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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,029
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON HEATER. DX: SCALP LAC 3 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON HEATER. DX: SCALP LAC 1 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2008 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL INTO HEATER AND HIT HEAD AT HOME DX: HEAD INJURY WITHOUT LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2008 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A HEATER. DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON HEATER AT HOME DX// SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2008 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PLAYING AND LOST BALANCE - FELL INTO A HEATER. DX SCALP ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2008 | Age: 88 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| 88 YO FEMALE FELL AND HIT HEAD WHILE TRYING TO TURN ON HEATER CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PATIENT FELL AGAINST A HEATER RESULTING IN A 2.5 CM UPPER OCCIPITAL LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF WALL HEATER. DX: SCALP LAC 1.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF HEATER. DX: SCALP LAC < 1CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT SLIPPED & FELL, STRIKING HEAD ON HEATER DX; SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2008 | 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT HIT HEAD ON HEATER LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 3 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT FELL, HIT HEAD ON HEATER, LACERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| SCALP LAC/3YOF AT HOME FELL BACK ON THE THE HEATER AND SUSTAINED LAC TO BACK OF HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT HIT HEAD O HEATER GRATE/ LAC TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| HEAD LAC/7YOM HIT HEAD ON HEATING UNIT WHILE AT DAY CARE CENTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 4 YO MALE HIT HEAD ON HEATER WHILE RUNNNG AND JUMPING LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON HEATER. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, ITP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON FLOOR HEATER. DX: SCALP LAC NOT REPAIRED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | 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: Heaters or heating systems, Chair, rocking |
| FELL OUT OF A SMALL ROCKING CHAIR HIT HER HEAD ON A CAST IRON HEATER. DX HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2008 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| LAC HEAD ON HEATER, TYPE OF HEATER NOT SPEC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| TRIPPED OVER A HEATER FELL BACKWARD AND HIT HEAD HEAD CONTUSION # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FELL ON HEATER WHEN WRESTLING WITH BROTHER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| HEATER FELL ON HEAD AT SCHOOL. DX HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/16/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT HIT HER HEAD ON A HEATING UNIT AT THE NURSING HOME DX MULTIPLE CONTU SION TO POSTIER SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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