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Accidents - Metal containers - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 456
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Date: 12/13/2004Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Metal containers, Ceilings and walls
PT C/O LFT HAND INJURY. PT FELL ON CANS OF CAT FOOD AND FELL INTO WALL OF SHEET ROCK . DX CONT TO HEAD CHEST AND LAC LFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Metal containers
PT DRINKING SODA FROM CAN WHEN DISCOVERED PART OF A SILVER COLORED CHAI N AT THE BOTTOM OF HER CAN. NAUSEA/HEADACHE. D:HEADACHE, DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2004Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Metal containers
CHI - 76 YOF WAS PICKING UP CANS FROM OFF THE GROUND, SLIPPED ON THE WE T GRASS AND HIT HER HEAD AGAINST A TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Metal containers
62 YEAR OLD MALE HIT IN HEAD WITH CAN CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Metal containers
62 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH ALUMINUM CAN LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 06/14/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Metal containers
PT STOOD UP STRIKING HEAD ON METAL BOX. DX: BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, SCALP ABR/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Metal containers, Other containers
IN SUPERMARKET WHEN CASE OF CANS FELL ON HER. DX. MINOR HEAD TRAUAM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2004Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Metal containers, Floors or flooring materials
PT AT NUSING HOME AND TRIPPED OVER A CAN LANDING ON FLOOR STRIKING HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2004Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Metal containers
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HER SCALP AS A RESULT OF BEING STRUCK BY A FALLING SODA CAN AT A STORE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2004Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
TRIPPED OVER OXYGEN CORD FALLING AND STRIKING HEAD ON 12 PACK OF POP DX: LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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