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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 498
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 75 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING DEAD TREE LIMB DOWN&TREE BROKE&HIT HIM ON TOP OF HEAD, NO LOC >>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY/SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Other toys |
| 61 YOF STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A TREE BRANCH, WAS ATTENDING A BIRTHDAY PA RTY WHERE A *** WAS BEING HIT ALSO SUSTAINING A CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 80 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CLOSED HEAD INJURY W/O LOC - 80 YO MALE WAS CUTTING TREE LIMBS AND A SA PLING HIT HIM IN THE FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 75 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| HEAD TRAUMA.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN FROM MANGO TREE(IN PATIO) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 54 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PATIENT WAS USING HIS WALKER TODAY, HE FELL HITTING HIS HEAD ON A TREE WITH LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUTTING DOWN A TREE WHEN A LARGE BRANCH FELL ONTO HEAD SUSTAINED A C LOSED HEAD INJURY WITH SUBDURAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 88 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| SCALP LAC.: YESTERDAY OUTSIDE HOUSE TRIMMING ROSE BUSH, LOST BALANCE, HITTING HEAD ON BRICK WALL, LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUTTING TREES AND REACHING OUT WHEN HAD TEMPORAL PRESSURE & JAW PAIN . CONFUSED. D:ALTERED LOC, CONFUSION, ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT WAS CUTTING TREE LIMBS. LIMB HIT PT ON HEADDX: HEAD INJ WITH CONCUSS ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 63 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Power lawn mowers |
| YESTERDAY ACCIDENTALLY HIT HEAD ONTO A TREE BRANCH WHILE MOWING, WITH D IZZINESS SINCE>>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 57 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| HEAD LAC/57YOM AT HOME WAS CUTTING DOWN TREES AND WAS STRUCK IN THE HEA D BY A BRANCH CAUSING LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING THE BRANCHES OF A TREE WHILE IN THE TREE AT HOME ABOUT 15 F EET UP AND FELL ONTO HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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