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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,369
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 4YOM; PT WAS PLAYING WITH BROTHER WHEN HE WAS HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A ME TAL BROOM HANDLE. D: OCCIPITAL SKULL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| 31 Y/O B/FM RECEIVED CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN MOPPING KITCHEN SLIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON FLOOR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 17 YOM TRIPPED OVER BROOM, HIT HEAD DX: SCALP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| 15YOWM PT WAS MOPPING FLOOR AT FIRE STATION, SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR AND STRUCK HEAD. DX. CEREBRAL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2010 | Age: 5 years | 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 5 YO M, C/O RUNNING INTO BROOM STICK LAST NIGHT, DX SCALP ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2010 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 5YOM LAC HEAD ON BROOM HANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 11 YO FEMALE HIT ON HEAD WITH A SCRUB BRUSH THAT BROTHER THREW. DX SCA LP ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2010 | Age: 2 months | 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 2 MOS M BROTHER HIT PT IN HEAD WITH A PLASTIC BRUSH.CRYING. TYPE OF BRU SH NOT MENTION.DX CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 54 YOM WAS CLEANING AT HIS DISABLED SCHOOL AND SLIPPED ON A RAG AND STR UCK HIS HEAD. DX: CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2010 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 79 YOM FELL FROM BACK OF PICKUP HE WAS SWEEPING OUT. DX-CONTUSIONS, ABRASIONS SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2010 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 20 MO MALE RUNNING WITH A MOP AND FELL. DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 48 YOM, HIT IN HEAD WITH BROOM, HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 8 YOF WAS PLAYING WITH SISTER AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD WITH BROOM CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2010 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| 30YOF SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE MOPPING FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 10/04/2010 | Age: 7 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 7 YO F PLAYING W/ SISTER AND W/ ALLUMINUM BROOM STICK AND FELL AND BROO MSTICK HIT PT. ON HEAD. DX: FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2010 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 17MOM STEPPED ON BROOM & SLIPPED BACKWARD BUMPING OCCIPUT IN KITCHEN, LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT. DX - HEAD INJURY, HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/20/2010 | Age: 12 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 12YOF, PLAYING WITH SIBLINGS WHO STRUCK HER ONTO HEAD WITH A BROOM STIC K>>CHI/LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 3 YOM TRIPPED ON A BROOM - CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 54YOF WAS VISITING FRIEND IN JAIL, BROOM HANDLE HIT HEAD, TRIED TO BRACE HANDLE W/HAND, INJURED LT FOREFINGER. DX-HEADACHE, FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 5 YO F, PER FATHER PT WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A BROOM STICK BY BROTHER , C/O DIZZINESS, BLURRY VISION, DX CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| 21YOF MOPPING HER FLOORS AND SLIPPED AND FELL STRUCK HEAD ON THE TILE S USTAINED A SKULL FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/18/2010 | Age: 39 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: Manual cleaning equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| DX SYNCOPE - VASOVAGAL/HYPOPOTASSEMIA HYPOKALEMIA/HYPOGLYCEMIA- MILD: 39YOF C/O PASS' OUT WHILE SWEEPING. STATES FALL & HIT HEAD ON FLOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2010 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment, Stairs or steps |
| CHI: CERV., THORACIC, LS SPINE STRAIN 2ND TO FALL R/O FX; 29YOM MOPPING STEPS,SLIPPED,FELL DOWN 10 WOODEN STEPS TO FLOOR,HEADACHE,PAIN NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 10 YR M HIT HEAD BY BROOMSTICK;DX LACERATED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 9 YOF LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK BY MOP HANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 10YOM; SISTER ACCIDENTALLY HIT PT ON THE HEAD WITH A BROOM. D: SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| CHI,SCALP LAC.48YOF WAS MOPPING AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2010 | Age: 76 years | 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: Manual cleaning equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| A 76 YOF FELL WHILE TRYING TO MOP FLOOR AT HOME, HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2010 | Age: 6 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| DX LAC HEAD: 6YOM HIT IN HEAD W/ TRASH/GRABBER TONGES. SMALL LAC @ RS OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 3YOM ACCIDENTLY TRIPPED OVER A BROOM HIT HEAD ON A VEHICLE; SCALP LACERATION,2CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2010 | Age: 3 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 3YOM HIT ON HEAD WITH BROOM HANDLE BY 3 YO COUSIN; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH BROOM AT HOME. LACERATION SCALP. 18 YOM* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2010 | Age: 25 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: Manual cleaning equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| 25YOF MOPPING FLOOR AT HOME AND SLIPPED AND FELL STRUCK HEAD ON THE FLO OR CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2010 | Age: 3 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 3YOM LACERATION SCALP/CONTUSION PLAYING WITH ANOTHER CHILD HIT IN HEAD WITH WINDOW SQUEEGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2010 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 30 YOM INJURED HEAD WITH BROOM IN JAIL. DX-SCALP LACERATION 3 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment, Stairs or steps |
| 53 YO M WAS MOPPING STEPS OF BUILDING SLIPPED AND FELL HIT HEAD ON WALL DX SCALP ABRASION*** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2010 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 36 Y/O/M MENTALLY DISABLED MAN HIT HEAD WITH A BROOM STICK MANY TIMES AT GROUP HOME TODAY DX/ HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| 18YO HISP FEMALE AT HOME MOPPING THE FLOOR, SLIPPED & FELL,HIT HEAD, C/O HEADACHE, DX HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2010 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| SCALP LAC-5YOM FIGHTING WITH HIS 3YR OLD SISTER SHE GOT MAD AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD WITH A PLASTIC DUST PAN AND IT BROKE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 5YOM; PT WAS PLAYING WITH SIBLING WHEN BROOM FELL OVER AND HIT PT ON TH E HEAD. D: LACERATION OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2010 | Age: 19 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| A 19 YOM WAS HIT ON HEAD WITH A BROOMSTICK, NO DETAILS GIVEN, LACERATIO N TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| 22 YO M, C/OI CUT TO HEAD AFTER FALLING WHILE MOPPING THE FLOOR, DX HEA D LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2010 | Age: 7 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 7YOM HIT IN HEAD W/BRUSH THROWN BY SISTER; SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 64YO MALE WITH LAC TO HEAD, HIT SELF WITH SOME KIND OF CLEANING BRUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 5 YR M HIT WITH BROOM;DX LACERATED SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2010 | Age: 5 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: Other |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 5YOM; BROOM FELL OVER AND HIT PT ON THE HEAD. D: NO DX; LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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