattered pieces off so quickly and sharp that a piece despite being only 2mm around went several inches into my calf causing blood loss around a cup every 15-30 seconds resulting in having to tourniquet the leg and go to the hospital if it was forged steel as it claims it would have simply deformed long before it shattered as dangerously as it did unless in extreme temps and if it hadnt claimed to be forged steel one I never would of purchased but also I would have known that it was cast metal as it behaves like then I would have known that striking it with a hammer wouldnt be safe to begin with

During the first day of use of the Home depot Rock Forge Maul with fiberglass handle the plastic sealing material at the top of the axe disintegrated when using the maul to strike a wedge when splitting wood. This product has a integral design flaw where normal axes would provide increased friction as the steel head tries to move outward from a wooden handle with a wedge driven into it. The Rock Forge maul friction that keeps the unit together decreases as the force of the head moves away from the position it started in. The major concern with this product is that it has been seen that separation occurs with no visible signs of damage. Fortunately in this instance no injuries resulted, however it was very obvious that a near miss with the head separated could result in serious injury/death if the head flew into ones leg.

My husband was chopping some firewood and the handle broke and injuring his foot.