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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 449
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON EDGE OF HEATER, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2002 | Age: 6 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT WAS WATCHING MOM CHANGE SISTERS BURN DRESSING, PASSED OUT, HIT HEAD ON HEATER, LOC, DX HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2002 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| DX:CHI, SCALP LAC. FELL FROM STANDING STRIKING BACK OF HEAD ON OLD META L HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 5 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| CHLD RUNNING THROUGH HOUSE AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON HEATER DX SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT WALKING INTO LIVING ROOM FELL AND HIT HEAD RIGHT EYEBROW ON FLOOR HEATER PT WAS WEARING HELMENT. HD TRUAMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| CUT HEAD WHENF ELL ON SPACE HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT SLIPPED/FELL IN SISTER ROOM HITTING HEAD ON HEATER LAST NIGHT, LACE RATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| SPINNING, FELL AND HIT HEATER SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2002 | Age: 12 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| 1YOM-CLOSED HEAD INJURY-FELL AT HOME HIT HEAD ON RAIDATOR HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2002 | Age: 5 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| HEAD INJURY. PT WAS DROPPED FROM MOTHERS ARMS AND HIT HEAD ON A HEATER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT DX MILD HEAD TRAUMA - C/O "HE TRIPPED AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE HEATER TODAY" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2002 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL, HIT HEAD ON METAL HEATER, CUT HEAD. D: NO DX; PT LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN BY PHYSICIAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| HIT HEAD ON PORTABLE HEATER - MILD CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FELL AND HIT HEAD ON METAL HEATERLACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2002 | Age: 19 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| DX POSTERIOR HEAD LACERATION: HIT BACK OF HEAD ON HEATER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PARENTS STAYING AT LOCAL MOTEL AND CHILD FELL AND HIT HEAD ON HEATER UN IT IN ROOM, CUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2002 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FOREHEAD CONTUSION- HIT HEAD ON A METAL HEATER @ HO ME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2002 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems, Beds |
| PATIENT FELL WHEN JUMPING ON BED, HIT HEAD ON HEATER; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PATIENT BUMPED HEAD ONTO HEATER. DX: LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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