Accidents - Toolboxes or tool kits - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,115
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	74
Year 2000:	70
Year 2001:	77
Year 2002:	151
Year 2004:	85
Year 2005:	211
Year 2006:	131
Year 2008:	135
Year 2009:	98
Year 2010:	79

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/22/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
61YOM-SCALP LAC-TOOLBOX FELL-HIT PT'S HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2010	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits, Straps
72YOM WHILE IN HIS GARAGE TRIPPED OVER A CORD STRUCK HEAD ON TOOL CABINET;CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
PT WAS WALKING IN YARD AT HOME AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A TOOLBOX , CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2009	Age: 76 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: Toolboxes or tool kits
DXCOMPRESSION FX L1/LBP: FELL IN HER GARAGE GET'G OUT ON SON'S CAR; FELL BACKWARDS ONTO BUCTTOCKS; HIT HEAD ON TOOL BOX; PN BACK OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2008	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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits, Tool sheds
NS: HX VERTIGO, TRIPPED ON 2X4 IN SHED, FELL AGAINST WOOD TOOL BOX ONTO FLOOR TWO WKS AGO, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2008	Age: 71 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: Other
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
A TOOLBOX FELL ONTO HEAD ON COMMUTER TRAIN CAUSING A HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
CHI FALLING OFF TOOLBOX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/12/2008	Age: 51 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: Toolboxes or tool kits
PT STRUCK HEAD ON CORNER OF TOOLBOX WEEK AGO,C/O SEVERE HEADACHE DX INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/16/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
PT SUST HEAD INJURY AND STRIKING HEAD ON TOOL BOX#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
PT TRIPPED AND FELL, HIT HEAD ON TOOLBOX DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
TOP OF TOOL BOX SHUT STRIKING PT ON TOP OF HIS HEAD. C/O PAIN. CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2005	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
70 Y/O W/M RECEIVED CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN STOOD ON TOP OF TOOLBOX TO CUT LIMBS AND SLIPPED OFF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2005	Age: 55 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: Toolboxes or tool kits
METAL TOOLBOX FELL ON HEAD SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
PT FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A METAL TOOL BOX AT HOME SUSTAINED A CLOSED HE AD INJURY WITH SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2004	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: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
LACERATON HEAD - PATIENT REPORTS HUSBAND WENT TO CLOSE LID OF TOOL BOX IN BACK OF TRUCK & PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT ON TOP OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 70 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: Toolboxes or tool kits
70 YO TRIPPED OVER TOOL BOX XLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
CARDIAC ARREST - 56 YOM WAS UPSTAIRS PER FAMILY, THEY HEARD A THUD AND FOUND 56 YOM PULSELESS, APNEIC, HAD HIT HEAD ON TOOL BOX
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/12/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
LAC SCALP; HIT HEAD ON TOOLBOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
UNRESTRAINED DRIVER OF PICK UP TRUCK REARENDED & PUSHED INTO A WALL AT4 5MPH. TOOLBOX HIT BACK OF HEAD. D: SUBDURAL HEMATOMA. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/20/2001	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2000	Age: 52 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: Toolboxes or tool kits
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/1998	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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