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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,560
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Exercise |
| 25YO HISP MALE HIT HEAD ON TREE BRANCH WHILE HIKING TODAY DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2008 | Age: 32 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| WAS CUTTING TREE BRANCHES BACK WHEN ONE CAME BACK, HITTING (L) SIDE OF FACE---ACUTE FACIAL / HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Rope or string |
| 3 Y/O SWINGING ON A ROPE AND HIT TREE WITH HER HEAD. DX-HEMATOMA SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING DEAD TREE LIMB DOWN&TREE BROKE&HIT HIM ON TOP OF HEAD, NO LOC >>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY/SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws |
| 49 Y/O CUTTING LARGE TREE WITH CHAINSAW TREE LIMBS FELL AND STRUCK PATIENT KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND DX-FX SKULL FX RADIUS/ULNA LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Clothing accessories |
| WALKING IN WOODS, LARG TREE TOP FELL AND STRUCK HARD HAT/CONC W/O LOC CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| DAD CUTTING DOWN TREE AND LIMB HIT PTS HEAD LACERATION HEAD # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2008 | Age: 36 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 36YOM WHITE TRIMMING BRANCHES ON TREE-STANDING ON BRICK WALL-BRANCH CAME BACK HIT BACK HEAD-FELL ON CHEST,+LOC,DX CLOSED HEAD INJ-MINOR, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Other toys |
| 61 YOF STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A TREE BRANCH, WAS ATTENDING A BIRTHDAY PA RTY WHERE A *** WAS BEING HIT ALSO SUSTAINING A CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2008 | Age: 12 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Bicycles or accessories |
| PT WAS AT PARK W/ FRIENDS. UNHELMETED BIKE RIDER. GOING FAST DOWN A HIL L AND LOST CONT. STRUCK TREE. HIT HEAD. BRIEF LOC. AMNESTIC. DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| STRUCK IN HEAD BY TREE BRANCH WHILE CUTTING WOOD. DX HEAD LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CLOSED HEAD INJURY W/O LOC - 80 YO MALE WAS CUTTING TREE LIMBS AND A SA PLING HIT HIM IN THE FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 26 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| 26 YOM WAS CUTTING DOWN TREE AND BRANCH FELL AND HIT HEADCLOSED HEAD IN JURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2008 | Age: 12 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chairs |
| FELL 8FT FROM TREE, HIT BRANCHES & SCRAPED SCALP/NECK ON CHAIR ON WAY D OWN, NO LOC, FELT DIZZY, BACK PAIN, NECK ABRASION; HEAD INJ, BACK CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 11 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts |
| FELL 5 FT OUT OF A TREE, HITTING HEAD ON A FENCE- NO LOC, BUT SEEMED OUT OF IT FOR FEW SECONDS. DX: MINOR HEAD HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| HEAD TRAUMA.PT.REFERS WHILE CUTTING DOWN A BRANCH FROM MANGO TREE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Baby strollers |
| TREE FELL ON STROLLER. DX CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 75 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| HEAD TRAUMA.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN FROM MANGO TREE(IN PATIO) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 25 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Ladders |
| PT STATES FELL OUT OF TREE HITTING HEAD ON LADDER DX CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 54 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PATIENT WAS USING HIS WALKER TODAY, HE FELL HITTING HIS HEAD ON A TREE WITH LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, All-terrain vehicles |
| PT ON A FOUR WHEELED ATV AND RAN OFF THE ROAD STRUCK A TREE ALSO WAS IN TOXICATED SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Eyeglasses |
| A BRANCH FROM A TREE STRUCK HER ON HER GLASSES, AT HOME, RT EYELID LAC. DX: CHI, SUPERFICIAL LACERATION TO EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| PT MOWING THE LAWN, HAD A BRANCH CATCH HIS HEAD DX; SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 8 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Baseball |
| PT HIT TREE WITH BASEBALL BAT IT BOUNCED OFF OF TREE AND HIT PT IN FORE HEAD DX- CHI HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 38 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Baseball |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE WAS RUNNING TO CATCH A BALL AND HIT HEAD ON A TRE E/ DX CHI LAC L FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUTTING DOWN A TREE WHEN A LARGE BRANCH FELL ONTO HEAD SUSTAINED A C LOSED HEAD INJURY WITH SUBDURAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 88 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| SCALP LAC.: YESTERDAY OUTSIDE HOUSE TRIMMING ROSE BUSH, LOST BALANCE, HITTING HEAD ON BRICK WALL, LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Cardboard products |
| PLAYING WITH A CARD BOARD BOX ON HEAD AND FELL INTO A TREE. TODAY AT S CHOOL - SEEING GRAY SPOTS. DX CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT CUTTING TREES AND REACHING OUT WHEN HAD TEMPORAL PRESSURE & JAW PAIN . CONFUSED. D:ALTERED LOC, CONFUSION, ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/25/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Exercise |
| PT RUNNING LAST NIGHT WHEN HIT HEAD ON LOW LYING TREE BRANCH. D: CHI, A C SEPARATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 14 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Football |
| JUMPING TO CATCH A BALL, DURING FOOTBALL GAME, & HIT HIS HEAD OPN A TREE BRANCH- NO LOC. DX: SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT WAS CUTTING TREE LIMBS. LIMB HIT PT ON HEADDX: HEAD INJ WITH CONCUSS ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 63 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Power lawn mowers |
| YESTERDAY ACCIDENTALLY HIT HEAD ONTO A TREE BRANCH WHILE MOWING, WITH D IZZINESS SINCE>>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 57 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| HEAD LAC/57YOM AT HOME WAS CUTTING DOWN TREES AND WAS STRUCK IN THE HEA D BY A BRANCH CAUSING LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2008 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING DOWN TREE, HIT INHEAD BY LARGE BRANCH/ 18CM SCALP LAC, BHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Decorative yard equipment |
| PT WS SWINGING ON A TREE & HIT HEAD ON A BIRDHOUSE AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 26 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING TREES, LIMB FELL ON HEAD & PT SUFFERED LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT CUTTING DOWN TREE HAD BRANCH STRIKE PT ON HEAD CAUSING LAC TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING THE BRANCHES OF A TREE WHILE IN THE TREE AT HOME ABOUT 15 F EET UP AND FELL ONTO HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 49 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tractors |
| PATIENT WAS ON A TRACTOR, TREE LIMBE FELL ON HIM. DX-SUBARCHNOID HEMMOR HEMORRHAGE, SUBDURAL HEMATOMA, HEMATOMA EPIDURAL, TRAUMATIC, COMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/19/2008 | Age: 40 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| PT WAS MOWING LAWN AND WHILE LOOKING DOWN RAN INTO A TREE BRANCH STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING TREES, BRANCH HIT HIM IN HEAD DX; SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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