Accidents - Outdoor awnings or shutters - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,535
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	16
6-15 years old:	28
16-25 years old:	74
26-50 years old:	600
50+ years old:	815

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	515	Face:	321
Finger:	264	Eyeball:	137
Elbow:	85	Hand:	74
Knee:	68	All Of Body:	68

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT WALKED INTO AN AWNING AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 28 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: Outdoor awnings or shutters
CHI-HIT HEAD ON AN AWNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT STRUCK TOP OF HEAD AGAINST AN AWNING AT HOME LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT WAS HANGING HURRICAN SHUTTERS AT HOME WHEN HE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PATIENT HIT METAL AWING AT CHURCH. DX: 1 CM LACERATION TO FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
FOREHEAD LACERATION.PT RAN INTO AN AWNING AND LACERATED FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT LACERATED ELBOW ON CORRUGATED IRON METAL SHUTTER. D: ELBOW LACERATIO N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT WAS WALKING DOWN STREET WHEN PIECE OOF STOER AWNING FELL AND HIT HER ON THE HEAD, HEAD TRAUMA + FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters, House repair or construction materials
PT WORKING IN THE HOT SUN WITH HER HUSBAND PUTTING UP A NEW AWNING ON T HE SIDE OF HER HOUSE BECAME DIZZY AND PASSED OUT HEAT EXHAUSTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
STORM BLEW AWNING OVER ON CAR AT SERVICE STATION AND GOT PIECE OF GLASS IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
SUSTAINED ABRASION TO FORHEAD WHEN HIT AWNING AT COLISEIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PATIENT TRIED TO CATCH METAL AWNING FROM ROOF THROWN AT HOME; HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
AWNING FELL DX. ELBOW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT HIT HEAD ON METAL AWNING DX: HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT PUTTING UP SHUTTERS AT HOME ONE FELL ONTO RIGHT HAND CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters, Built-in swimming pools
PATIENT WALKED INTO LOW METAL AWNING AT SWIMMING POOL; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH A METAL AWNING AT HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT INJURED FINGER PUTTING UP AWNING AT HOME, AVULSION LACERATION R 3RD FINGERTIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters, Stairs or steps
LACERATION LT EYEBROW RIM, WALKING ON SIDEWALK IN WHEELING, RAINING, STANDING UNDER AWNING, GOING UP & DOWN STEPS, TRIPPED AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT GOT HIT IN HEAD WITH SHUTTER, SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT ACCIDENTALLY WALKED INTO A METAL OVERHANG AT HOME CAUSING LACERATION TOP OF HEAD; 3CM SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PUTTING UP AWNING - AWNING FELL ONTO HAND FX FINGER / LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
CUT ON ALUMINUM AWNING - LACERATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 44 years	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: Outdoor awnings or shutters
SCALP ABRAS/44YOM SCRAPED HEAD ON WINDOW AWNING WHILE AT FRIENDS HOUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2003	Age: 4 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: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO THE HEAD AFTER AWNING FALLING AND HITTING PT'S HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER ON AN ALUMINUM AWNING AT HOME LACERATION FINGE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Mobile/Manufactured home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters, Beach chairs or folding chairs
56 YOM WAS FIXING AN AWNING ON HIS MOBILE HOME WHILE STANDING ON A FOLD ING CHAIR; FELL OFF CHAIR. FX. LEFT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT WALKED INTO A METAL AWNING STRIKING TOP OF HEAD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT CAUGHT LEFT FIFTH FINGER ON THE CORNER OF A STEEL AWNING LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT RAN INTO AN AWNING AT THE NEIGHBORS HOUSE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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