Accidents - Clothing irons - Year 2009 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 726
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	263
6-15 years old:	121
16-25 years old:	47
26-50 years old:	226
50+ years old:	68

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/22/2009	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: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
26 YO STATES IRON FELL OFF THE SHELF HITTING HEAD DX HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HIT IN HEAD BY IRON THAT FELL OFF SHELF/ CONCUSSION W/O LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
HEAD LAC, PT HIT HEAD WHEN GETTING AN IRON OUT OF CLOSET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2009	Age: 7 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
LAC TO HEAD WHEN A IRON FELL ON HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2009	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT DX BURN INJURY TO HEAD AND ARM - 9 MONTH OLD BABY SUSTAINED BURN INJURY TO HEAD AND LT ARM WHEN IRON WHEN IRON WAS LEFT ON DRESSER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothing irons
HEAD INJURY ; CLOTHES IRON FELL ONTO PTS HEAD. D: CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons, Doors
PT SUS LAC TO HEAD AFTER TRIPPING OVER IRON CORD AND HITTING HEAD ON DOOR%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 23 months	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, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
23 MO MALE - COLD IRON FELL OFF DRESSER AND HIT PTS HEAD. DX SCALP LAC ERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2009	Age: 29 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: Clothing irons, Ironing boards or covers
IRON FELL FROM IRONING BOARD,HIT HEAD HEAD CONTUSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2009	Age: 38 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: Clothing irons
LAC HEAD ON IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	Age: 91 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: Other
Product: Clothing irons
DX VERTIVGO-RESOLVED/UTI: SUDDEN ONSET DIZZINESS W IRON'G. FELT SHE W SPIN'G.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/16/2009	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons, Beds or bedframes
PT PULLED HOT IRON DOWN ON BED, BURING HIS HEAD AND FACE, DX: SCALP BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2009	Age: 5 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: Clothing irons, Ironing boards or covers
PT BUMPED THE IRONING BOARD AND THE IRON FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD. NO LOC. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN AN IRON FELL ON TOP OF PT'S HEAD C/O HEADACHE AND L AC TO TOP OF HEAD. DX: LACERATION ( NO REPAIR)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothing irons, Doors
PT OPENED A CLOSET DOOR & IRON FELL ONTO FOREHEAD. DX**: SCALP CONTUSI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Clothing irons
PT HAD AN IRON FALL ON HEAD AT HOME. DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2009	Age: 23 months	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: Clothing irons, Ironing boards or covers
PT PULLED THE IRON DOWN FROM AN IRONING BOARD AND IT STRUCK HIM IN HEAD NO LOC. NOT HOT AT TIME. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 14 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: Clothing irons, Ironing boards or covers
IRON FELL TO HEAD FROM IRONING BOARD DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2009	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: Clothing irons, Ironing boards or covers
PULLED IRON OFF IRONING BOARD;DX CHI, SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2009	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
PULLED IRON DOWN AND HIT BACK OF HEAD. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 7 months	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: Clothing irons
PT DX MINOR HEAD INJURY - S/P IRON FELL ON BABY'S HEAD AT HOME JUST PTA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2009	Age: 2 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: Clothing irons, Ironing boards or covers
PT WAS CRAWLING UNDER THE IRONING BOARD AT HOME WHEN HE ACCID KNOCKED T HE IRON DOWN. STRUCK PT IN HEAD. LAC. NO LOC IRON NOT HOT. DX SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2009	Age: 21 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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
DIRECT BLOW TO HEAD, IRON FELL FROM MANTLE DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2009	Age: 36 years	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
PT STATES IRON FELL AND HIT HER IN HEAD, SUS HEAD TRAUMA%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2009	Age: 4 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: Clothing irons
PULLED IRON DOWN AND IT HIT PTS HEAD. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2009	Age: 19 years	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
PT STATES THAT AN IRON FELL ONTO BACK OF HER HEAD DX- HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
2 YOM STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A COLD CLOTHING IRON THAT FELL SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2009	Age: 21 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: Clothing irons
PT DX SCALP ABRASION - IRON FELL FROM TOP OF CLOSET TO HIS HEAD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2009	Age: 30 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: Clothing irons
REPORTS WAS SQUATTING DOWN TO PLUG IN SOMETHING WHEN AN IRON FELL ONTO TOP OF HEAD, NO LOC>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2009	Age: 3 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, Ironing boards or covers
PT WAS @ HOME TRIPPED ON IRON CORD IRON FELL OFF IRONING BOARD HITTING HEAD. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY & MINOR SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2009	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothing irons
14 MOM HAD IRON FALL ON HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
2YOM AT HOME A COOLED CLOTHES IRON FELL OUT OF HOLDER STRIKING HIS HEAD;SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2009	Age: 88 years	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, Day wear
PT FELL FROM STANDING POSITION WHILE IRONING JEANS. DX. CONT. HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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