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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,268
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2006 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR/ LAC CROWN OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2006 | Age: 14 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: Garage doors |
| HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR, BALANCE DIFFICULTIES/BLURRY VISION, BRAIN INJU RY NO COMA, VOMITING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Garage doors |
| PT FELL INTO GARAGE DOOR. DX: HEAD CONT, CONCUSSION W/O LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| SCALP LAC, PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON A GARAGE DOOR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2006 | Age: 41 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: Garage doors |
| OPENED GARAGE DOOR AND WALKING INTO GARAGE AND DOOR HAD COME DOWN SLIGH TLY AND HE STRUCK HEAD SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garage doors |
| PAIN TO HEAD GOT HIT WITH CLOSING GARAGE DOOR DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| WALKED INTO A GARAGE DOOR. DX. MINOR HEADE TRAUMA, 4 CM SCALP LACERATIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2006 | Age: 87 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: Garage doors |
| DX ABRASION TO TOP OF HEAD: GARAGE DOOR HIT HEAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Garage doors, Floors or flooring materials |
| CONCUSSION, GARAGE DOOR FELL ON HIM AND HE FELL TO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 11/15/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| HIT HEAD & SHOULDER ON GARAGE DOOR SCALP LAC. SHOULDER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| GARAGE DOOR FELL ON PT'S HEAD DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garage doors, Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT. HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR WHILE WEEDWACKING. DX. BRAIN LESION, SEIZU RE. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/05/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garage doors |
| PT CLOSING A GARAGE DOOR WHEN IT CAME DOWN ON HIS HEAD SUSTAINED A CONT USION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| INJURED TAKING DOWN GARAGE DOOR/SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2006 | Age: 47 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: Garage doors |
| SCRAPED HEAD AGAINST GARAGE DOOR'S BOTTOM " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garage doors |
| HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR BHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2006 | Age: 19 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: Garage doors |
| GARAGE DOOR CAME DOWN ON HEAD DX: HEAD INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2006 | Age: 20 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: Garage doors |
| PATIENT WAS AT HOME AND THE GARAGE DOOR FELL DOWN ON TOP OF HER HEAD KNOCKING HER TO THE GROUND. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA W/POSS CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garage doors |
| GARAGE DOOR FELL ON PT'S HEAD DX: HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garage doors |
| PT HAD A GARAGE DOOR FALL ON HEAD AT HOME, POSS LOC, CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2006 | Age: 3 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: Garage doors |
| PATIENT WAS LIFTING A GARAGE DOOR WHEN HE STRUCK HIS RT EYELID. DX - HEAD INJURY, EYELID LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garage doors |
| CHI-NO LOC-RAISING GARAGE DOOR-DOOR FELL & HIT PT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2006 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garage doors |
| 89 YR OLD PATIENT WAS TRYING TO CLOSE A GARAGE DOOR, LOST BALANCE & FELL HITTING HEAD. DX - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, LT SHOULDER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2006 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garage doors, Floors or flooring materials |
| OPENED GARAGE DOOR IN THE DARK AND TRIPPED AND FELL ON CONCRETE FLOOR C LOSED HEAD INJURY/UPPER EXTREMITY CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR/ SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garage doors |
| PT RECEIVED HEAD CONTUSION WHEN PULLING ON HER GARAGE DOOR AND THEROPE BROKE CAUSING HER TO FALL BACKWARDS AND HIT CEMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garage doors |
| CHI, CAUGHT BY GARAGE DOOR. UNKNOWN IF AUTOMATIC DOOR OR NOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Garage doors |
| PATIENT'S HEAD STUCK UNDER GARAGE DOOR X30 SEC AT HOME; SCALP HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2006 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| PT STRUCK HEAD ON THE GARAGE DOOR SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garage doors |
| HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR DX; HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garage doors |
| PATIENT HAD THE GARAGE DOOR FALL ON TOP OF HER RT FOREHEAD, EYEBROW, EYE & BACK OF NECK. DX - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, NASAL FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2006 | Age: 16 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garage doors |
| WHILE LIFTING GARAGE DOOR, PIECE BROKE OFF, HIT PTS HEAD, CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2006 | Age: 27 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: Garage doors |
| DX SCALP LACERATION: TRIPPED ON GARAGE, HIT HEAD ON DOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garage doors |
| HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR DX SCALP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2006 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PATIENT FELL, STRUCK HEAD ON GARAGE DOORWHEN ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE OIL IN HIS CAR. DX-LACERATION SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2006 | Age: 67 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: Garage doors |
| CHI-HEADACHE-HIT IN HEAD W/A GARAGE DOOR 1 WEEK PTA-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| HIT HEAS AGAINST GARAGE DOOR HEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2006 | Age: 42 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: Garage doors |
| PT AT HOME HIT IN HEAD AND FACE WHEN GARAGE DOOR CAME DOWN DX INJURY HEAD AND NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Garage doors |
| PATIENT WAS FIXING GARAGE DOOR AND A PANEL OF DOOR CAME OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| CUT TO BACK OF HEAD GOT HIT WITH GARAGE DOOR DX: LACERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garage doors |
| CHI; CERV STR. PT WAS INJURED WHEN HITTING HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2006 | Age: 67 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: Garage doors |
| GARAGE DOOR DROPPED ON EHAD. DX. MINOR HEAD TRAUMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2006 | Age: 4 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: Garage doors |
| PATIENT HIT ON HEAD BY GARAGE DOOR AT HOME 4 DAYS AGO, NOW VOMITING, SL EEPY; HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors, Animal induced injury |
| PT WAS CHASING DOG AND HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR. DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garage doors |
| HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR DX MINOR CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN GARAGE DOOR FELL ON HEAD AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR DX: SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2006 | Age: 39 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: Garage doors |
| PATIENT WHO WAS WALKING, NOT MINDFUL OF HIS AREA, WALKED INTO A GARAGE DOOR CUTTING THE TOP OF HIS HEAD. DX - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garage doors |
| HIT WITH A PIECE OF WOOD AS GARAGE DOOR CLOSED. DX. MINOR HEAD INJURY, HEAD LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garage doors |
| HEAD TRAUMA.PT HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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