Accidents - Plants, trees and shrubs - Year 2008 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,560
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	97
6-15 years old:	216
16-25 years old:	46
26-50 years old:	701
50+ years old:	498

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

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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