Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - Year 2002 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,592
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	369
6-15 years old:	450
16-25 years old:	98
26-50 years old:	227
50+ years old:	446

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/07/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
WENT OUTSIDE TO PLAY AT HOME, SOMEHOW RAKE FELL ON HEAD. DX; SCALP LAC ERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK SELF WITH POST HOLE DIGGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2002	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: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD BY A SHOVEL DX: 2.2 CM LAC TO LT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL WHILE RAKING LEAVES AND HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN LID. DX: SCALP LAC 8 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
WHILE RAKING IN BACKYARD, WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD WITH A SHOVEL. D X. MINOR HEAD INJURY, 2 CM HEAD LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT. WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT ON THE OCCIPUT WITH A GARDEN HOE. SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 52 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: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT STRUCK ON TOP OF HEAD BY PICK THAT DROPPED FROM HANGING POSITIO N IN CLOSET. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FELL IN YARD-HIT HEADON PITCH FORK DX CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A SHOVEL SUS A HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK SELF IN THE HEAD WITH A HOE CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CUT HEAD ON GARDEN RAKE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT WAS USING A PITCHFORK TO GET UP FROM SITTING POSITION AND IT BR OKE, HE FELL AND HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE. DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CHI - 61 YOF STEPPED ON A SHOVEL AND THE POLE FLIPPED UP HITTING SIDE O F HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2002	Age: 9 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: Other unpowered garden tools
PLAYING OUTSIDE OF HOME FELL HIT HEAD ON A RAKE SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Ceilings and walls
SCALP PUNCTURE WOUNDS-AT HOME-A GARDEN RAKE FELL OFF GARAGE WALL & HIT PT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS ACCID HIT ON HEAD W/SHOVEL. DX: HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HIT IN HEAD WITH A SHOVEL; CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT BEHIND A CHILD WHO SWANG A SHOVEL. ACCIDENTLY HIT HIM IN THE HEAD, L AC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2002	Age: 33 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: Concussion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HEAD TRAUMA;CONCUSSION;SCALP LAC/33YOM 1 HR AGO HIT ON TOP OF HEAD WITH POST HOLE DIGGER. BLACK OUT FOR A SEC. C/O DIZZINESS & DOPEY FEELING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2002	Age: 38 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: Other unpowered garden tools
# 38 YOM USING SHOVEL HANDLE BROKE HIT ON HEAD DX LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LAC TO HEAD WHEN USING RAKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
88 Y/O M C/O LAC TO SCALP - HIT HEAD BY RAKE HANDLE. DX: CONTUSION, SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SCALP LACERATION.PT HAD A SHOVEL HIT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2002	Age: 11 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: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT IN HEAD WITH METAL RAKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT HEAD WITH A SHOVELDX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2002	Age: 10 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: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT IN HEAD W/ SHOVEL; ACUTE HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
71 YOM HAD HAYFORK FALL ON HEAD.DX: LACERATION ON SCALP & CONTUSION ONH EAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS HIT TO BACK OF HEAD WITH A RAKE. D: 0.5CM LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO SCALP WHEN HE HIT IT ON SHARP END OF SHOVEL DX 2 CM SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD WITH A SHOVEL BY A 2 YR. OLD. DX-SCALP HEMATOMA, ACUTE CEPHALGIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2002	Age: 8 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT IN HEAD WITH SHOVEL BY BROTHER, NO LOC DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY- NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2002	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT FELL ON SHOVEL. DX: HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT WAS GARDENING AT HOME AND HIT HER HEAD ON A SHOVEL HANDLE. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FOREGEAD HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PLAYING AT DAYCARE AND IT HEAD ON A SHOVEL BLADE, CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SHOVEL VS. HEAD AT PARK DX: LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2002	Age: 3 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: Other unpowered garden tools
FELL ON AN UPTURNED RAKE HEAD LACERATION UNKNOWN IF TRIPPED OR KNOCKED DOWN BY DOG DX LACERATION HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WORKING IN HIS GARDEN AT HOME WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HIMSELF IN T HE HEAD WITH A PICK LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	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: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS HIT IN HEAD W/SHOVEL BY BROTHER. DX: R EAR LAC, SUPERFICIAL CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT ON HEAD W/ SHOVEL DX: SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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