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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 740
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH A CERAMIC ANGEL AND IT FELL ON HIS HEAD. D: LACER ATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PULLED A HEAVY GLASS MONUMENT VERSUS CHRISTMAS GLASS HOLDING STOCKING A BOVE THE MANTEL&FELL HITTING PT'S FOREHEAD>>CLOSED HEAD INJ/FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2008 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns, Tables |
| MOTHER STATES THAT A STATUE FELL OFF OF A TABLE HITTING PT ON HEAD DX C ONTUSION TO FRONTAL SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| PT WHO WAS AITTING AND A CERAMIC STATUE FELL ABOUT 6-12 INCHES ABOVE PT OFF OD TABLE HITTING PT ON LEFT PARIETAL SCALP-HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| BRASS BELL FELL ON HEAD. DX SUPERFICIAL HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| VASE FELL ON HEAD; HEAD INJURY. D: LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| A SMALL VASE FELL ON PTS HEAD AT HOME WHILE PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK, LACE RATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| PT WITIH HEAD LAC, A VASE FELL ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns, Riding toys |
| 2 YO RIDING IN TOY CAR HIT TABLE AND VASE FELL BREAKING ON HEAD LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| VASE FELL ON HEAD, DX; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| PT FELL ON GLASS VASE WHICH BROKE. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP LAC .5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| VASE HIT PT IN THE HEAD. DX SUPERFICIAL HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2008 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| GLASS VASE FELL ON HIM;DX CHI AND LACERATED EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| TROPHY FELL ON HEAD;DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2008 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| PT A TROPHY FELL FROM 2 FEET AND HIT PT IN THE HEAD DX// HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns, Tables |
| PT PULLED CERAMIC PIECE OFF COFFEE TABLE ONTO SELF. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| HIT HEAD ON A "BRASS BUTTERFLY" DX SUPERFICIAL HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| CONCRETE STATUE FELL ONTO PT'S HEAD WHILE HE WAS PLAYING WITH IT DX- M INOR HEAD INJ LAC TO FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns, Ceilings and walls |
| PT WAS TRYING TO GET A BROOM OFF THE WALL WHEN A HANGING CERAMIC KNICK KNACK FELL HITTING PT ONTO HEAD. DX SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| 3 YO BROTHER THREW A SNOWGLOBE AT PT'S HEAD, AT HOME- LACERATION DX: HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| DX CHI/SCALP ABRASION/CONTU: WAS PLAYING AT HOME AND KNOCKED VASE OFF OF SHELF THAT WAS 5FT ABOVE HIS HEAD. VASE HIT PT ON THE HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2008 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| PT PULLED VASE OFF TABLE-HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| HAD A CERAMIC STATUE FALL & LAND ON HIS HEAD, AT HOME, FIGURINE WAS NEXT TO A DRAPE THAT PT PULLED ON. DX: CHI, SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2008 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PATIENT PULLED DECORATIVE OBJECT FROM SHELF HITTING ON HEAD; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| TROPHY FELL ;DX LACERATED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| PT RUNNING IN HOUSE AND HIT HEAD ON CEMENT ANGEL STATUE, HAD BRIEF BREA TH HOLDING SPELL, NOW WALKING/TALKING NORMALLY; HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| FELL AND HIT TOP OF HEAD ON SCULPTURE LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| VASE FELL OVER ONTO HEAD, VASE DID NOT BREAK DX; SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns, Beds or bedframes |
| PT FELL OFF OF MOMS BED AND LANDED ON A LARGE GLASS VASE. HAS MULT LACS TO HEAD FROM GLASS. DX SCALP LACS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| CERAMIC ANGEL FELL;DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| PT PLAYING WITH GRANDDAD, FELL INTO LARGE CERAMNIC PLANT VASE/POT, NO LOC; CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| KNICKKNACK FELL OFF CABINET;DX CHI |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/17/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| SMALL STATUE FELL AND HIT PT IN HEAD. DX: 2 MM SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| GLASS FIGURE FELL OFF OF A SHELF AND HIT PT ON FOREHEAD HAS SMALL LAC TO FOREHEAD DX- BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns, Counters or countertops |
| PT WITH HEAD LAC, PULLED AN ORNAMENT OFF COUNTER AND GOT HIT WITH IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| PT PULLED A FIGURINE OFF SHELF AND HIT IN HEAD AND LACERATED SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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