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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 131
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable electric heaters |
| 5YOM; PT WAS PLAYING WITH SIBLING WHEN PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A PORTAB LE ROOM HEATER. D: FALL / LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable electric heaters |
| 4YOM RUNNING AND FELL STRUCK FACE ON A METAL SPACE HEATER SUSTAINED A S CALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2009 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable electric heaters |
| 10 MOM STRUCK ON HEAD BY FLOOR HEATER THAT FELL OVER SUSTAINING AN ABRA SION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2007 | Age: 3 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: Portable electric heaters |
| ELECTRIC HEATER FELL ON HEAD WHILE SLEEPING, LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable electric heaters, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT HAD A SPACE HEATER FALL FROM A SHELF ONTO PTS HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2004 | 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Portable electric heaters |
| FELL HIT HEAD ON SPACE HEATER. DX BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2003 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Portable electric heaters, Portable baby swings |
| CHI - MOM WAS MOVING A PORTABLE HEATER AND THE CORD GOT STUCK AND THE H EATER FELL STRIKING 4 WK OLD INFANT'S SWING, UNSURE IF STRUCK HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2002 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable electric heaters |
| FELL AGAINST AN ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME, & HIT SCALP - NO LOC. DX: SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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