Accidents - Year 2000 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,265,610
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other body parts.

Products:

Floors or flooring materials: 135,859	Stairs or steps: 91,960
Beds: 73,254	Bicycles or accessories: 71,187
Tables: 54,809	Ceilings and walls: 49,868
Chairs: 43,146	Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves: 30,219
Football: 27,862	Doors: 27,836
Bathtubs or showers: 26,605	Basketball: 23,300
Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches: 18,987	Baseball: 17,940
Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets: 17,351	Wheelchairs: 14,413
Soccer: 12,542	Swings or swing sets: 12,487
House repair or construction materials: 12,152	All-terrain vehicles: 11,085
Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings: 11,040	Horseback riding: 11,022
Grocery or shopping carts: 10,945	Poles: 10,579
Ladders: 10,094	Bunk beds: 9,995
Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus: 9,123	Doorsills or frames: 7,963
Toilets: 7,554	Counters or countertops: 7,394
Fences or fence posts: 7,362	Snow skiing: 7,150
Other toys: 7,112	Softball: 6,987
Crutches, canes or walkers: 6,840	Rugs or carpets: 6,643
Televisions: 6,564	Snow boarding: 6,472
Slides or sliding boards: 6,252	Swimming pools: 5,988
Skateboards: 5,937	Trampolines: 5,875
Golf: 5,829	Bedsprings or bedframes: 5,668
Windows or window glass: 5,491	Pipes: 5,351
Benches: 4,870	Baby strollers: 4,843
In-line skating: 4,791	Handrails, railings or banisters: 4,644
Car seats: 4,602	Other fireplaces: 4,242
Cribs: 4,165	Sleds: 4,009
Fishing: 3,836	Footwear: 3,808
Radiators: 3,726	Wrestling: 3,686
Hockey: 3,682	Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks: 3,603
Bleachers: 3,533	Built-in swimming pools: 3,473
Containers: 3,399	Scooters, unpowered: 3,277
Ice skating: 3,217	Furniture: 3,169
Playground equipment: 3,091	Cabinet or door hardware: 3,037
Weight lifting: 2,948	Public equipment: 2,939
Exercise: 2,932	Windowsills or frames: 2,901
Metal containers: 2,823	Ball sports: 2,654
Hammers: 2,600	High chairs: 2,538
Two-wheeled, powered, off-road vehicles: 2,535	Sinks: 2,412
Go-carts: 2,387	Fans: 2,371
Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories: 2,323	Baby walkers or jumpers: 2,207
Exercise equipment: 2,201	Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins: 2,195
Stools: 2,182	Refrigerators: 2,180
Rocking chairs: 2,126	Amusement attractions: 2,105
Garage doors: 2,088	Diving or diving boards: 2,057
Tableware and accessories: 2,001	Other unpowered garden tools: 1,992
Roller skating: 1,908	Surfing: 1,816
Bottles or jars: 1,764	Ice hockey: 1,740
Other playground equipment: 1,738	Tricycles: 1,719
Volleyball: 1,714	Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns: 1,679
Swimming: 1,662	Glass alcoholic beverage bottles: 1,640
Wagons: 1,621	Step stools: 1,590
Television tables or stands: 1,563	Telephones or telephone accessories: 1,523
Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations: 1,442	Air conditioners: 1,423
Gymnastics: 1,421	Dancing: 1,393
Recliner chairs: 1,382	Ramps or landings: 1,369
Greenhouse or gardening supplies: 1,344	Water skiing: 1,329
Barstools or kitchen stools: 1,319	Lockers: 1,317
Other baby carriers: 1,296	Baby changing tables: 1,280
Escalators: 1,241	Rugby: 1,234
Sports and recreational activity: 1,230	Hoists, lifts, jacks or jack stands: 1,202
Drinking glasses: 1,182	Lighting equipment: 1,150
Riding toys: 1,149	Mountain or all-terrain bicycles or accessories: 1,143
Mirrors or mirror glass: 1,116	Computers: 1,109
Cheerleading: 1,104	Gas, air or spring-operated guns: 1,092
Skating: 1,076	Boxing: 1,048
Manual cleaning equipment: 1,030	Snowmobiles: 1,028
Other ranges: 1,008	Billiards or pool: 1,003
Vacuum cleaners: 1,002	Mopeds or power-assisted cycles: 969
Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers: 938	Other ball sports: 923
Rope or string: 918	Stepladders: 900
Runners, throw rugs or doormats: 886	Golf carts: 879
Towel racks or bars: 877	Treehouses or playhouses: 854
Heaters or heating systems: 848	Hammocks: 842
Scaffolding: 825	Toy boxes or chests: 813
Sliding glass doors or panels: 812	Water slides: 792
Day wear: 791	Tennis: 783
Floor lamps or table lamps: 763	Other Irons: 758
Bed rails, adult: 755	Lacrosse: 751
Nonglass doors: 746	Elevators or other lifts: 742
Hatchets or axes: 731	Electrical wire or wiring systems: 731
Snow tubing: 730	Ductwork for heating or cooling systems: 699
Nonwheeled riding toys, unpowered: 692	Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches: 688
Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures: 680	Seesaws or teeterboards: 680
