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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 934
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/06/2010 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 52 YO M ALCOHOL INTOXICATION BROUGHT IN BY ***, PT HUFFING BLUE PAINT,C ONTUSION TO HEAD HAD A SEIZURE. DX ALCOHOL INTOXICATION, PAINT HUFFING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2010 | Age: 58 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 58 YR OLD MALE HIT HEAD WHILE PAINTING RESULTING IN CLOSED HEAD INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2010 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Scaffolding |
| 61YOM-HEAD CT-FELL OFF SCAFFOLDING WHILE PAINTING SIDE OF HOUSE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2010 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 67 YOWM PT WAS PAINTING THIS AM, BUT DOESN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING, WAS FOU ND BY DAUGHTER. DX. SUBARACHNOID BLEED. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/15/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WAS PAINTING CAR IN GARAGE AND PASSED OUT. DX: SYNCOPE, BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, FOREHEAD LAC 4 CM & 3 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT STATES SHE WAS PAINTING WITH KILZ IN HER GARAGE AND STARTED HAVING A HEADACHE. DX. INTRACRANIAL BLEED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 09/26/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| HEAD LAC-FELL OFF A PLANK WHILE PAINTING-HEAD HIT CONCRETE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WAS PAINTING HOUSE AT HOME AND FELL AT HOME JUST PTA - DX SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT FELL OFF OF ROOF AT HOME WHILE PAINTING AND HIT HEAD. DX. CONT HEAD CONCUSSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2007 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Tables |
| CHI-PAINTING THE UNDERSIDE OF PICNIC TABLE-FELL OFF-HIT HEAD-A LITTLE D AZED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2007 | 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Step stools |
| PAINTING & FELL OFF STEP STOOL, HIT HEAD DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| HEADACHE.PT HAD PAINTED THE HOUSE AND DEVELOPED A HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2006 | 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PAINTING RAILING IN HIS KITCHEN AND STANDING ON CHAIR AND STEPPED BACK AND TRIPPED HIT HEAD ON CABINET CLOSED HEAD INJURY/SCALP HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| SLIPPED IN WET PAINT. CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2005 | Age: 54 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, House repair or construction materials |
| PT PAINTING ROOF OF HOUSE AND FELL 18 FT, + LOC DX: SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, FRONTAL CONTU |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/19/2005 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ladders |
| PAINTING AND FELL TWENTY FEET OFF LADDER FX SKULL,SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHA GE AND SUB DURAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/25/2005 | 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| RASH AFTER PAINTING AT HOME SCALP RASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2004 | Age: 58 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| 2 CM SCALP LACERATION SUTURED, AT HOME PAINTING, RAISED UP AND HIT HAD ON A SHELF BRACKET CUTTING SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2004 | Age: 59 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT FELL ON HEAD WHILE PAINTING HOUSE, HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| A PAINT CAN WAS THROWN FROM AN OVERPASS AND WENT THROUGH WINDSHIELD DX: HEAD CONTUSION / PAINT EXPOSURE / HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2002 | 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ladders |
| CHI. PT WAS PAINTING ON A LADDER 10 FEET UP AND FELL DOWN TO HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/27/2001 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2000 | Age: 66 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ladders |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/1999 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/1998 | Age: 56 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ladders |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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