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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,001
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2002 | Age: 69 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: Vacuum cleaners, Floors or flooring materials |
| CHI-? DURATION LOC-TRIPPED-FELL OVER THE VACUUM CORD-AT HOME-LANDED ON CARPETED FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT FELL INTO A VACCUUM AND SUS A HEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| CHI WHEN VACUUM CLEANER FELL OVER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Ladders |
| HAD VACUMN CLEANER ON TOP OF LADDER AND FELL OFF LADDER STRIKING TOP OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| CUT ON HEAD AFTER WAS HIT WITH A PLASTIC PIPE(PART OF VACCUM) BY BROTHER DX: FRONTAL SCALP LAC 2CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2002 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK BY VACUUM CLEANER ATTACHMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2002 | Age: 61 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: Vacuum cleaners |
| SCALP CONTUSION.PT TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING BACK OF HEAD ON A VACUUM CLEANER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| SCALP LACERATION - TRIPPED ON VACUUM CORD, FELL INTO GUN CABINET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, House repair or construction materials |
| BENT FORWARD WHILE PLUGGING IN VACUUM, STRUCK HEAD ON STEAL BEAM/ CONCUSSION W/O LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| FIGHTING WITH BROTHER & WAS HIT IN THE EAR BY A PLASTIC VACUUM ATTACH- MENT. DX: FACIAL LACERATION / CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 2 months | 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: Vacuum cleaners |
| BEING CARRIED BY SOMEONE AND THEY TRIPPED ON VACUUM CLEANER;CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2002 | Age: 75 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: Vacuum cleaners, Poles |
| PATIENT PULLING ON VACUUM, SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON WOODEN 2X4 POST. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 19 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: Vacuum cleaners |
| FALL AGAINST VACUUM, HEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD WITH A CANNISTER FROM A VAC UUM CLEANER- CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| BROTHER STRUCK PATIENT IN HEAD WITH A VACUUM CLEANER LACERATING HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 73 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: Vacuum cleaners, Tables |
| TRIPPED BEACKWARDS OVER VACUUM AND HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF TABLE/DX=2 CML ACERATION L POSTERIOR PARIETAL SCALP-REPAIRED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Nonglass doors |
| PT TRIPPED OVER VACCUME CLEANER, HIT HEAD ON METAL DOOR. D: LACERATIO N TO SCALP, CONTUSION SCALP, URI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 66 years | 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: Vacuum cleaners, Tables |
| SCALP LAC-@ HOME-TRIPPED OVER VACUUM & HIT COFFEE TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Floors or flooring materials |
| SCALP CONTUSION, WAS PLAYING ON VACUM AT HOME AND IT FELL, STRIKING HIM ON HEAD AND HE THEN FELL TO THE FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Tables |
| TRIPPED OVER VACUUM CLEANER AND HIT HEAD ON COFFEE TABLE. DX SCALP LAC AND MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2002 | 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: Vacuum cleaners |
| ACUTE CONTUSION FOREHEAD AND EARS. 2 FM HAD VACCUM FALL ON HEAD AT HOME AND HIT FOREHEAD.# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2002 | Age: 24 years | 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: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT DX BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA - S/P STRUCK IN OCCIPUT W/VACCUM CLEANER - VOMITED TWICE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| HIT IN THE FOREHEAD WITH THE HANDLE OF VACUUM CLEANER BY ACCIDENT, VOMITED X 2, ACTING DRUNK. CHI WITHOUT LOC, FOREHEAD HEMATOMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| TRIPPED OBVER VACUUM DX. SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| TRIP OVER VACUUM CORD DX: LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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