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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,832
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/05/2003 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN, -LOC DX: SCALP CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2003 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT. HIT IN HEAD W/CEILING FAN AT AUNT'S. DX. LAC SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2003 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Not recorded | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT WAS THROWN IN THE AIR BY A RELATIVE AND STRUCK HEAD OFF OF A FAN. DX HEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2003 | Age: 3 months | 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: Fans |
| BABY WAS ACCIDENTALLY LIFTED INTO A CEILING FAN. FACE DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| HIT HIS HEAD ON A METAL FAN DX HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| 4 YOMC WAS PLAYING WITH HIS GRANDPA AND FELL BACK AND HIT A FAN/ LACERA TION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2003 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT SUST LACERATION TO HEAD CEELING FAN FELL ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| HEAD/NECK CT-A FAN FELL ON HER HEAD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| PT WITH CEILING FAN FALLING ON HEAD/RT INNER FOREARM, SCA/P ABRASION/ LACERATION TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2003 | Age: 27 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: Fans |
| ATTEMPTING TO FIX CEILING FAN WHICH HIT HIM IN HEAD AND LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN WHILE PLAYING. DX: 2 CM SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fans |
| PT SUST HEAD INJURY FELL HIT HEAD ON FAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| WAS RAISED UP INTO AN ELECTRIC ROTATING CEILING FAN AND BRUISED HEAD; HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Fans |
| PT WAS HIT WHEN FAN FELL & HIT HER IN THE HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fans |
| PT FELL INTO A FAN AND STRUCK HEAD. DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2003 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fans |
| 89YOMC FELL IN BASEMENT STRIKING FOREHEAD ON FAN. LOC. MINOR CLOSED HEA D INJURY WITH LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2003 | Age: 38 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: Fans, Ladders |
| SCALP LACERATION - HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN WHEN STEPPING UP ON LADDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2003 | Age: 38 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: Fans |
| 2 SCALP LAC/38YOF BENT DOWN AND HIT TOP OF HEAD ON CEILING FAN. HAS LAC TO TOP OF SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fans |
| HIT IN HEAD BY CEILING FAN. SUPERFICIAL LAC TO SCALP & CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| 20 Y.O. W MALE W/SCALP LAC. PT STOOD UP & STRUCK CEILING FAN @ HOME. E9 208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fans |
| PT. FELL BETWEEN 2100 AND 2300 AND STRUCK HEAD ON BASE OF FAN. DX. LAC PERIORBITAL, SUBDURAL HEMATOMA, OD PERIORBITAL FX, CONT, HEMATOMA FACI |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/21/2003 | Age: 10 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: Fans |
| CEILING FAN FELL ON HEAD CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fans |
| HEAD PAIN. PT HIT HEAD ON A CEILING FAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2003 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| CUT HEAD WHEN THROWN IN AIR AND HIT CEILING FAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH A CEILING FAN LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK BY CEILING FAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A CEILING FAN AT HOME LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK BY CEILING FAN THAT FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2003 | Age: 90 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: Fans |
| REACHING TO TURN ON KITCHEN FAN AND FELL BACK HITTING HEAD LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2003 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Fans |
| DAD LIFTED CHILD UP, FAN OVERHEAD HIT BACK OF HEAD BHT CONCUSSION - MILD SKULL ASYMMETRY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| FAN FELL OFF SHELF & HIT PT IN BACK OF HEAD. LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| FAN CAME OUT OF CEILING AND HIT HEAD. DX: CONT TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| 28 YOM RAN INTO CEILING FAN BLADE CONTUSION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN HE STRUCK A FAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2003 | Age: 4 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: Fans |
| 4 YO M HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2003 | Age: 22 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: Fans |
| PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO SCALP FROM A BOX FAN HITTING HER IN THE HEAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| HIT HEAD ON A CEILING FAN DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fans |
| PT STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH A MOVING CEILING FAN AT HOME CLOSED HEAD INJ URY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2003 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Fans |
| WHILE PLAYING WITH GRANDPA, PT WAS THROWN UP IN THE AIR AND ACCIDENTALL Y HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN. D: HEMATOMA HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT CUT HEAD WITH HIT FAN. D: NO DX; PT LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/01/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK ON CEILING FAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2003 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| HEAD HIT ON CEILING FAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2003 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2003 | Age: 2 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: Fans |
| CHILD WAS LIFTED DURING PLAY AND HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN. D:CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FACE LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans, Beds or bedframes |
| STANDING ON BED AND STRUCK HEAD ON CEILING FAN - LAC TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2003 | Age: 44 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| HEAD CT-HAD A CEILING FAN FALL-HIT HER HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2003 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| 8 MON OLD B FEMALE W/SCALP CONTUSION. SOMEONE WAS HOLDING PT UP & PT ST RUCK HEAD ON CEILING FAN BLADE @ HOME. E9179 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2003 | Age: 21 years | 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: Fans |
| STATES HE STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN DX HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2003 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Fans |
| WHILE BEING HELD BY AUNT, PT HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN. D: CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2003 | Age: 14 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: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| COUSIN TOSSING CHILD INTO AIR WHEN CHILD HIT CEILING FAN BLADE. D: LACE RATION/CONTUSION, HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Fans |
| CONCUSSION.PT HAD A CEILING FAN BLADE FALL ON HEAD AT A RESTAURANT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2003 | 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: Other |
| Product: Fans |
| HIT HEAD ON A FAN ABOUT 7-10 DAYS AGO, UNSURE OF EXACT MECHANISM. NO LACERATION. NOW WITH PAIN. DX. SCALP ABSCESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| HIT HEAD ON HOOD OF OVEN RANGE DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| CUT HEAD WHEN STANDING FAN FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fans |
| PT HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN BLADE DX:CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fans |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED INJURY TO HEAD AFTER HITTING HEAD ON CEILING FAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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