Accidents - Go-carts - Year 2009 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,367
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	112
6-15 years old:	684
16-25 years old:	316
26-50 years old:	238
50+ years old:	15

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/18/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
CHI-NO LOC-7YOM-FOREHEAD LAC-HIT A TREE WHILE ON A GO-CART-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
PT STATES GOT HIT FROM BEHIND WHILE RIDING GO-CARTS AT PARK. DX. NECK INJURY, HEAD INJURY, CONCUSSION W/O LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
CONCUSSION- GO-CART WRECK AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
HIT HEAD AGAINST RAIL BARS OF GO CART;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
24YMC RACING GO-CART ABOUT 70 MPH STRUCK BY ANOTHER GO-CART AND HELMET HIT ROLLBAR/CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PT DRIVING GO-CART -HELMET ROLLED CART AND HIT HEAD ON ROLL BAR HAS LA C TO TOP OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
FELL OUT OF GO CART;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
PT WAS DRIVING GO CART ON STREET AND HIT A BARRIER. DX: HEAD CONT, CONCUSSION W/LOC, CHIN LAC, NECK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
PT HAD GO CART ACCIDENT. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2009	Age: 7 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: Go-carts, Swings or swing sets
PATIENT INVOLVED IN GO CART WRECK HIT A SWING WHILE DRIVING GO CART. DX-CHI, HEMATOMA SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
CHI-NO LOC-HIT GAS PEDAL WHILE GETTING OUT OF GO-CART-FELL BACKWARDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
12Y/O,M,UNRESTRAINED PASSENGER IN GO-CART THAT ROLLED OVER, NO HELMET, CONCUSSION, OCCIPITAL CONTUSION, R CLAVICLE FX, GO-CART COLLISION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Go-carts
HIT FROM BEHIND IN A GO-CART; C/O MIGRAINE & NECK PAIN. DX: MIGRAINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
PT RIDING GO CART HIT AND FELL OFF INJURED HEAD AT TRACK DX// HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
PT WAS RIDING ON A GO-CART, RIDING WITH A FRIEND, WENT AROUND CORNER TO FAST & WRECKED DX: CONCUSSION, FX LAMBDOID SUTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/17/2009	Age: 5 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: Go-carts
INVOLVED IN GO CART ACCIDENT, GO CART TURNED OVER ON PATIENT. DX-MASSIVE HEAD AND NECK INJURIES.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PT FELL OFF OF GO CART. D: FALL / LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
RAN OVER BY A GO CART AT THE RECREATIONAL BUILDING. DX ABRASION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
CONCUSSION AFTER FALLING FROM GO-CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts, Handrails, railings or banisters
PT RAN GO CART INTO RAILING AND THEN T BONED ANOTHER GO KART. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, NECK STRAIN, CHEST CONT, CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/16/2009	Age: 5 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: Go-carts
5YFC TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON HOMEMADE PEDAL DRIVEN GO-CART HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2009	Age: 12 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: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
PT HELMETED RIDER ON GO-CART. WENT OFF SMALL JUMP AND IT FLIPPED. HELME T CAME OFF. PT STRUCK HEAD, LOC. AMNESTIC. LAC TO EAR. DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/25/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
HELMETED GO-CART DRIVER, CRASHED ON THE COURSE&REAR-ENDED BYANOTHER DRI VER @ 35MPH, C/O HA&BACK PAIN>>CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
FLIPPED GO-CART BLUNT TRAUMA TO HEAD / LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
C/O HEADACHE WITH NAUSEA AFTER INV. IN A GO-CART ACCIDENTAL HITTING HEA D, ?LOC>>CHI/ HA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
HIT WALL WHILE IN GO-CART DX: BHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
RAN GO CART INTO TREE;DX LACERATED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
CRASHED GO CART;DX FRACTURED SKULL AND MULTIPLE ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts, Fences or fence posts
DRIVING A GO CART RAN INTO BARBWIRE FENCE LAC TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2009	Age: 44 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: Go-carts
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE FLIPPED GO CART INJ R SIDE/ DX CHI R SHOULDER TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
CRASHED GO-CART; DX CHI
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 04/19/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
GO CART RACING HIT FROM BEHIND HIT HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL CONCUSSION BRIEF LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS STRAIN CERVICAL PAIN IN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	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: Go-carts
HAD A GO CART ACCIDENT AT DAD'S HOUSE. HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
GO CART FLIPPED OVER. DX. CONT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
PT HIT FOREHEAD WHILE GETTING OUT OF GO CART. DX: MINOR HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
PT INVOLVED IN GO-CART ACCIDENT ; HIT HEAD ON GROUND. D : CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 7 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: Go-carts
CRASHED GO CART;DX POSSIBLE CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
PT HELPING HIS 10 YR OLD SON PUSH A GO-CART WHEN HE WE WAS HIT FROM BEH IND BY OTHER GO-CART GOING 20MPH. FELL & HIT HEAD. D:MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2009	Age: 18 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: Go-carts
PT DRIVING GO CART WHEN IT FLIPPED OVER SEVERAL TIMES. NO SEATBELT OR H ELMET. +LOC. D:MINOR HEAD INJURY, SCALP HEMATOMA, ABRASIONS, VOMITING.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/21/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
RAN GO CART INTO TREE;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2009	Age: 4 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: Go-carts
4 Y/O WAS RIDING IN A GO CART FELL OFF, LEG CAUGHT UNDER IT. DX-CHI, SPRAIN ANKLE, MULTIPLE ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
PT RACING GO CART WEARING HELMET & 5-POINT HARNESS BELT, LOST CONTROL & ROLLED GO CART, +LOC, C/O NAUSEA, HA, VOMITING & FINGER PAIN;CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
RESTRAINED DRIVER OF GO-CART, WORE HELMET, ROLLED ON SIDE & CAGED ROOF, HIT GUARDRAIL OF COURSE, HEAD HIT ROOF OF CART, LOC, CONFUSED; HEAD INJ
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 01/23/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PT FELL FROM A MOVING GO CART, HIT HEAD ON THE GROUND. D : SCALP LACER ATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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