Accidents - Refrigerators - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,685
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Date: 12/23/2008	Age: 65 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: Refrigerators
PT FELL STRUCK HEAD ON THE CORNER OF A REFRIGERATOR SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH FACIAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 70 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: Refrigerators
TRIPPED OVER OWN FEET&FELL FOREWARDS HITTING HEAD AGAINST THE FRIDGE >>SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2008	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: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED AND FELL AT HOME HIT (R) SIDE OF HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR AND LANDE D ON FLOOR DX- MINOR HEAD INJ CONT TO HIP HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2008	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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
INTER HEAD INJURY- FELL, HIT REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/13/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators, Other ranges or ovens
PATIENT WAS TRYING TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR, FELL BACK & HIT HEAD AGAINST THE STOVE. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
69YOF BLACK HIT HEAD W HEAVY PIECE WOOD 2WKS AGO-THEN 4DAYS AGO HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR, DX HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PATIENT WAS CLEANING REFRIGERATOR WITH FELL BACKWARDS AT HOME. DX: HEAD PAIN AND BACK PAIN FROM FALLING BACKWARDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	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: Refrigerators
PATIENT WAS WALKING WITHOUT WALKER, FELL IN THE KITCHEN WHEN LEGS GOT WEAK HITTING REFRIGERATOR. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2008	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: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT CLEANING OUT HER REFRIGERATOR THREE WEEKS AGO AND HIT HEAD NOW HAVIN G SEVERE HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
73 YOF WAS GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF REFRIGERATOR,FELL BACK STRIKING HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR;SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT HIT HEAD ON FRIDGE 3 MO AGO. DX: SEBACEOUS CYST HEAD, HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
CHI. PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators, Runners, throw rugs or doormats
PT, WHO PUT NEW RUGS BY REFRIGERATOR, SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HAD ON R EFRIGERATOR. D: CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
CHI.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
PATIENT WAS STANDING IN KITCHEN, TURNED AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON REFRI- GERATOR CUTTING IT. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
SLIPPED & FELL, STRUCK HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DX: HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
WAS AT HOME AND BECAME UPSET AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON THE REFRIGERATOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators, Tables
PT MOVING REFRIGERATOR AND FELL BACK HIT HEAD ON TABLE LEG DX// SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2008	Age: 66 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: Refrigerators
DX CHI: C/O OF L TEMPORAL PAIN AFTER HITTING SELF IN HEAD W REFRIGERATOR DOOR 3D AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Refrigerators
HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR 2 WEEKS AGO STILL HAS H/A DX- POST CONCUSSI ON SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators, Tables
GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF REFRIGERATOR AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON TABLE CONTUSION HEAD #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Refrigerators
PT SLIPPED WHILE OPENING REFRIGERATOR. DX: CONCUSSION, R HIP CONT, R FOREHEAD/SCALP CONT, HYPONATREMIA, ANEMI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 77 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: Refrigerators
PT FELL HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/04/2008	Age: 89 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: Refrigerators
FELL MOVING REFRIGERATOR AND LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL STRUCK HEAD ON THE REFRIGERATOR AT DAUGHTERS HOUSE AND SUSTAINE D A SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
MECHANICAL FALL HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD ANEMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/21/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
SCALP CT-FELL-HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2008	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: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
PT INTOXICATED AT HOME BAC 259 WAS GETTING FOOD FROM THE REFRIGERATOR A ND FELL BACKWARDS STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH IC BLEED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 56 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: Refrigerators
GETTING FOOD FROM FRIDGE AND STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON IT CAUSING MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
LACERATION TO SCALP 1 1/2 - 2 ", HIT HEAD ON EDGE OF REFRIGERATOR, HEAD INJURY, SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
PT WITH CHI, STRUCK SELF WITH REFRIGERATOR DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
CHI,. PT FELL IN KITCHEN HITTING HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 73 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
PT STS MOPPING FLOOR,FELL,HIT HEAD ON FRIDGE, DX HEAD TRAUMA,NLOC,LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2008	Age: 80 years	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: Refrigerators
PATIENT FELL AND HIT HEAD WHILE CLEANING HER REFRIGERATOR. DX-CONTUSION HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2008	Age: 53 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: Refrigerators
PT TRIPPED AND FELL, HIT HANDLE OF REFRIGERATOR DX: CHI, CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
FELL AGAINST FRIDGE, DX; LAC. SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
HEAD CONT. PT PASSED OUT AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR. ETOH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
SLIP & FALL AGAINST FRIDGE, DX; BHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
PT STATES PUT SOME WATER IN REFRIGERATOR TURNED AROUND AND JUST FELL, H ITTING HEAD ON FLOOR. DX. CONTS R KNEE, L HIP, HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 84 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: Refrigerators
PT FELT DIZZY AND PASSED OUT HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR AT HOME DX// ICH SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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