Lawn mowers: 678	Glass doors: 677
Track and field: 671	Faucets or spigots: 647
Baby carriers: 631	Portable baby swings: 628
Buckets or pails: 617	Other nonglass doors: 613
Horseshoes: 599	Tools: 597
Cookware: 593	Martial arts: 586
Blocks, stacking toys or pull toys: 583	Roller hockey: 582
Tool sheds: 572	Knives: 565
Outdoor awnings or shutters: 562	Chains: 561
Beach chairs or folding chairs: 555	Baby gates or barriers: 554
Padlocks, chain locks or other locks: 553	Clotheslines or clothes drying racks: 544
Decorative yard equipment: 544	Bags: 542
Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns: 540	Manual snow or ice removal tools: 529
Pogo sticks: 525	Toy sports equipment: 522
Blankets: 519	Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders: 516
Other manual workshop tools: 511	Bowling: 503
Automatic doors: 502	Clothes dryers: 500
Toolboxes or tool kits: 500	Youth chairs: 492
Pet supplies: 488	Carts: 488
Footlockers: 487	Mattresses: 487
Screen doors: 479	Camping equipment: 474
Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes: 466	Dollies, handtrucks or luggage carriers: 462
Built-in fireplaces: 461	Riding power lawn mowers: 443
Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers: 439	Jewelry: 437
Scooters/skateboards, powered: 425	Hot tubs or home spas: 418
Paper products: 415	Attachable high chairs: 408
Musical instruments, not electric or not battery operated: 402	Luggage: 394
Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball: 391	Swimming pool equipment: 386
Waterbeds or water pillows: 384	Mountain climbing: 377
Tractors: 374	Crib extender rails or youth bed rails: 367
Glass bottles or jars: 362	Clothing accessories: 356
Other glass doors: 354	Powered riding toys: 353
BBs or pellets: 351	Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks: 346
Grills: 340	Freezers: 339
Baby carriages: 338	Clothing: 336
Bassinets or cradles: 333	Other windows or window glass: 331
Microwave ovens: 327	Wheeled riding toys, unpowered: 325
Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting: 324	Washing machines: 324
Playpens: 322	Other glass bottles or jars: 318
Wooden containers: 317	Aquariums or accessories: 315
Flatware: 311	Chain saws: 310
Swimming pool slides: 309	Keys, key rings or key chains: 303
Nonupholstered rocking chairs: 301	Baby carriers or slings: 301
Laundry baskets: 301	Window screens: 299
Sound recording, reproducing or receiving equipment: 298	Field hockey: 297
Sheets or pillowcases: 291	Bathtub or shower enclosures: 289
Mobile/manufactured homes: 285	Coal or wood-burning stoves: 281
Nightwear: 281	Fire extinguishers: 277
Doorstops: 275	Wire: 272
Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters: 269	Book bags or back carriers: 268
Eyeglasses: 265	Bars and bar accessories: 255
Cardboard products: 255	Upholstered footstools, ottomans or hassocks: 252
Light bulbs: 248	Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings: 244
Clocks: 239	Pruning or trimming equipment: 238
Water tubing: 235	Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins: 233
Scissors: 231	Slingshots or sling-propelled toys: 225
Other furniture: 222	Ironing boards or covers: 221
Drinking fountains: 221	Hot water: 220
Stretch cords or stretch straps: 218	Flying toys: 216
Wood paneling and particleboard: 215	Ice makers: 212
Baby exercisers: 211	Futons: 210
Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco: 207	Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings: 207
Radios: 202	Saws: 197
Business and office machines: 194	Pillows: 194
Fire escape devices: 192	Electrical outlets or receptacles: 192
Outerwear: 191	Photographic equipment: 189
Table tennis: 187	Combs or hairbrushes: 186
Electric lighting equipment: 186	Hair dryers: 181
Plastic containers: 180	Chimneys: 180
Kitchen gadgets: 180	Christmas decorations: 178
Dishwashers: 175	Tape recorders or players: 174
Dune buggies/beach buggies: 172	Knives with replaceable blades: 171
Power lawn mowers: 171	Other ovens: 171
Drills: 170	Electric toy racing cars or accessories: 168
Nonglass bathtub or shower enclosures: 167	Pens and pencils: 164
Razors or shavers: 161	Other toy guns: 161
Art supplies or equipment: 160	Balloons: 157
Draperies, curtains or shower curtains: 156	Aerosol containers: 156
Other portable or stationary power tools: 155	Batteries: 155
Other electric lighting equipment: 155	Pull-down or folding stairs: 155
Kitchen mixing bowls, canisters or similar containers: 155	Vises or workshop clamps: 154
Bleaches: 154	Electric blenders: 154
Leaf blowers: 151	Storm doors with glass panels: 151
Bench or table saws: 147	Other containers: 147
