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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,267
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows |
| 4YOM CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA WITHOUT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS - MOM STATES HE WAS PLAYING WITH SISTER, HIT HEAD ON HARD PART OF CUSHION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2010 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Pillows |
| 15MOM; PT ROLLED OFF A PILLOW AND WHEN HIS ARM GOT STUCK UNDER HIM. D: RIGHT NURSEMAID ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows |
| 5 YO F FELL OVER A PILLOW AND FX ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/29/2010 | 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows |
| 2YOM WAS PLAYING WITH PILLOW AND CAUGHT IT AND FELL BACKWARD, LOC, SLOW TO RESPOND, ABRASION R FOREHEAD DX: HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2010 | 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: Pillows, Tables |
| 5YOM PLAYING WITH BROTHER TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR S TRUCK BACK OF HEAD ON THE NIGHTSTAND LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2010 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows, Bunk beds |
| 17 MOM PT TRIPPED ON A PILLOW AND HIT HEAD ON BUNK BED STAIR. HEAD INJ URY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows, Ceilings and walls |
| 5 YO WF PLAYING THROWING PILLOWS AND HIT HEAD ON WALL @ HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY, ABRASION LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2010 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Pillows, Baby bottles or nipples |
| 13MOM JUMPED ON A PILLOW & JAMMED BOTTLE IN HIS MOUTH CUTTING LIP. DX - UPPER LIP PHRENULUM TEAR, LOWER LIP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2010 | 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: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| 37DOM ON HORSE SHOE SHAPED *** PILLOW ON BATHROOM COUNTER WHEN FELL S TRIKING HEAD ON FLOOR DX CLOSED HEAD INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2010 | Age: 18 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: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| AN 18 MONTH OLD FEMALE WAS RUNNING & SLIPPED ON A PILLOW AND HIT HEAD O N THE FLOOR DX HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Pillows |
| 3YOF HAVING A PILLOW FIGHT WITH BROTHER AND NOW WILL NOT MOVE LEFT ELBO W NURSEMAIDS ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows, Beds or bedframes |
| 2YOM SKIDDED ON A PILLOW, & HIT FACE ON HIS BED DX: CHI, NASAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows |
| 2 YOM FX ARM WHEN PLAYING WITH PILLOWS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2010 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Pillows |
| 21MOM WAS PLAYING WITH MOM AT HOME, MOM PULLED PT UP LETTING HIM FALL ON PILLOW NOW PT CRYS WHEN LT ARM IS TOUCHED. DX - LT NURSEMAID'S ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2010 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Pillows, Toy vehicles |
| 2 Y MALE BROTHER THREW PILLOW THAT HIT PT CAUSING HIM PT TO HEAD ON TOY TRAIN DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2010 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows, Tables |
| 14MOF TRIPPED OVER PILLOW AND HIT SIDE ON COFFEE TABLE DX: FACE LAC, CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| 2YOM WAS PULLED A LITTLE BOY ON A PILLOW DX: SPRAIN OF LT ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| 5YOF PLAYING AND JUMPING ONTO PILLOWS AT HOME, MAY HAVE JUMPED OFF OF S OMETHING ONTO FLOOR; TIBIA FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2010 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| 2MOM LAYING ON BACK ON A PILLOW ON COUCH NEXT TO DAD, FELL OFF ONTO HAR DWOOD FLOOR WITH THIN CARPET ON TOP, SEEMS MORE SLEEPY; MINOR HEAD INJU |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 06/21/2010 | Age: 4 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: Pillows, Tables |
| 4 Y MALE SLIPPED ON A PILLOW AND HIT HEAD ON WOODEN TABLE DX: HEMATOMA TO CHEEK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pillows |
