Accidents - Clothing irons - Year 2004 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 585
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	300
6-15 years old:	34
16-25 years old:	16
26-50 years old:	201
50+ years old:	32

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/07/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothing irons
CHI, IRON FELL ON CHILDS HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothing irons
CHI, HIT IN HEAD WITH IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
IRON IN CLOSET FELL ON TOP OF PT'S HEAD. DX1: LACERATION BACK OF HEAD, DX2: HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
PT STATED AN IRON DROPPED ON HEAD, SUSTAINED" MINOR SCALP LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT HAD AN ELECTRIC IRON FALL FROM A SHELF AND STRUCK PT IN HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
IRON FELL AND HIT HEAD DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2004	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
AN IRON FELL ON PT'S HEAD. DX: LACERATION SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2004	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothing irons
PULLED IRON, OR IRON FELL, ONTO HEAD AT HOME, TENDERNESS AND SWELLING T O FOREHEAD; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2004	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons, Beds or bedframes
BURN TO HEAD/EAR MOM WAS IRONING CLOTHES WAS SITTING ON BED & SAT IRON ON BEDSIDE TALBE. CHILD FELL AND HIT BED AND IRON FELL ON CHILDS HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing irons
AN IRON FELL ON PT'S HEAD, CUT ON HEAD- NO LOC DX: LEFT BEFORE EVAL
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/04/2004	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothing irons
PT WAS UNWITNESSED WHEN HE PULLED AN IRON CORD&IRON FELL ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD, +LOC, SUSTAINED" CLOSED HEAD INJURY"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
AN ELECTRIC IRON FELL ON THE PT HEAD SUSTAINED " SCALP LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
SCALP LACERATION, PULLED IRON ONTO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
34 YOF WAS ON BOTTOM OF HER CLOSET REACHING FOR A BOOK & HER IRON FELL OFF SHELF HIT HER ON HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2004	Age: 2 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: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CHI, SCALP PUNCTURE WOUND, IRONFELL FROM SHELF AND HIT PATIENT IN HEAD NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PATIENT PULLED CORD OF IRON AND PULLED IRON OFF SHELF ONTO HEAD AT HOME ; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2004	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothing irons
PAIN TO HEAD GOT HIT WITH FALLING IRON DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons, Ball sports
PT TRYING TO REACH A BALL WHERE IRON WAS FALLING HITTING PT IN HEAD, HEAD TRAUMA/SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothing irons
PATIENT PULLED COOL IRON ONTO HER HEAD AT HOME; HEAD INJURY, HEAD CONTU SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT WAS IRONING AND PASSED OUT ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR. DX-2CM LACERATION SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2004	Age: 4 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: Clothing irons
AN IRON FELL ON HEAD DX. CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothing irons, Ironing boards or covers
CHI WHEN IRON FELL OFF IRONING BOARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2004	Age: 19 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: Clothing irons
HIT HEAD ON IRON 2 DAYS AGO NO LOC NOW SHOULDER HURTS W/ HEADACHES D X CHI, SCALP ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothing irons
IRON FELL, HIT TOP OF HEAD, LAC DX: BHT, SUPERFICIAL SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2004	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothing irons
PT HAD AN IRON FALL AND HIT HEAD; CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WAS HIT BY IRON FROM TOP SHELF. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
IRON FELL ON PATIENT'S HEAD AT HOME; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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