Accidents - Refrigerators - Year 2003 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,155
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	175
6-15 years old:	332
16-25 years old:	335
26-50 years old:	480
50+ years old:	832

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 56 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: Refrigerators
56 Y.O. B FEMALE W/CHI. PT FELL & STRUCK HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR @ HOME. E 8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Refrigerators
PATIENT FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE REFRIGERATOR. DX-CONCUSSION, 6 CM COMPLEX FACIAL LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
PT HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR; CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Refrigerators
PATIENT HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD ON THE REFRIGERATOR AT HOME. DX-CONCUSSION, HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
CUT SCALP WHEN FELL ON EDGE OF REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2003	Age: 2 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: Refrigerators
CHILD RUNNING AT HOME, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR. D: CLOSED HEA D INJURY, SUPERFICIAL LACERATION, HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
CHI WHEN HIT IN HEAD BY REFRIGERATOR DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
86 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CHI. PT WAS OPENING HER REFRIGERATOR & FELL BACKWARD S @ HOME. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 53 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: Refrigerators
PT C/O HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR X5 DAYS AGO,NOW C/O HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
CUT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR-CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
STOOD UP FROM BENT OVER POSITION, HIT HEAD ON FREEZER DOOR OF REFRIGERA TOR AT HOME. DX: CONTUSION HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
SCALP LACERATION.PT HIT HEAD ON A REFRIGERATOR AND LACERATED SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
SEVERAL CANS FELL OFF REFRIGERATOR AND HIT ON HIT. DX-2 CM SCALP INSULT ATION, MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2003	Age: 22 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: Refrigerators
PASSED OUT FALLING HITTING HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT STRUCK TOP OF HEAD AGAINST A REFRIGERATOR THEN SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N THEN GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
AT HOME AT 1500, WAS LEANING INTO OPEN REFRIGERATOR, STOOD UP HITTING LEFT POSTERIOR PARIETAL AREA ON FREEZER. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Refrigerators
FELL HIT HEAD ON REFRIDERATOR DX: PUNC. TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR AND FELL. DX- MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Refrigerators
DX:CHI AND L ARM CONTUSION. ;HELPING MOVER 700 # REFRIGERATOR THAT TIPP ED ONTO HIM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS HIT WITH REFRIGERATOR DOOR PT FELL TO FLOOR ON HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR. DX. 2.5 CM LACERATION R FRONTAL SCALP, M INOR HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 13 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: Refrigerators
13 YO WF - MINOR HEAD INJURY - MOTHER ACCIDENTALLY CLOSED THE REFRIGERA TOR DOOR ON THE RT. SIDE OF PT'S. HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns
PT OPENED THE FRIGE AT GRANDMAS & VASE FELL ON HIS HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
12 YO FEMALE HAD SEIZURE AND HIT HEAD WHILE OPENING REFRIGERATOR DOOR CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2003	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS PULLING REFRIGERATOR DOOR AND SLIPPED - FELL BACK AND HIT HEAD O N TILE FLOOR. D: FALL /HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
RAN INTO REFRIGERATOR DX. CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2003	Age: 65 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: Refrigerators
STRUCK HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR. DX. ACUTE OCCIPITAL SCALP CONTUSION, MINOR HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 64 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: Refrigerators
HIT HEAD AGAINST A REFRIGERATOR MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
87YOWF WHOWAS AT HOME WHEN THE DOOR OF HER REFRIGERATOR FELL OFF THE HI NGES AND HIT HER ON HEAD.DX:CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FILLING A SIDE-BY-SIDE REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER WITH A FRIEND AT HOME, STOO D UP, FELL BACKWARDS INTO A CABINET. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY, ANEMIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON A REFRIGERATOR. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2003	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: Refrigerators
SLIPPED - FELL IN KITCHEN HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2003	Age: 6 months	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: Refrigerators
6MO OLD F FELL AGAINST REFRIGERATOR HITTING HEAD HEAD INJURY-OTHER & UN SPECIFIED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
HAS ONGOING MIGRAINES, AT HOME, BECAME LIGHTHEADED, HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR AND FELL TO THE FLOOR. DX MIGRAINE HEADACHE, NEAR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2003	Age: 22 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: Refrigerators
HEAD CONTUSION - REFRIGERATOR FREEZER DOOR CLOSED ON HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL TO FLOOR STRIKING REFRIGERATOR. DX: SCALP CONT/HEMATOMA, DROP ATTACK, MORBID OBESITY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators, Cookware
STATES HE WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A SKILLET THAT FELL OFF THE REFRIGERATOR DX HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
LAC SCALP ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR DX: 1.5 CM SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT CLEANING TOP OF REFRIGERATOR FELL HIT HEAD ON BOOKSHELF, FALL HEAD P AIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 82 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: Refrigerators
FELL INTO REFRIGERATOR ,LGE HEMATOMA TO RT. FOREHEAD. NO LOC. DX.CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
PT HIT IN HEAD WITH REFRIG DOOR; CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
PT HIT HEAD ON SIDE OF REFRIGERATOR - MINOR HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Not recorded

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
CHI. PT RAISED UP AND HIT REFRIGERATOR DOOR THEN FELL TO FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2003	Age: 3 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: Refrigerators
CHI-RUNNING-FELL-HIT CORNER OF REFRIGERATOR-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
RT HEAD LACERATION-PT TRIPPED OVER DOG AND STRUCK HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR. HAS 2 LACERATIONS 3CM EACH ON RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	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: Refrigerators, Nonglass bottles or jars
SIBLING OPENED REFIGERATOR AND 2 LITER BOTTLE OF SODA FELL ON PTS HEAD. D: MINOR CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL STRIKING HEAD ON THE REFRIGERATOR AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
41 Y.O. W FEMALE W/HEAD PAIN. PT HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE & FELL AGAINST TH E REFRIGERATOR @ HOME. PT ADM. E8889
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/12/2003	Age: 35 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: Refrigerators
PATIENT STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A COOLER IN THE STORE. DX-CONTUSION RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR - SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2003	Age: 15 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: Refrigerators
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD AGAINST A REFRIGERATOR SUS A CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2003	Age: 19 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: Refrigerators
PT SUSTAINED HEAD INJURY AFTER HITTING HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
35 YO M RAN INTO REFRIGERATOR CORNER, CUT HEAD. DX R SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
FELL AGAINST REFRIGERATOR DX. HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
81 YO F LOST BALANCE, STRUCK HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR AT HOME. DX SCAL P LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2003	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: Refrigerators, Balloons
PT AT HOME DURING A SUPERBOWL PARTY WAS CLIMBING UP ON THE REFRIGERATOR TO RETRIEVE SOME BALLOONS WHEN HE FELL STRIKING HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DX;HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 79 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: Refrigerators
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA-FELL-AT HOME-HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR-PT ALSO TAKES COUMADIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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