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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,365
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| CHI-AT MUSEUM-HIT A TREE BRANCH IN A DISPLAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| VALET SIGN FELL ON HEAD SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| STOOD UP HIT HEAD ON A PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER MINOR HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2002 | Age: 11 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: Public equipment |
| THIN METAL SIGN FELL, HIT HEAD, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2002 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| RUNNING CHILD FELL AND HIT HEAD. ALSO HIT HEAD ON SIGN. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| CUT HEAD WHEN SIGN FELL IN STORE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment, Footwear |
| A PLASTIC STAR FELL OFF STORE DISPLAY AT *** HITTING PATIENT ONHEAD AND BOUNCED TO ARM AND LEG WHILE LOOKING AT A SHOE; HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| STORE DISPLAY FELL AND HIT PT ON FOREHEAD, SWELLING TO FOREHEAD. D: H EMATOMA HEAD / CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Public equipment |
| HEAD ABRASION - WAS RUNNING @ LIBRARY HIT HEAD ON A SIGN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | Age: 39 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: Public equipment |
| 39 YO MALE BUMPED HEAD ON A SIGN LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/05/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| JUMPING IN RESTROOM OF GAS STATION, HIT PAPER TOWEL HOLDER/ SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| HEAD LAC, A SIGN FELL ON PT HEAD IN ***. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| HEAD TRAUMA, PT UNDER ETOH INTOXICATION, FELL DOWN & STRUCK THETURNSTIL E AT THE SUBWAY STATION, NO LOC, C/O EPIGASTRIC PAIN & SWELLIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| SIGN FELL ON PATIENT AT CASINO HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT.WHO CAME TO E.R. DUE TO ACCIDENTAL HEAD TRAUMA WITH MECHANICAL HANDO F PARKING TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| WHILE WALKING BACKWARDS AT GYM, HIT INTO A SIGN, LACERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2002 | 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: Public equipment |
| CHILD, IN CARETAKER'S ARMS, HIT HEAD ON SIGN. D: SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2002 | Age: 27 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT RAN INTO AN EXIT SIGN, CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT HAD A SIGN FALL OFF OF WINDOW AT HOME HITTING HIM IN THE FOREHEAD, L AC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2002 | Age: 4 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: Public equipment |
| HIT HEAD ON SIGN ONE HOUR AGOLACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PATIENT WAS WALKING INTO A BUILDING, BENT DOWN TO MISS A SIGN AND HITHI S HEAD ON THE SIGN. DX-SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 54 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: Public equipment |
| HEAD LAC, PT STRUCK A TELEPHONE BOOTH AT THE STREET, C/O PAIN, NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| CUT SCALP ON HAND DRYERIN BATHROOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| CHI - WAS ORDERING FOOD AT A RESTAURANT AND THE MENU ITEM SIGN FELL DOW N HITTING TOP OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| SCALP LAC-WALKING AT THE MALL-HIT HEAD ON A METAL SIGN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| HEAD LAC, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING SIGN AT THE STREET, C/O BLEEDING, NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT HAD A SIGN FALL ON HIS HEAD LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT UNDER A SIGN IN A STORE, WHEN SHE RAISED HER HEAD SHE HIT IT ON THE SIGN, LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Public equipment |
| SCALP AB-HIT HEAD ON A STREET SIGN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | 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: Public equipment, Telephones or telephone accessories |
| SCALP LACERATION.PT HIT HEAD ON A TELEPHONE IN A TELEPHONE BOOTH AND LA CERATED SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Public equipment |
| HEAD CT-AT MOTEL-HIT BAR OF FIRE EXTINGUISHER CASE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT HIT HEAD ON HAND DRYER IN RESTAURANT BATHROOM. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| BEING CHASED BY FRIENDS AT 2130 AND RAN INTO A SIGN NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL, HE WAS DAZED. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FACIAL TRAUMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Public equipment |
| SIGN FELL DX. HEAD CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2002 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| WALKING TO PARKING LOT NEAR DOCTOR'S OFFICE, MISSTEPPED CURB AND FELL INTO A PARKING METER. DX LACERATION OF SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Public equipment |
| HEAD CONTUSION, PT RUNNING, BUMPED INTO A PARKING METER AT THE STREET, C/O PAIN, NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2002 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Public equipment |
| SIGN FELL DX. SCALP CONT DOB ***** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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