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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,134
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/10/2009 | Age: 45 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT WITH CONTUSION TO HEAD, STRUCK BY COUCH WHILE MOVING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 50 YOF INDICATES SHE TRIPPED OVER COUCH ON WAY TO DUMPSTER AND HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE, SUSTAINED A CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| H'TMA HEAD- FELL SOFA TO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2009 | Age: 36 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 36YOF WAS HAVING DIARRHEA GOT UP QUICKLY FROM THE COUCH AND PASSED OUT STRUCK HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY GASTRITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FELL GETTING UP FROM COUCH. DX: HEAD/FACE CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 32 YR OLD TRIPPED IN STORAGE UNIT AND HIT HEAD ON COUCH DX// HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL AND HIT HEAD ON SOFA AT HOME, NEAR SYNCOPE, DIZZY. DX-HEAD PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL HITTING HEAD ON COUCH DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL BACK AND HIT HEAD ON SECTIONAL COUCH LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2009 | Age: 43 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT SUS HEAD TRAUMA DUE TO TRIP AND FALL HITTING THE SOFA% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 27 YOM JUMPED OFF A COUCH AND FELL HITTING RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD SUSTAINING CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT STANDING ON BACK OF COUCH PUTTING UP LIGHTS IN WINDOW WHEN FELL ONTO COUCH & THEN ONTO FLOOR. DENIES LOC. DX;MINOR HEAD INJURY, C/T STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2009 | Age: 49 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT PASSED OUT AND HIT HEAD ON COUCH. DX SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/18/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT BEING CARRIED BY BOYFRIEND AT HOME WHEN SHE SWUNG AND HIT HEAD ON AR M OF COUCH. DX:MINOR HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2009 | Age: 42 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT WAS DRINKING HEAVILY AND PASSED OUT FELL OFF THE COUCH STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/19/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| HEAD INJURY-FELL OFF SOFA ONTO FLOOR HITTING HEAD. C/O HEADACHE, BACK A ND RT RIB PAIN. +LOC FOR UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME. ETOH INVOLVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL HIT HEAD ON COUCH. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| 27 YO PATIENT VISITING FRIEND IN HOSPITAL, FELT LIGHTHEADED AND PASSED OUT, HIT HEAD ON COUCH WHEN FALLING TO FLOOR; CLOSED HEAD INJ, HEAD ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2009 | 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| ETOH=0.112 INTOX, GOT UP OFF THE COUCH THEN SYNCOPED&FELL HITTING HEAD, +LOC>>CHI/ARF/SUBS ABUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/20/2009 | 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| HEAD INJURY FROM FALLING FREQUENTLY, SITTING ON COUCH, LEFT SIDE CHEST PAIN. DX-MILD HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| CHI. PT PASSED OUT HITTING HEAD ON COUCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| CHI. PT WAS HELPING A FRIEND MOVE A COUCH AND FELL HITTING HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT STATES FELL BACK HITTING HEAD ON CORNER OF COUCH DX SCALP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON EDGE OF COUCH DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2009 | Age: 42 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT GOT UP FROM COUCH AND PASSED OUT HITTING HEAD ON FLOOR. DX: SCALP LAC 3 CM, SDH, SKULL FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/01/2009 | 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| HEAD CONTUSION,ETOH.PT ROLLED OFF A COUCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT FELL FROM STANDING ON BACK OF COUCH AND HIT MIRROR. DX: HEAD LAC 4 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2009 | Age: 48 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY WHILE STANDING UP FROM COUCH & FALLING TO FL OOR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| FAINTED GETTING UP OFF COUCH, HIT HEAD ON CABINET DX: HEAD CONTUSION, SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FELL OFF BACK OF COUCH DX: HEAD INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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