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Accidents - Lighting equipment - Year 2009 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 68
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Date: 04/12/2009Age: 5 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
REPORTEDLY HAD A LIGHT FALL ONTO FACE/HEAD, NO LOC/N/V YET BLOODY NOSE >>CHI/EPISTAXIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LIGHT BROKE AND FELL ON PT, CUT HEAD DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment
PT DX MINOR HEAD INJURY - PLASTIC TUBE LIGHT COVERING FROM CEILING FELL ONTO PATIENT'S HEAD AT SCHOOL AND SHATTERED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
28 YOM JUMPED AND HIT HEAD ON LIGHT SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2009Age: 13 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
PT STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD ON A PIECE OF LIGHTIG EQUIP YEST. NO LOC. HAS BU MP ON FOREHEAD. HAS HEADACHE SINCE. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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