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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 247
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2008 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| IRON FELL OFF SHELF AND HIT PT IN HEAD. DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2008 | Age: 12 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: Clothing irons |
| PULLED IRON CORD AND FELL ONTO HEAD DX: CHI, SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothing irons, Tables |
| PULLED IRON OFF TABLE AND HIT HEAD. DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothing irons, Counters or countertops |
| CHILD PULLED IRON OFF COUNTER; HIT IN HEAD. CONTUSION OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| IRON FELL AND HIT CHILD ON HEAD. DX. HEAD, SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| PT WAS @ HOME IN THE CLOSET ACCIDENTLY PULLED THE CORD OF IRON WHICH FELL ONTO HER HEAD. DX HEAD LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| HEAD INJURY; CLOTHES IRON FELL ONTO PTS HEAD. D: CONTUSION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothing irons, Ironing boards or covers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER IRONING BOARD OR CORD OF IRON & IRON HIT BACK OF HEAD, NO LOC; HEAD ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| CUT FRONT PART OF SCALP WHEN HE PULLED A CLOTHES IRON DOWN . HE GRABBED THE CORD,RIGHT AFTER IT HAD BEEN PLUGGED IN. DX: SCALP LACERATI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 10 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: Clothing irons |
| HIT IN HEAD BY IRON DX: CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| BURN TO TOP OF HEAD FROM A CLOTHING IRON WAS IN ROOM WHILE MOM WAS IRONING. DX-2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothing irons, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| IRON FELL OFF DESK;DX LACERATED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| IRON FELL ON HEAD. DX LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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