Garden tractors: 145	Portable food or beverage coolers: 144
Shuffleboard: 139	Fireworks: 137
Minibikes, powered: 127	Fireplace equipment: 127
General home or room involvement in fires: 127	Street hockey: 124
Tetherball: 121	Glass soft drink bottles: 121
Plastic bags: 120	Extension cords: 119
School equipment: 119	Soaps: 113
Desk supplies: 113	Workshop furnishings: 112
Towels or cloths: 110	Eye protection devices: 110
Other furnaces: 109	Umbrellas: 109
Self-contained openers: 108	Nonmetal cookware: 107
Other stools: 106	Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters: 104
Metal cookware: 101	Manicuring devices: 101
Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered: 101	Toy guns: 101
Croquet: 100	Ashtrays, not electric or not battery operated: 98
Recording tapes: 96	Snow throwers or blowers: 94
Coffee makers or teapots: 94	Trays: 93
Sewing machines or accessories: 90	Water heaters: 90
Extension ladders: 90	Slow cookers: 90
Gasoline heaters: 90	Children's play tents, play tunnels or other enclosures: 89
Laundry hampers: 89	Nonglass bottles or jars: 87
Hair clippers and trimmers: 87	Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers: 87
Other plastic products: 87	Other manual pruning or trimming equipment: 86
Lunch boxes or pails: 85	Electric heating pads: 85
Pumps: 85	Welding equipment: 85
Windshield wiper fluids: 85	Darts: 84
Humidifiers: 83	Water polo: 83
Toilet bowl products: 83	Snow plows: 83
Electric counter-top ovens, broilers or toaster ovens: 78	Kerosene or oil heaters: 78
Trash compactors: 78	Power saws: 77
Scuba diving: 77	Gas or LP heaters: 77
Rotary power lawn mowers: 77	Flotation toys: 77
Power hedge trimmers: 77	Diaper pails: 77
Other grills or stoves: 77	Vacuum containers: 77
Plastic products: 75	Nonbaby mattresses: 75
Vending machines: 75	Pressurized containers: 75
Sleeping bags: 75	Fire or smoke alarms: 74
Upholstered chairs: 73	Above-ground swimming pools: 73
Burglar alarms: 70	Ceramics supplies or equipment: 70
Upholstered recliner chairs: 70	Fuel-burning lighting equipment: 70
Gas-burning fireplaces: 69	Ice or snow boating: 69
Gas or LP grills or stoves: 69	Vaporizers: 69
Gasoline cans: 69	Artificial Christmas trees: 69
Cutting torches: 69	Thermal or sound insulation materials: 69
Amateur two-way radios: 69	Steam irons: 69
Music boxes or chimes: 69	Tarpaulins: 69
Metal chimneys, stovepipes or flues: 69	Electric mixers: 69
Floor waxes: 67	Dry ice: 67
Musical instruments, electric or battery operated: 67	Electric coffee makers or teapots: 67
Toasters: 67	Manual lawn trimmers or edgers: 67
Storm doors without glass panels: 67	Building sets: 62
Other toy weapons: 59	Diapers: 52
Convertible beds, hideaway beds or sofa beds: 51	Lubricants: 47
Magazine racks or book ends: 42	Paints, varnishes or shellacs: 42
Outdoor antennas: 42	Other heaters or heating systems: 42
Brick, stone or masonry chimneys: 42	Portable power drills and accessories: 38
Drain cleaners: 38	Thermostats: 38
Electric frying pans and skillets: 35	Cigarette or pipe lighters: 35
Portable circular power saws: 35	Band saws: 35
Projectors: 34	Seasonal decorations: 29
Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses: 24	Cots: 23
Unattached appliance or lamp cords: 23	Glass bathtub or shower enclosures: 23
Inflatable furniture: 23	Bedspreads, throws or comforters: 23
Gas or LP floor or wall heaters: 18	Pacifiers or teething rings: 18
Matches: 18	Wheelbarrows or lawn carts: 18
Storm windows: 18	Other bedding: 18
Screwdrivers: 18	Batons: 18
Spot removers or cleaning fluids: 18	Baby bottles or nipples: 17
Electric baseboard heaters: 17	Electric trains or accessories: 17
Fuel oils: 17	Other antennas: 17
Charcoal: 17	Electric Christmas decorations: 17
Incinerators: 17	Moving walks: 17
Carbon monoxide poisonings: 17	Gasoline: 17
Phonograph records: 17	Fire sprinklers: 17
Personal protection devices: 17	Nonelectric razors or shavers: 17
Electric razors or shavers: 17	Wigs, falls or hairpieces: 17
Other ladders: 17	Can openers: 17
First aid equipment: 17	Food processors: 17
Sewing basket articles: 17	Gas ranges: 17
Fuel storage tanks: 17	Range or oven accessories: 17
Levels: 17	Nonelectric can openers: 17
Other sound recording, reproducing or receiving equipment: 13	Other upholstered chairs: 12
Heavy-duty workshop staplers: 6	Electric blankets or sheets: 5
Air compressors: 5	Adhesives: 5
Window or door security barriers: 5	Rocketry sets: 5
Kites or kite string: 5	Costumes or masks: 5
Handball: 5	Counter-mounted cooking surfaces: 5
Night-lights: 5	Appliances: 5
Baby rattles: 5	Wading pools: 5
Fertilizers: 5

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