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Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - Year 2006 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,899
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Date: 12/20/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT STANDING BEHIND HER COUSIN WHO WAS DIGGING A HOLE AND THE SHOVEL GRA ZED HER IN THE HEAD SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2006Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HIT HEAD ON POST HOLE DIGGER; CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2006Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS USING A RAKE WHEN HE GOT DIZZY AND FELL BACKWARDS AND RECIEVED A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2006Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
P/W AMS, S/P RAKING THE LEAVES, CALLED 911 " CONFUSION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PLASTIC SCOOP SHOVEL FELL ON SELF AT PARK INJURING HEAD. DX; SCALP LA CERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2006Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT OUTSIDE AT HOME RAKING LEAVES, STEPPED ON DUMPSTER LID FLEW UP HIT PATIENT N HEAD. DX-LACERATION SIDE OF HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2006Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
16YOM HIT HEAD WITH 200 IB PICK AT SCHOOL MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT.INJ.SCALP WHILE AT FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN PLAYING & HIT HEAD ON A SHOVEL NO L.O.C. DX; 2 CM.LAC.SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SHOVEL BROKE AND HANDLE STRUCK HIM CONCUSSION FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CUT HEAD WHEN SIBLING HIT WITH GARDEN HOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK WITH A PICK AXE ON THE FACE. DX-CHI, LACERATION CHEEK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HIT HEAD ON A METAL RAKE WHILE SHOPPING WITH MOM. D: LACERATION S CALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT CUT HEAD ON GARDEN RAKE WHEN TRIED TO GET FOOTBALL OUT OF TREE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2006Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: RAKE FELL AND HIT HEAD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2006Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS USING MANUAL POST HOLE DIGGERS WHEN HE BENT DOWN AND HIT HEAD ON HANDLE. DX. HEAD LAC. NO LOC UNKNOWN IF WORK RELATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS PLAYING IN THE GARAGE AND HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FOREHEAD ON A SHOVEL. DX: HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
5YOM HIT HEAD ON GARDEN TOOL BROTHER WAS SWINGING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2006Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT IN HEAD WITH METAL T-POST DRIVER AT FRIENDS HOME. DX: CONCUSSION, SCALP ABRASION, CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LAC TO FOREHEAD, ACCIDENTALLY HIT W/SHOVEL DX: HEAD CONTUSION, SCALP LAC, CONCUSSION W/LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Plants, trees and shrubs
SHANKING DIRT OFF A BOXWOOD SHRUB, HIT SHOVEL AND SHOVEL HIT HEAD CAUSI NG SCALP ABRASION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2006Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
ACC STRUCK ON HEAD C SHOVERL BY SON " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
DX HEAD LACERATION: FELL AT HOME AND HIT HEAD ON SHOVEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CHI, HIT WITH SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT. THREW GARDEN SPADE IN AIR AND IT LANDED ON HEAD AT GRANDMOTHER'S. DX. LAC SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
STEPPED ON A SHOVEL AND HANDLE HIT HEAD. DX HEMATOMA HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
SCALP LAC-SHOVEL FELL OFF RACK-HIT PT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2006Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
DX SCALP LACERATION: HIT HEAD WITH SHOVEL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2006Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LAC TO HEAD WHEN A RAKE STRUCK HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
YOUNGER BROTHER THREW A SHOVEL HITTING PATIENT ON HEAD; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2006Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SCALP LACERATION.PT HIT HEAD ON A SHOVEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2006Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT HIT HIMESELF IN HEAD WITH PITCH FORK. DX: 7 CM LACEARATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
TOP OF HEAD LAC/6YOM AT HOME WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY SHOVEL CAUSING L ACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SCALP LACERATION: PLAYING WITH FRIEND, FRIEND ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIM ON HEAD WITH GARDEN HOE, 3 CM LACERATION TOP OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE SCALP BY STRIKING HIMSELF WITH A SHOVE L AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HEAD CONTUSION OCCIPITAL AREA: HIT ON HEAD WITH HOE BY LITTLE BROTHER, HEADACHE, NOT STATED INTENTIONAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HIT ON FOREHEAD WITH FLAT END OF A PICK. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FORE HEAD LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH HOE. DX: SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HAD A SHOVEL FALL ON HER HEAD LACERATION TO SCALP*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CHILD HIT ON HEAD WITH GARDEN TROWEL BY 7 YEAR OLD BROTHER. D: SCALP LA CERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2006Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT SELF WITH POST HOLE DIGGER SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2006Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CHI W/ BRIEF LOC-COCCYGEAL FX-@ HOME-ACCIDENTLY HIT W/A SHOVEL-FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2006Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT BY SHOVEL/SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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