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Accidents - Lighting equipment - Year 2006 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 604
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Date: 12/02/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT WAS WALKING FAST IN A STORE AND STRUCK HEAD ON A "LOW LYING" LIGHT F IXTURE SUSTAINING LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment, Toilets
SITTING ON THE TOILET, A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL HITTING TOP OF HEAD " CHI"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
CUT HEAD WHEN LIGHT FIXTURE FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2006Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LAC TO TOP OF HEAD, LIGHT COVER FELL AND HIT PT DX: 4 CM SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2006Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
PT C/O LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HER HEAD AT HOME TODAY - DX HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment
PT INTO A LIGHTPOST AND INJURED HEAD.DX HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2006Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
PT HIT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE WITH POSSIBLE LOC CONTUS ION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2006Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Lighting equipment, Escalators
PATIENT HIT HIS HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE YESTERDAY WHILE COMING DOWN AN ESCALATOR SUSTAINING POST-CONCUSSIVE SYMPTOMS & SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
PT C/O A LIGHT SHADE FELL ON HIS HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2006Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Lighting equipment
WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A LIGHT FIXTURE AND IT FELL ON HER HEAD DX: HEAD CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
TOSSIG A BALL THAT HIT A LIGHT GLOBE WHICH BROKE LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LAC HEAD ON A FIXTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment, Ceilings and walls
THREW SOMETHING UP TO THE CEILING, HIT A LIGHT FIXTURE THAT BROKE &FELL ON PT'S HEAD :" LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2006Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
21YMC ACCIDENTLY HIT GLASS COVER OF A LIGHT CUTTING SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
LIGHT FIXTURE HIT PT ON HEAD FROM APPROX. 3 FEET AT HOME. DX. CONT HEA D.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lighting equipment
24 YO FEMALE WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN WITH FLASHING LIGHTS AT CONCERT AND FELL - SEIZURE - HEAD PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT HIT RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD ON A LIGHT AT HOME, LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment
19 Y/O W/M RECEIVED A HEAD INJURY AFTER LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2006Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment
HIT HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE, NOW C H/A " CHI"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment, Ceilings and walls
CEILING AND LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
SCALP LACERATION.PT HIT HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE,LACERATIONG SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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