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Accidents - Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes - Year 2007 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 361
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:137
26-50 years old:31
50+ years old:192

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/30/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
PT FELL OFF ROOF WHILE CLEANING GUTTERS. DX: R DISTAL ULNA FX, BLUNT HEAD INJURY, L SHOULDER SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
RAIN GUTTER FELL OFF HOUSE HITTING PATIENT ON HEAD, NO LOC; HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2007Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
PATIENT FELL WHILE CLEANING GUTTERS AT HOME. DX-CONTUSION HEAD AND CHEST WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2007Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders
PT WAS CLEANING GUTTER ON HOUSE WHEN LADDER SLIPPED AND PT FELL 12 FT TO GROUND DX: MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
PIECE OF METAL DRAIN GUTTER FELL OFF HOUSE ONTO PATIENT'S HEAD; SCALP L AC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2007Age: 93 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
TRIPPED OVER DRAIN SPOUT,LACERATION TO HEAD#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
PATIENT LACERATED HEAD BY HITTING HEAD ON GUTTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2007Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
PT WAS CUT ON GUTTERS. DX: SCALP LAC 5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
RAN INTO GUTTER CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2007Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
CHI. PT FELL INTO A PLASTIC PORTION OF A DOWNSPOUT HITTING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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