| 3YOM HAVING PILLOW FIGHT WITH OLDER BROTHER, MOM FOUND CRYING WITH LIP LAC; LIP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| 5YOF SLEPT WITH 2 PILLOWS LAST NIGHT C/O NECK PAIN DX- NECK SPRAIN, N ECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2010 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pillows |
| 13MOM WAS HIT WITH PILLOW BY BROTHER DX: ACUTE LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Pillows |
| 5YOWM MOM STATES PT WAS PLAYING & HOLDING PILLOW IN MOUTH SHAKING PILL OW LIKE DOG, FRIEND PULLED PILLOW. DX. LOWER FRONT DENTAL INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pillows, Tables |
| 4YOM HAVING A PILLOW FIGHT WITH HIS BROTHER HIT HEAD ON COFFEE TABLE -LOC HAS LAC TO BACK OF SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2010 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pillows |
| 16MOM SEIZURE MOM CAME OUT OF BATHROOM AND FOUND PATIENT FACE DOWN IN P ILLOW, TURNED HIM OVER FOUND SEIZING WITH EYES ROLLED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/27/2010 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Pillows, Pacifiers or teething rings |
| 1MOF APNEA, SITTING UPRIGHT IN *** WITH PACIFIER IN MOUTH HAD CHOKINGSP ELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/22/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows, Blankets |
| 5YOM WALKING WITH A BLANKET AND PILLOW AT HOME, TRIPPED AND FELL ON ARM ; SUPRACONDYLAR ELBOW FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2010 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows, Television tables or stands |
| 21 MO M FELL OFF OF A PILE OF PILLOWAS AND HIT TV STAND. DX: FOREHEAD LAC 6 CM, CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2010 | 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: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| 3 YR M HAVING PILLOW FIGHT AND FELL TO FLOOR;DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pillows |
| 2 YOM, PUT PILLOW STUFFING UP NOSE, FOREIGN BODY NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pillows |
| 3 YOF HAD ONSET NECK PAIN AFTER THROWING A PILLOW AT HOME YESTERDAY. DX-NECK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows |
| 3 YO M STRUCK IN EYE WITH PILLOW CONTUSION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2010 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows, Tables |
| 8MOF; PT WAS SITTING IN A BOPPIE PILLOW ON THE TABLE; 8 YEAR OLD SIBLIN G TRIED TO GET PT AND PT FELL TO THE FLOOR. D: FALL / HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2010 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Pillows |
| 22MOF FB IN NOSE MOM THINKS MAYBE COTTON FROM A PILLOW DX: FB TO NOSE-REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows, Beds or bedframes |
| 4YOM FELL ON HIS HEAD, DURING PILLOW FIGHT, AT HOME, & FELL ONTO THE CORNER OF THE BED. DX; CHI, SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows |
| 5 YR M HIT EYE ON PILLOW;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2010 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| 2 MOM PT FOUND OFF PILLOW AND UNRESPONSIVE BY FAMILY. PT PUT TO BED ON FLOOR ON PILLOW. ASYSTOLE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/26/2010 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Pillows |
| 6 MO M SLIDING OFF A PILLOW , MOM PULLED ARM;DX DISLOCATED ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2010 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| 1 MOF SITTING ON KITCHEN CHAIR WITH *** CUSHION WHEN SHE FELL DOWN ONTO PARQUET FLOOR DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2010 | 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: Pillows, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| 3YOM WITH H/O ELEVATED PTT, SLIPPED ON A PILLOW, HIT HEAD ON DRESSER; E YEBROW LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2010 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows, Tables |
| 4 MOF SITTING ON COUCH IN *** CUSHION FELL, HIT HEAD ON WOODEN COFFEETA BLE, LACERATION OF NOSE CAUSED BY MOM'S FINGERNAIL DX: HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2010 | Age: 3 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Pillows, Portable electric heaters |
| 3 MONTH OLD MALE A PILLOW FELL AGAINST ELECTRIC HEATER & IT BEGAN TO SMOLDER HOUSE FILLED WITH SMOKE DX: MILD SMOKE INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| 5YOM CERVICAL STRAIN COUSIN HIT PT WITH A PILLOW* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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