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Accidents - Clotheslines or clothes drying racks - Year 2009 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 178
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:6
6-15 years old:87
50+ years old:85

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/21/2009Age: 11 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: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT HANGING FROM CLOTHES LINE, SLIPPED 2-3FT & FELL ON CONCRETE HITTING HEAD, DIZZY & BLURRY VISION X5 MINS, NAUSEA, VOMITING, HA; HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PATIENT RUNNING IN BACK YARD, GOT CAUGHT ON CLOTHES LINE WITH CHIN, FEL L BACK ON HEAD ON CONCRETE, NO LOC, EMESIS; MINOR HEAD INJ, CHIN ABRASI
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 07/15/2009Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: IndustrialFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER CLOTHESLINE AT OLD FACTORY, FELL HIT HEAD ON CONCRET FLOOR . DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2009Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Poles
PT CUT HEAD WHEN FELL OUTSIDE IN YARD AND HIT METAL POST OF CLOTHESLINE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2009Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
ON ***, WAS FIXING A CLOTHESLINE WHEN ENTANGLED IN THE LINE B/C OFTHE W IND&FELL HITTING HEAD, NO LOC, BIBEMS AS MTR>>CHI/ELEVATER INR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
WAS CLIMBING ON CLOTHESLINE, & FELL 3 FT. ONTO CONCRETE, AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE- HEMATOMA TO RT SIDE OF HEAD- NO LOC, BUT SLEEPY. DX: CHI
Disposition: Held for observation

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