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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,108
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 46 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PATIENT WALKED OUTSIDE HOME, TRIPPED OVER A WATER SPRINKLER HEAD SUSTAINING BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT DX HEADACHE - S/P PT HIT HEAD AGAINST SPRINKLER YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT.INJ.SCALP AT HOME WHEN WALKING OUTSIDE IN YARD & TRIPPED OVER GARDEN HOSE & FELL. DX;LAC.SCALP / NO L.O.C. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2008 | 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: Hematoma |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| TRIPPED OVER A HOSE IN THE GARDEN&FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST A BRICK WAL L>> HEMATOMA/ELBOW CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT SUSTAINED HEMATOMA TO SCALP AFTER TRIPPING AND FALLING OVER GARDEN HOSE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| HIT WITH SPRINKLER BY BROTHER;DX PUNCTURED SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2008 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| CONTUS HEAD, PT WAS SETTING OUT HOSE TO WATER GRASS AND SLIPPED AND FEL L. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| HIT HEAD ON SPRINKLER. DX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2008 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| HEAD AND WRIST CONT. PT TRIPPPED OVER A HOSE WHEN WATERING FLOWERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2008 | Age: 6 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT HIT SELF WITH A HOSE DX: HEAD INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 75 Y/O F INJURED HEAD WHEN TRIPPED OVER GARDEN HOSE AND FELL AT HOME. DX; SCALP CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT TRIPPED ON A SPRINKLER HEAD AND FELL. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, 3 CM FOREHEAD LAC, 4 CM L CHEEK LAC/ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers, Tablet or capsule drugs |
| TRIPPED OVER GARDEN HOSE IN DRIVEWAY FELL HOT FACE ON PAVEMENT IS ON* ** DX CHI LAC TO FACE CONT TO FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 11 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| FELL AT FRIENDS HOUSE PLAYING IN SPRINKLER. DX HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT C/O TRIPPED OVER HOSE. DX CONT HEAD ABDOMEN STRAIN NECK LUMBAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| HIT WITH PIECE OF GARDEN HOSE, SCALP LACERATION, LWBS # |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/27/2008 | Age: 70 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| FELL OVER A HOSE ON THE GROUND CLOSED HEAD INJURY LACERATION FACE ABRASIONS FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT WALKING ON A STEEP SIDE HILL EMBANKMENT, PULLING UP A GARDEN HOSE, W HEN LOST BALANCE AND HIT HEAD. D:TEMPORAL HEMATOMA, CHI, SHOULDER STR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PATIENT WAS TRYING TO CATCH THE BUS WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON A SPRINKLER LANDING FACE DOWN ON THE RT SIDE OF HER BODY. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT HAVING A FEW BEERS WITH HIS FRIENDS AT HOM AND TRIPPED OVER A HOSE T HAT WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2008 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| TRIPPED ON GARDEN HOSE, FELL/SCALP CT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A GARDEN HOSE AT HOME AND FELL ONTO A PAVED SURFACE AND LANDED ONTO HEAD SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| TRIPPED OVER HOSE IN GAS STATION GRADE I CONCUSSION WITH MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 8 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT WAS AT HOME, FELL OVER A SPRINKLER CAUSING A MILD HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2008 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 94YOF WAS HOME ACCIDENTLY TRIPPED OVER A GARDEN HOSE,FELL STRIKING HEAD ON CONCRETE;SCALP LACERATION,MINOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2008 | Age: 53 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| CHI-NO LOC-TRIPPED ON HOSE-FELL-HIT HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PATIENT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL WHEN SHE TRIPPED ON A HOSE, HITTING HER OCCIPUT WHILE WORKING IN THE GARDEN. DX-OCCIPITAL CONTUSION, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | Age: 53 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers, Floor lamps or table lamps |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A SPRINKLER HEAD ON THE LAWN AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A LIGHT POST TOE INJURY AND STRAINED NECK AND CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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