Accidents - Garage doors - 0-5 years old - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 470
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	158	Finger:	150
Face:	68	Hand:	65
Ear:	15	Lower Trunk:	5
Foot:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garage doors
PT SUSTAINED AN ABRASION ON THE CHIN BY RUNNING INTO A GARAGE DOOR AT H OME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Garage doors, Pipes
PT AT HIS GRANDPARENTS HOUSE UNDER A LARGE GARAGE DOOR BEING HELD UP BY A PVC PIPE CHILD KICKED PIPE OUT DOOR FELL ONTO HEAD- IOI BRAIN- DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/07/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Garage doors
DAD PULLED DOWN GARAGE DOOR & HIT PT ON TOP OF HEAD. PT LETHARGIC, DECREASED RESPONSIVENESS. DX: HEAD INJURY, NOS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2005	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
PT HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR TRACK. DX: SCALP LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2005	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garage doors
HIT BY GARAGE DOOR DX: NON SPECIFIC INJURIES, EXCESSIVE CRYING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garage doors
ALSO HIT BY GARAGE DOOR DX: FOOT PAIN, EXCESSIVE CRYING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Garage doors
CHI-STRUCK BY MANUAL GARAGE DOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Garage doors
HAND SLAMMED IN GARAGE DOOR/ AVULSION NAILBED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
CUT HAND ON METAL PART OF GARAGE DOOR DX HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2005	Age: 2 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: Garage doors
2 YO HIT HAND ON GARAGE DOOR LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Garage doors
HEMATOMA TO HEAD RAN INTO GARAGE DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garage doors
FELL HITTING SIDE OF HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
FELL AGAINST GARAGE DOOR AT HOME, CUT R EAR DX: EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
PT WITH HEAD//FACIAL INJURY WHILE PLAYING HIDE/SEEK STRIKING HEAD ON VA N WINDOW/GARAGE DOOR, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2005	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garage doors
PT. GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN A GARAGE DOOR FX. FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2005	Age: 5 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: Crushing
Product: Garage doors
PT HAND'S CAUGHT IN SLIDING GARAGE DOOR. D: CRUSH INJURY, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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