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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 805
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/26/2009 | Age: 47 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| WAS PAINTING AND HAD SEIZURE,?SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE,?PARIETAL BLEED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/17/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Metal containers |
| PT STATES A PAINT CAN FELL AND HIT PT IN HEAD DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2009 | Age: 49 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Doors |
| ON ASA&***, WAS PAINTING LOST HIS BALANCE&FELL FROM STANDING POSITION H ITTING HIS HEAD ONTO A METAL DOOR, +LOC/AMNESTIC&CONFUSED>>SDH |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/28/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| UPGRADED TO FULL TRAUMA S/P FALLING FROM UNKNOWN HEIGHT WHILE PAINTING, PT IS HEAVLY ETOH INTOX, BAC=.310, COMBATIVE ON ARRIVAL>>CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/01/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| C/O OF HEADEACH ONSET 1 HOUR AFTER PAINTING DX MIGRAINE HA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT FELL 2 STORIES, WHILE PAINTING A HOUSE DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 36 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls |
| 36 YOF WAS PAINTING AND HAD A SMALL PIECE OF LAMINATE CEILING TILE FALL HITTING PT ON HEAD, PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT FEELING SICK X 2 DAYS. IN PROCESS OF MOVING. TODAY WHILE PAINTING HO USE HAD BLURRY VISION & BRIGHT FLASHES. D: MIGRAINE HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 32 YO MALE HAD HEADACHE WHILE PAINTING AND FELL TO FLOOR HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2007 | 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CHI. PT FELL AND HIT HEAD WHEN HE WAS PAINTING HIS HOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| WAS PAINTING FOR SEVERAL HOURS OUTSIDE AND GOT TOO HOT ,GOT HEADACHE HEAT EXHAUSTION /HEADACHE DP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2006 | Age: 48 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| FELL OFF 14FTH WHILE PAINTING " CHI' +" SCALP LAC" + "BLOOD IN SINUS" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/25/2005 | Age: 44 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Buckets or pails |
| BUCKET FELL ON PT'S HEAD WHILE PAINTING DX: SCALP LAC, MINOR CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2005 | Age: 50 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ladders |
| HEAD INJURY-PAINTING-FELL 15-20 FEET OFF A LADDER ON PORCH-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/09/2004 | Age: 35 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| FELL TWENTY FEET PAINTING HOUSE AND FRX RIBS, AND UPPER ARM RESULTING I N CLOSED HEAD INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| SCALP LAC, PT WAS PAINTING AND A PAINT CAN FELL ONTO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2003 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| HEAD CT-ELBOWED BY A PERSON THAT WAS PAINTING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| VERTIGO - 46 YOM GETS DIZZY WHEN MOVES HEAD, STATES AT 3AM THE ROOM STA RTED SPINNING, NAUSEATED ALL THE TIME, HAVE BEEN PAINTING IN THE HOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2003 | 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: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODES X 2 TODAY. HEADACHE SINCE PAINTING A CAR AT HO ME 2 DAYS AGO. D: HEADACHE. PT ELOPED. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/23/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| SCALP LAC-WHILE PAINTING-KNOCKED A STATUE OFF A SHELF & HIT HER HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls |
| SCALP CONTUSION.PT WAS PAINTING AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2001 | 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ladders |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/30/2001 | 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2001 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 09/16/1999 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/1999 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ladders |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/1999 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/1998 | Age: 41 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: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Metal containers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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