Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - Year 2003 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,677
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	560
6-15 years old:	484
16-25 years old:	16
26-50 years old:	299
50+ years old:	316

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/18/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK BY A SHOVEL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT PLAYING AT HOME WITH A FRIEND WHO ACCIDENTLY HIT HIM IN THE HEAD WIT H A SHOVEL LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CUT SCALP WHEN HIT WITH SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD WAS STRUCK IN HEAD WITH A SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT C/O HEAD INJURY.PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH SHOVEL. DX LACERATION TO SCA LP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT SELF IN HEAD WITH PICK DX: LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2003	Age: 3 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: Other unpowered garden tools
SCALP LACERATION, PLAYING AT COUSIN'S HOUSE AND COUSIN HIT PATIENT ON HEAD WITH METAL HOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 19 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: Other unpowered garden tools
CHI-FELL ONTO A YARD TOOL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT. WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A SHOVEL AT SCHOOL- NO LOC OR VOMITING DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 42 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: Other unpowered garden tools
USING POST DRIVER, BOUNCED UP & HIT L) SIDE OF HEAD CAUSING LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2003	Age: 7 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: Other unpowered garden tools
7 YO M FELL HIT HEAD ON PITCH FORK LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
39 YO MALE WAS USING POST HOLE DIGGER,WENT FOR 'UP'' STROKE,DIGGER STRU CK PERSON IN HEAD,HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HER SCALP WHILE USING A GARDENING TOOL..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 3 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: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
ACUTE PUNCTURE WOUND TO SCALP, THREW A GARDEN RAKE UP IN THE AIR AND IT CAME DOWN AND STRUCK PATIENT IN HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HANGING UP SCYTHE SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 5 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: Other unpowered garden tools
5 YOM RAN INTO SHOVEL LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2003	Age: 39 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: Other unpowered garden tools
DX LEFT HEAD LACERATION: HIT IN HEAD WITH RAKE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT SELF IN HEAD WITH SHOVEL DX. SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS BUILDING A WORM FARM WITH BROTHER AND GOT HIT IN HEAD WITH A SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SUSTAINED LACERATION TO HEAD AFTER GETTING HIT WITH A SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS HIT IN FOREHEAD WITH SHOVEL BY NEIGHBOR KID DX: 1/2 CM LAC TO FOREHEAD, CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT DIGGING A HOLE WITH A FRIEND WHEN HE WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A SHOVEL CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT WAS STRUCK ON HEAD BY A HOE BY 4-YEAR OLD COUSIN, RESULTING IN LACERATION TO HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY HIT ON HEAD WITH SHOVEL BY SISTER AT HOME; SCALP L AC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 65 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: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE WAS HIT WITH A SHOVEL CAUSING A LACERATION TO H ER SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HIT WITH SHOVEL; CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE RAKING LAWN. DX. SYNCOPE, MINOR HEAD TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Fertilizers
HEAD INJ. PT WAS USING A SHOVEL TO SPREAD FERTILIZER IN YARD AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS HIT ON HEAD WITH A SHOVEL,SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 23 months	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: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE WAS HIT WITH AT METAL HOE CAUSING A LACERATION T O HIS SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 2 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: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD WITH METAL SHOVEL DX: LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 11 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: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT IN HEAD WITH SHOVEL BY ANOTHER CHILD.DX. HEAD INJURY WITH LACERATIO N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS ACCIDENLTY STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH A HOE. DX HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH SHOVEL - ACCIDENTALLY GOT HIT IN BACK OF HEA D WITH METAL SHOVEL. D: SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2003	Age: 37 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: Other unpowered garden tools, Stairs or steps
WHILE COMING DOWN STAIRS IN BASEMENT, PT STEPPED ON RAKE, HIT IN HEAD I WITH HANDLE, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH SHOVEL DX. CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS STRUCK ACCIDENTALLY WITH A GARDEN TOOL (HOE) AND CUT HIS SCALP. D: LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HIT ON HEAD BY SHOVEL HANDLE ON SUNDAY. COMPLAINING OF HEADACHE. D: POST CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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