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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 800
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/30/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers, Faucets or spigots |
| 5 YO WM - LACERATION IN L EYEBROW - HIT WITH GARDEN HOSE OR SPIGOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| L LEG LAC.CUT ON SHARP HOSE STICKING OUT OF GROUND.DX 7CM LAC L LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT HIT WITH WATER HOSE; LIP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| BACK PAIN MID BACK X 10 DAYS. DOING BACK FLIPS AND HIT A SPRINKLER HEAD DX; THORACIC CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| STEPPED ON GLASS WHILE PLAYING IN SPRINKLER AND LAC TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT SUSTAINED LAC TO FACE AFTER FALLING ON SPRINKLER IN PARK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A HOSE AND LAC FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2002 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT PLAAYING IN STREET BAREFOOT WITH H20 HOSE X 2DAYS AGO STEPPED ON GLL ASS WITH LT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2002 | Age: 5 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PLAYING IN BACKYARD AT HOME IN THE SPRINKLERS FELL HIT HEAD NO LOC SCAL P LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT AND HIS BROTHER WERE RUNNING AROUND IN THE SPRINKLER, RESULTING IN A FOREHEAD LACERATION / WHEN THEY STRUCK HEADS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers, Swimming pools |
| PT. HAD PLAYED IN SPRINKLER IN POOL THIS WEEK, MAY HAVE GOTTEN WATER IN EAR. DX. OTITIS EXTERNA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| RUNNING THROUGH THE SPRINKLER, CAME IN THE HOUSE CRYING WITH 2 BLOOD SP OTS ON THE BIG TOE. POSSIBLE SNAKE BITE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT WAS PLAYING IN SPRINKLERS IN PARK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL LACERATIN G LIP DX 1.5 CM LAC LOWER LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 4TH FINGER RT HAND CAUGHT IN HOSE SHUT OFF MECHANISM. LAC/SWELLING. MIN OR LAC W/SOFT TISSUE TRAUMA RT 4TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT CUT TOE ON A GARDEN HOSE; LAC LT TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A SPRINKLER AND HIT HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| FRACTURED UPPER LEG WHEN TRIPPED OVER GARDEN HOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/03/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| FELL OVER A GARDEN HOSE- TRANSFERRRED TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LEFT FEMUR FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/18/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| LAC R GRT TOE ON SOMETHING WHILE RUNNING THROUGH SPRINKLER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| CONTUSED FACE WHEN HIT WITH WATER HOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT RUNNING THROUGH SPRINKLER AT HOME, BUMPED HEADS WITH ANOTHER CHILD, CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| CUT LIP WHEN TRIPPED ON HOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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