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Accidents - Fans - Year 2008 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,121
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Date: 12/30/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans, Beds or bedframes
PT BIB MOM, SUS CONTUSION TO HEAD, WAS STANDING ON BED AND HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2008Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fans
STANDING FAN FELL ON HIS HEAD;DX FRACTURED SKULL
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 12/17/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Fans
CEILING FAN FELL ON HEAD. DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans, Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
WAS ON DAD'S SHOULDER&ACCIDENTALLY HIT HEAD ON GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE OF C CEILING FAN>>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2008Age: 5 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
PTS FATHER WAS HOLDING CHILD FATHER FELL BABY STRUCK HEAD ON STANDING FAN SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2008Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fans
PATIENT WAS LIFTED OVER FATHER'S SHOULDERS, WAS HIT IN THE HEAD BY A CEILING FAN. DX-SKULL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/22/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans, Bunk beds
SCALP LAC-PT ON BUNKBED-CEILING FAN BLADE HIT PT'S HEAD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
PT HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN AT HOME AND INJURED HEAD DX// SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
PT BEING SWUNG AROUND BY OLDER COUSIN AND HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN DX// HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
6 Y/O M INJURED HEAD WHEN TOSSED IN THE AIR AND HIT CEILING FAN AT HOM E. DX; SCALP CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
HEAD INJURY-SUS INJ TO HEAD WHEN A CEILING FAN FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD. C/O HEADACHE, BUT NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
TRIPPED ON FAN CORD, FELL;DX CONTUSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
PT HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN BLADE AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Fans
PT PULLED STRING FROM KITCHEN FAN AND IT FELL ON HEAD, LOC, OCCURED AT HOME, CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
PT HIT HEAD ON A CEILING FAN, LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
CEILING FAN LAC HEAD WHEN SHE HIT HEAD ON IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2008Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
14 MOM WAS BEING HELD BY GRANDFATHER AND WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY CEIL ING FAN SUSTAINING CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
BENDING OVER THE PULL PLUG OUT OF A FAN AND FELL. DX- SCALP CONTUSION, MINOR HEAD INJURY #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
PT C/O HEADACHE FOR 2 MONTHS SINCE BEING HIT IN THE HEAD W/A RUNNING CE ILING FAN. DX. HEAD INJURY, HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
HEAD INJURY ; A FAN FELL ONTO PT. D: CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
JUMPING OFF THE COUCH WITH DAD IMPACTING A CEILING FAN WITH HER HEAD, N O LOC>> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
LAC HEAD ON CEILING FAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
PT HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2008Age: 23 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Fans
PT WITH CONCUSSION FROM HITTING HEAD ON CEILING FAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
17 YO MALE HAD DOME FROM CEILING FAN FALL ON TOP OF HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2008Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
PT HAD CEILING FAN FALL ON HEAD LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans, Medical equipment, general
8 LB WINDOW FAN FELL FROM WINDOW HITTING PATIENT ON SIDE OF HEAD/FACE AT SITE OF VP SHUNT, HEADACHE, MORE QUIET; MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2008Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
PATIENT WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY A FAN LAST WEEK, C/O A SMALL LACERA- TION AND A HEADACHE WITH DIZZINESS AND VOMITING. DX-POSTTRAUM. HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
30 YOF HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN SUSTAINING A CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2008Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
PT AT NURSING HOME HIT IN HEAD WITH A FAN YESTERDAY TODAY AMS DX// HEAD INJURY CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/18/2008Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN A CEILING FAN FELL ON HIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
PT JUMPED AND HIT CEILING FAN. DX: SCALP LAC 2 CM/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN DX: BHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2008Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
PT WAS SITTING ON HIS FATJHERS SHOULDERS WHILE BEING LIFTED OFF HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A MOVING CEILING FAN CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2008Age: 9 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
CEILING FAN BLADE FELL ON HER;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans, Bunk beds
HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN WHEN ON BUNK BED;DX LACERATED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2008Age: 5 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
PT SUS CONTUSION TO HEAD AFTER FATHER PICKED HIM UP AND HEAD HIT THE CEILING FAN%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2008Age: 5 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
PT C/O AS STRUCK BY FAN BLADE. DX CONT SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans, Ceilings and walls
ACCIDENTALLY HIT HEAD ONTO CEILING FAN, ?MECH, BEEN HAVING HEADACHE SIN CE>> CLOSED HEAD INJUREY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2008Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
TALL FAN FELL ON PT. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans, Bunk beds
STOOD UP ON BUNK BED AND HIT CEILING FAN. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2008Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED OVER FAN ON FLOOR FELL AND INJURED HEAD DX// HEAD INJURY FACIAL AND HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2008Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
LAC HEAD ON CEILING FAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2008Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans, Beds or bedframes
PT STOOD ON HIS BED WHILE INTOXICATED TO OPEN HIS BEDROOM WINDOW AND ST RUCK IN THE HEAD WITH A METAL CEILING FAN CLOSED HEAD INJURY SCALP LACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
CHI. PT FELL INTO A FAN AND HIT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
CHI, PT WAS INJURED WHEN A CEILING FAN FELL AND HIT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2008Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
CHILD LIFTED UP BY ADULT HIT BY CEILING FAN DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
CHI.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A BOX FAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans, Bunk beds
HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN WHEN ON TOP BUNK; DX LACERATED FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fans
6 YO SPARKS FROM CEILING FAN STRUCK HEAD BURN SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2008Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
CHI.PT HAD A CEILING FAN FALL ON HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
CHI, SLEPT INFRONT OF A FAN & FELL ON HER HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
LAC HEAD ON CEILING FAN BLADE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2008Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
PT WAS SITTING UNDER A MOVING CEILING FAN AND ONE OF THE BLADES FLEW OF F STRUCK IN HEAD SUSTAINED A SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Fans
FAN FELL ON TOP OF HEAD DX; CONCUSSION W/O LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
CAUGHT HAIR IN SHOP FAN;DX LACERATED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN A CEILING FAN FELL ON HEAD AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2008Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
BEING HELD UP, HIT BY CEILING FAN/SCALP CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2008Age: 96 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans, Floors or flooring materials
PT GOT UP WITHOUT HIS WALKER TO TURN OFF THE FAN AND FELL BACKWARDS S TRIKING HEAD ON THE FLOOR LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2008Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans, Floors or flooring materials
PT RECEIVED CONTUSION TO HER HEAD WHEN TRIPPED OVER FAN ON FLOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2008Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
PT BABY HIT HEAD ON CEILING FAN AT HOME TODAY DX// HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fans
CEILING FAN FELL/CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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