Accidents - Refrigerators - 0-5 years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,630
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	772	Head:	429
Finger:	89	Lower Arm:	80
All Of Body:	70	Mouth:	69
Ankle:	61	Elbow:	37
Toe:	6	Lower Leg:	5
Hand:	5	Ear:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
RAN INTO FRIDGE DOOR HITTIN FH >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
FORHEAD LAC/3YOM AT HOME WAS SPINNING AROUND IN THE KITCHEN AND FELL AN D HIT HIS HEAD ON THE REFRIGERATOR CAUSING LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON REFRIGERATOR; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Refrigerators
DISLOCATED ELBOW, PULLED ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2007	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
CUT HEAD,FELL ON REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2007	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL AT GRANDMOTHER'S HOME AND HIT FACE ON RIFRIGERATOR DX: LAC TO NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2007	Age: 2 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
RAN INTO CORNER OF REFRIGERATOR DX; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE RUNNING, STRUCK REFRIGERATOR/ FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PATIENT HIT FACE WITH REFRIGERATOR DOOR. DX; CM LACERATION TO CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
2 YOF GOT LT MIDDLE TOE CAUGHT IN REFRIGERATOR DOOR, AT HOME, TOE RED DX: LT 3RD TOE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
CUT FACE RAN INTO REFRIGERATOR DX: LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Refrigerators
PATIENT HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DX WITH FACIAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	Age: 1 months	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
CHI HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2007	Age: 18 months	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
PT FELL AND INJURED HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR. DX: EXTREMELY SHALLOW HEAD LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF REFRIGERATOR DOOR. D: HEMATOMA LEFT FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
REFRIGERATOR FREEZER DOOR CAME OFF HINGES & HIT PT ON HEAD, CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators, Insect induced injuries
PATIENT OPENING REFRIGERATOR AND WENT LIMP, 15 SEC SYNCOPE EPISODE, BUM PED FOREHEAD, ALSO HAS BUG BITES; FOREHEAD BRUISE, SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT LOOKING IN REFRIGERATOR WHEN FELL. FALL UNWITNESSED. D: LIP LACERATI ON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
FELL ON KITCHEN FLOOR & HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR, NO LOC; FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2007	Age: 3 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
CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK ON REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL ONTO LEG AND CAUGHT UNDER FRIDGE, NOW WILL NOT PUT WEIGHT ON LE G, TENDERNESS TO PALP AROUND KNEE & ?TIB/FIB; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 2 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 FACE FORWARD INTO A REFRIGERATOR. PT HYPER-EXTENDED NECK. DX CH I
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL AT HOME HIT FOREHEAD ON REFRIGERATOR TODAY DX// FOREHEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR, LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2007	Age: 3 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
3 YO F- FELL HIT HEAD ON REFRIGRATOR-CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Refrigerators
RAN INTO REFRIGERATOR DOOR DX HEAD INJURY, HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2007	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT HIT CHIN ON REFRIGERATOR DX: CHIN LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Refrigerators
~2 Y/O M SUS A CHI, HEMATOMA X TODAY. PT WHILE RUNNING IN THE KITCHEN, STRUCK FOREHEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR. DX CHI, HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
EAR SLAMMED IN REFRIGERATOR DOOR, SWELLING/STICKING OUT COMPARED TO OTH ER EAR W/TENDERNESS-SOFT TISSUE SWELLING/POSSIBLE FB EAR/OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
SKULL FX ADMIT HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/02/2007	Age: 4 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
PATIENT HIT HEAD ON DOOR OF REFRIGERATOR WHILE HELD BY 10 YEAR OLDSISTE R @ *** STORE TONIGHT. DX - CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2007	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
CLOSED FINGER IN A REFRIGERATOR DOOR. DX ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL FACE FIRST INTO THE FRIDGE, AT HOME, NO LOC, BUT NOSE BLED DX: HEAD INJURY, EPISTAXIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2007	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
HIT IN HEAD WITH METAL REFRIGERATOR DOOR. DX HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
3 YOF RAN TRIPPED INTO REFRIGATOR FORHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2007	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
CLOSED FINGER IN REFRIGERATOR DOOR RIGHT 1ST FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
2 YO MALE WAS RUNNING IN HOUSE AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators, Glass bottles or jars
PT DROPPED A GLASS BOTTLE OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR AND IT BROKE SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
CUT HEAD,FELL ON REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
2YOM GOT IN REFRIDGERATOR AND TOOK A NAP FOR 45 MINUTES/NORMAL EXAM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR. DX SUPERFICIAL HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators, Handrails, railings or banisters
FX L ANKLE, PT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN A RAILING & A REFRIGERATOR IN THE SUPERMARKET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2007	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
CONTUSED HAND, CAUGHT UNDER REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns
CHILD " HELPING DAD MOVE REFRIGERATOR" VASE FELL OFF TOP & HIT HEAD CAU SING LAC R FRONTAL FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2007	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT HIT FOREHEAD ON CORNER OF REFRIGERATOR. D: LACERATION LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Refrigerators, Ceilings and walls
PT CAUGHT ARM BETWEEN REFRIGERATOR AND WALL. DX: R NURSEMAID'S ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
FREEZER DOOR WAS LOOSE & WHEN OPENED FELL ON PT'S HEAD SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2007	Age: 22 months	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
LOOKING INTO THE FRIDGE, THE FRIDGE DOOE SWING, HIT PT'S HEAD " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
DX LEFT RING FINGER CONTUSION: INJURED FINGER CAUGHT IN REFRIGERATOR DOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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