Accidents - Counters or countertops - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,929
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Date: 12/11/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL IN BATHROOM, HIT HEAD ON COUNTER, +LOC DX; SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
61 YO FEMALE BUMPED HEAD ON COUNTER IN KITCHEN - ETOH LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
PT WITH CONTUSION TO HEAD FROM STRIKING KITCHEN COUNTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL AT ***, HITTING HEAD ON COUNTER. DX HEAD CONTUSI9ON#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2007	Age: 86 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: Counters or countertops, Foods
S/P MECH FALL TRYING TO PUT ON THE DINNER IN THE KITCHEN, FELL HITTING HEAD ONTO THE COUNTER >> CHI/HIP MS/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2007	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Counters or countertops
PT REMEMBERED WALKING TO THE KITCHEN AND AT THE COUNTER FELL, STRIKING HER L FH. DX. CONCUSSION W/LOC, CONT HEAD, FACE, R ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2007	Age: 83 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: Counters or countertops
83 YO STRUCK HEAD ON COUNTER LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 67 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: Counters or countertops
HIT HEAD ON COUNTER TOP TODAY CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT WITH HEAD LAC IN FALL AGAINST COUNTER TOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
CHI. PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON A COUNTER IN KITCHEN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
LOST BALANCE AND HIT HEAD ON COUNTER. DX LACERATION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 67 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: Counters or countertops
BANGED HEAD ON CORNER OF COUNTER AND LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL STRIKING HEAD ON THE COUNTER AT HOME SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD IN JURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL BACK STRIKING HEAD ON COUNTER - CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2007	Age: 87 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: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
FALL,SUBDURAL HEMATOMA:C.H.F.; LUMBAR BACK PAIN: WENT TO FIX BREAKFAST BECAME DIZZY,FELL BACKWARDS,HIT BACK OF HEAD ON COUNTER, ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT HIT HAD ON GRANITE COUNTER. DX: HEAD LAC 1.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2007	Age: 96 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT LOST BALANCE, FELL AGAINST COUNTER STRIKING BACK OF HEAD - CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
OPEN HEAD INJURY-FELL-HIT HEAD ON COUNTER-NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/12/2007	Age: 86 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: Counters or countertops
PT AT HOME FELL HITTING HEAD ON COUNTER / DX TRAUMA HEAD R ORBIT R ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
LAC TO HEAD WHEN FELL AND STRUCK A COUNTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL AT RESTURANT HIT HEAD ON COUNTER +LOC DX- CONCUSSION CONT TO F OREHEAD NECK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops, Sinks
HEADACHE, HEEL PAIN, AND CHEST CONTUSION SECONDARY TO FALL, HITTING COUNTER TOP AND SINK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Counters or countertops
CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOC WHEN STOOD UP AND STRUCK HEAD ON A COUNTERTOP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT SLIPPED OFF BATHROOM COUNTER STRIKING HEAD. DX: 4 CM FACIAL LAC, MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FACIAL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2007	Age: 74 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: Counters or countertops
74 YO M CLOSED HEAD INJURY ABRASION TO SHOULDER LOST BALANCE AND HIT COUNTER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
CHI.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT BENDING DOWN STOOD UP LOST BALANCE HIT HEAD ON COUNTERTOP DX// SCALP LAC FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/15/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT WITH LAC TO HEAD, FELL IN KITCHEN, BANGED HEAD ON COUNTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 53 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: Counters or countertops
HIT HEAD ON TEH COUNTER STANDING UP FROM SITTING POSITION " CONTS''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT HIT HEAD ON COUNTER AT HOME DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PATIENT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL AT HOME STRIKING FACE ON BATHROOM COUNTER. DX - SCALP & FACIAL CONTUSION, BLUNT HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2007	Age: 73 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: Counters or countertops
73 YO FELL STRUCK HEAD ON COUNTER TOP HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
51YOF ARISING FROM UNDERNEATH THE COUNTER,SHE STRUCK HER LEFT SIDE OF HEAD; HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops, Foods
PT FELL IN KITCHEN WHILE COOKING FOOD FOR DINNER, HIT COUNTER TOP WITH HEAD, DX; HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2007	Age: 91 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: Counters or countertops, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
FELL HITTING HEAD GETTING OUT OF COUCH VS FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST COU NTER CORNER " LAC "
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT RESIDENT IN A NURSING HOME AND TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKIING HEAD ON TH E CORNER OF A COUNTER TOP SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE IN THE KITCHEN, FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON COUNT ER SUSTAINING A LACERATION TO SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/18/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL OFF COUNTER/HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2007	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT BACKING UP TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AT THE NURSING HOME AND FELL STRIKI NG BACK OF HEAD AGAINST THE COUNTER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2007	Age: 53 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: Counters or countertops
PT STOOD UP AT MOTHER'S HOUSE AND HEAD HEAD ON COUNTER, FELT "WOOZY" AT FIRST. DX=CHI, NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE IN THE BATHROOM AT HOME AND FELL STRIKING HEA D ON THE COUNTER CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
CHI,. PT SLIPPED IN WATER AND HIT HEAD ON A COUNTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2007	Age: 94 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT HAS A LAC TO HEAD AFTER STRIKING IT ON A COUNTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL AND STRUCK COUNTER TOP HEMATOMA HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2007	Age: 64 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: Counters or countertops
FELL AGAINST COUNTER HEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2007	Age: 51 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: Counters or countertops
HAD A SZ&FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST COUNTER TOP " LAC" +" CHI" +" SZ'
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops, Drinking glasses
PT GOT UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO GET HIS GIRLFRIEND A GLASS OF WATER AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON THE COUNTER LACERATION SCALP- SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/24/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL AT HOME HIT HEAD ON COUNTER TODAY DX// HEAD INJURY SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/24/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
CHI-? LOC DURATION-HIT HEAD ON COUNTER-LOC FOR 1 MINUTE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
81 YOF TRIPPED AND FELL AGAINST COUNTERTOP LAC TO TOP OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL AND POSSIBLY HIT THE COUNTER TOP ON THE WAY DOWN. DX. LAC/CONT SCALP, HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/02/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops, Wallpaper
SCALP LAC-HIT HEAD ON COUNTER WHILE WALL PAPERING-NO LOC-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
HEAD LAC, PT WAS SLEEPWALKING AND HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF A KITCHEN COUNT ERTOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT RAISED HEAD UP AND HIT COUNTER. DX: SCALP LAC 5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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