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Accidents - Vacuum cleaners - 0-5 years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,656
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Face:405Finger:300
Mouth:277Hand:203
Foot:148Head:136
Shoulder:71Elbow:59
Toe:21Knee:15
Ankle:6Lower Arm:5
Ear:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/27/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PATIENT FELL OFF COUCH HITTING CHEEK ON VACUUM CLEANER; CHEEK LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/27/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PATIENT PLACED HAND IN ROTATING PORTION OF VACUUM CLEANER, FINGER SWOLL EN, USING IT LESS; FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2006Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
FINGERS CAUGHT IN VACUUM ROLLER, ABRASION FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2006Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PLAYING WITH UNPLUGGED VACUUM CLEANER AND A BRADED HIS FINGER ON IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2006Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
CUT TO MOUTH WHILE PLAYING WITH HOSE TO VACUUM DX: LACERATION TO MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
LACERATION HEAD - 4 YOF FELL HITTING HEAD ON VACUUM CLEANER SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2006Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vacuum cleaners
2ND DEGREE BURN & ABRASION DORSAL LT HAND: CAUGHT LT HAND IN RUNNING VACUUM CLEANER HOSE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, BURN/ABRASION LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PLAYING WITH DUSTBUSTER, CUT FINGER ON GLASS/ LAC LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT JUMPED OUT OF PARENTS ARMS AND HIT HEAD ON A VACUUM CAUSING A HEMAT OMA TO THE HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2006Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
CUT FINGER ON METAL PIECE OF VACUUM CLEANER DX: FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
STANDING ON FRONT OF VACUUM & FELL BACK WHEN VAC MOVED, FOOT GOT CAUGHT ON FRONT OF VAC, LACERATION BASE OF TOENAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2006Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
DX RIGHT HAND ACUTE SKIN AVULSION: CAUGHT HAND IN VACUUM CLEANER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2006Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT RAN INTO VACUUM NASAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2006Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Vacuum cleaners
CHI, HIT WITH VACCUM HANDLE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 10/20/2006Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT BABY PLAYING WITH VACUUM AT HOME AND INJURED ARM DX// RIGHT NURSEMAIDS ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2006Age: 21 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT TRIPPED OVER A VACUUM CLEANER AND INJURED ANKLE.DX ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
C/O PT MOM STATES CHILD ACCIDENTLY RAN INTO VACUUM CLEANER DX RT RYRBROW LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2006Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PTY PLAYING WITH A VACUUM CLEANER AND STRUCK SELF IN THE MOUTH WITH AN ATTACHMENT LACERATION LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2006Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT LAC FINGER ON A A VACCUM CLEANER.DX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2006Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
LAC TO FINGER WHEN CAUGHT IN A VACUUM CLEANING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2006Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
USING VACUUM ATTACHMENT AS TRUMPET, FELL FORWARD & CUT ROOF OF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2006Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
DX RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION: GOT FINGER STUCK IN VACUUM LID AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2006Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PTS LOWER ARM WAS RUN OVER BY A VACUUM CLEANER.DX LOWER ARM CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT HIT HEAD WITH A VACUUM CLEANER ATTACHEMENT BY SIBLING. D: LACERATI ON FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2006Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
CONTUSION TO TOE WHEN STRUCK ON VACUUM CLEANER AT DAYCARE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2006Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vacuum cleaners
GOT HAND INSIDE VACUUM CLEANER, BURN W/BLISTERS-HAND 10-19%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
CUT EYEBROW ON VACUUM CLEANER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2006Age: 4 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
VACUUM CLEANER FELL BACWARDS ONTO PT' S HEAD. DX: HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF A FINGER FROM A VACUUM CLEANER AT A BANK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2006Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
LAC FACE/HEAD; MOM STATES INFANT RUNNING,TRIPPED & FELL STRIKING HEAD O N VACUUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2006Age: 5 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
VACUUM FELL OVER AT DAYCARE/FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
CUT MOUTH WITH VACUUM CLEANER PART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2006Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vacuum cleaners, Slow cookers
VACUUM CORD ON COUNTER AROUND SLOW COOKER, PULLED CORD AND SLOW COOKER WITH ROAST FELL ONTO SELF. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURNS SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PATIENT HIT NOSE ON VACUUM CLEANER, NOSE BLEEDING; NOSE CONTUSION, EPIS TAXIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
TONGUE LAC-FELL-@ HOME-HIT VACUUM CLEANER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Vacuum cleaners
DX RIGHT SOFT PALATE PUNCTURE: TRIPPED AT HOME, HIT MOUTH ON VACUUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
HIT W/VACUUM CLEANER PART TO EAR, OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2006Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vacuum cleaners
GRABBED HOT METAL PART OF VACUUM CLEANER DX: L HAND THERMAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2006Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vacuum cleaners
EXPOSED HAND TO THE SURFACE OF VACUUM CLEANER MACHINE BURNING IT ' BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners, Ceilings and walls
PT FELL WHILE STANDING ; HIT HEAD ON WALL AND THEN ON VACUUM CLEANER. D : LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PATIENT FELL STRIKING HEAD AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE VACUUM CLEANER. DX - FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2006Age: 6 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
MOM VACCUMING CAUGHT PT'S HAND IN VACCUM CLEANER ABRASION LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT DX CONTUSION/LACERATION RT KNEE - S/P MOM STATES CHILD TRIPPED OVER VACUUM CLEANER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2006Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
HIT FACE ON VACUUM CLEANER HOSE DX: FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2006Age: 23 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners, Stairs or steps
PT WAS VACUUMING STAIRS AND THE PT STUCK HER HAND INT HE WAY AND CON IT .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
MOM WAS VACUUMING AS CHILD RAN BEHIND WAS HIT IN EYE AREA OF FACE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2006Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
HAND SUCKED IN VACUUM
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 03/18/2006Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Vacuum cleaners
HIT IN THE FACE BY VACUUM HOSE WHILE PLAYING WITH IT VS TRIPPED AND FEL L WHILE HOLDING VACUUM TODAY,INJURED MOUTH; DENTAL INJURY NOS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2006Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
DX: MOUTH LAC WHILE PLAYING WITH VACUUM HOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
RUNNING WITH BROKEN VACUUM ATTATCHMENT, POSSIBLY FELL ON OR RAN INTO SOMETHING/ UPPER PALATE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2006Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HIS FOOT WAS RUN OVER BY A VACCUUM CLEANER CAUSING MULTILPLE LAYER ABRASIONS TO HIS LT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2006Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT.INJ.L.FOOT AT HOME WHEN CAUGHT IN VACUUM CLEANER. DX; L.FOOT ABRASIO N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
FINGER ABS-HIT A VACUUM CLEANER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2006Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PATIENT STUCK HAND IN SWEEPER AT HOME, THERMAL BURN BY VACUUM BRUSHES; 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2006Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
LAC TO FH, HIT BY VACUUM CLEANER HOSE. DX. LAC FH, CONT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Vacuum cleaners
HIT FOOT ON A VACUUM CLEANER LAST PM NOT UNABLE TO BEAR WEIGHT/POINT TE NDER,C/O SWELLING; RIGHT FOOT METATARSAL (POSSIBLE) FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2006Age: 21 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
21 MONTH OLD FEMALE PLAYING AND FELL INTO VACUUM FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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