FoI Number
2025-159
Subject
Chainsaw Related Incidents
Date Received
03/06/2025
Request and Response
  1. I request any data held for presentations to your Board’s Emergency Department(s) where the reason for presentation has been due to a chainsaw-related incident.

Please could you share data for the last 10 years for all presentations that are associated with use of a chainsaw?

Figures provided below are for the number of A&E attendances where the: Presenting Complaint, Triage Assessment, or Diagnosis mention:

“chainsaw”

or “chain-saw”

or “chain saw”.

Year

Attendances

2015

0

2016

0

2017

0

2018

0

2019

<5

2020

<5

2021

<5

2022

<5

2023

<5

2024

<5