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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,026
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| 45 YOF CUT HEAD WHEN A SIGN FELL ON IT AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2003 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT HELPING HER HUSBAND AT A STORE AS HE BEGAN TO FALL SHE STRUCK HER HE AD ON A METAL SIGN LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2003 | Age: 24 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PEDESTRIAN GATE FELL ON PTS HEAD, WAS KNOCKED TO GROUND, OCCURED AT SPO RTS STADIUM, HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| SHOPPING WHEN ACCID RAN INTO HANDICAPPED SIGN AT STORE SUSTAINING LAC T O SCALP DX 10CM SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT WAS WRESTLING IN SNOW AND DUCKED & HIT HEAD ON PARKING METER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| 16 YOM HIT HEAD ON SIGN LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| 28 YO MALE WAS RUNNING AND RAN INTO SIGN AND HIT HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| 33 YO MALE WAS HIT IN HEAD WHEN SIGN FELL LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT AT *** WHEN CAP FROM TOP OF SODA DESPENSER MACHINE FELL, HITTOP OF H EAD, MINOR HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2003 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| CUT HEAD ON WATER METER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| CUT HEAD ON NEWSPAPER STAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| 23 YEAR OLD MALE, STREET SIGN BLEW OFF AND HIT BACK OF HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2003 | Age: 7 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: Public equipment |
| PT HIT HEAD ON METAL SIGN, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT HIT IN HEAD WITH WOODEN SIGN THAT FELL FROM FLOAT, HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| MOM STATES AT CHURCH AND CHILD FELL AND HIT CORNER OF A BRICK SIGN. DX . LAC SCLAP 2.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2003 | Age: 4 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: Public equipment |
| SIGN FELL ON HEAD WHILE WALKING. IT WAS LIKE A POSTER ATTACHED TO A BI G PIECE OF WOOD. DX. ACUTE MINOR INJURY, SCALP CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| HIT HEAD ON A SIGN DX: SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 55 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT HIT HEAD ON A SIGN, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| IN ***, SIGN FELL ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2003 | 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: Public equipment |
| PT AT A STORE WHEN A SIGN FELL AND HIT HER HEAD CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2003 | Age: 20 months | 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: Public equipment |
| RAN INTO SIGN AT MALL DX. CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| AT GAS STATION BENDING DOWN, WHEN STANDING BACK UP, HIT TOP OF HEAD ON ATM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT LEAVING PARKING LOT AND TURN STYLE CAME DOWNN ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2003 | Age: 17 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: Public equipment |
| HIT TOP OF HEAD ON METAL CHANGE DISPENSER AT LAUNDRYMAT BHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT. STATES HIT IN HEAD W/A SIGN AT A DEPARTMENT STORE WHEN SHE WALKED I NTO IT. DX. CONT HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS SCALP FROM A SIGN AT A GAS STATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK ON A SIGN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| CUT HEAD ON PHONE BOOTH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2003 | 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: Public equipment |
| HIT HEAD ON HAND DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PT HIT HEAD ON CANNON AT MUSEUM. DX: 2 CM SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Public equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WITH MATTRESS DISPLAY FALLING ON TOP OF PT HEAD WITH PT HITTING FL OOR, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Public equipment |
| WENT TO GRAB NAPKIN FROM DISPENSER AT COFFEE SHOP WHEN IF FELL ONTO HER HEAD RECEIVING CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| PATIENT HIT HEAD ON SIGN IN PARKING LOT; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| 29 YO MALE WAS HIT IN BACK OF HEAD BY TRAFFIC CONE SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Public equipment |
| CUT HEAD ON SIGN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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