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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 646
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/10/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| 25 YOF WAS HIT BY AN IRON WHICH FELL OFF OF SHELF. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, FACIAL LAC 3 CM, CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| 20YOF HAD AN IRON FALL ON HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| HEAD LAC, PT HIT HEAD WHEN GETTING AN IRON OUT OF CLOSET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| PT STATES THAT AN IRON FELL ONTO BACK OF HER HEAD DX- HEAD CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| PT DX SCALP ABRASION - IRON FELL FROM TOP OF CLOSET TO HIS HEAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| HEAD LAC, PT FELL INTO AN IRON HITTING HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2008 | Age: 18 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: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT C/O IRON HIT HEAD - FELL OFF SHELF 3 FEET ABOVE. CONTUSION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 22 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: Clothing irons |
| CHI AFTER A IRON FELL ON HEAD AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT STRUCK ON BACK OF HEAD BY IRON FALLING OFF SHELF. +LOC. +BEHAVIOR CH ANGES. NAUSEA. D:CONCUSSION, SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2007 | Age: 22 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: Clothing irons |
| STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY (METAL PART) IRON NO LOC NO INTENT INFO VERTEX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| 23 YO FEMALE WAS HIT ON HEAD BY IRON HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| CHI,HIT WITH IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH A METAL IRON THAT FELL FROM A SHELF AT HOME LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| IRON FELL OFF SHELF ONTO PT'S HEAD. DX: MINOR HEAD INJURY/CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| IRON FELL AND BURNED SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2004 | Age: 19 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: Clothing irons |
| HIT HEAD ON IRON 2 DAYS AGO NO LOC NOW SHOULDER HURTS W/ HEADACHES D X CHI, SCALP ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothing irons |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK HEAD ON A IRON AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2003 | Age: 20 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: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| CLOTHES IRON FELL FROM SHELF AND HIT HEAD LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2003 | Age: 24 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: Clothing irons |
| IRON FELL APPROX. 5 FEET AND HIT BACK OF PT'S HEAD. D: CLOSED HEAD INJU RY, SCALP CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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