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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,952
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2008 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories, Floors or flooring materials |
| RAN INTO A SPEAKER, & HIT HER HEAD, FALLING TO THE FLOOR- SHE HELD HER BREATH. DX; CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT A SMALL RADIO SPEAKER FELL ON PTS HEAD AT HOME TODAY DX// HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories, Stairs or steps |
| PT RUNNING UP STEPS, FELL BACKWARDS AND LANDED ON STEREO. DX SCALP LAC ERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| BOOM BOX FELL ON PTS HEAD. D: HEAD CONTUSION WITH PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2008 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| FELL ON SPEAKER;DX LACERATED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF A SPEAKER. DX. HEAD INJURY, SCALP LACERATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| SPEAKER FELL ON HEAD DX: 1/2CM SCALP ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| FELL ON STEREO;DX CHI, FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A MICROPHONE AND HIT CHIN ON FLOOR. D: LACERATION CHI N; CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT WAS AT HOME, HAD A STEREO SPEAKER FALL ON HEAD CAUSING A CONCUSSION AND CERVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2008 | 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT BEING CARRIED BY BROTHER WHO DROPPED HIM STRUCK HEAD AGAINST A STERE O SPEAKER AND STARTED TO VOMIT CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| 14 Y/O WAS IN BAND PRACTICE AT SCHOOL WHEN A SPEAKER FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD. DX-CONTUSION HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| 11 YOF PASSED OUT AND HIT HEAD ON SPEAKER HEAD PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| SPEAKER FELL ON HEAD. DX. HEAD INJURY.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| SCALP LAC SPEAKER FELL ON HEAD-LOC UNK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2008 | Age: 3 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: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| HEAD CT-FELL-HIT A SPEAKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| SPEAKER FELL ON HER;DX LACERATED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON SPEAKER DX: LACERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories, Chair, recliner |
| CHILD PLAYING IN RECLINER CHAIR W/ SISTER WHEN CHAIR TIPPED OVER AND CH ILD HIT HEAD ON STEREO SPEAKER. D: CHI, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| FELL AT HOME,HIT HEAD ON SPEAKER HEAD CONTUSION * |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| SPEAKER FELL ON TOP OF HEAD. SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 6 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: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL HITTING STEREO SPEAKER WITH HEAD, SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2008 | Age: 5 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: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| LACERATION HEAD - 5 YO FEMALE SUSTAINED A CUT TO BACK OF HEAD WHILE PLA YING WITH HER BROTHER - FELL AGAINST STEREO SPEAKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| HAD LARGE SPEAKER FALL ONTO HEAD @ A SHOW ON THE STAGE, +LOC, FELT FINE LATER BUT NOW WITH HEADACHE>> CLOSED HEAD INJUREY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| CHILD FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT BACK OF HEAD ON EDGE OF SPEAKER. D: CHI, S CALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT DX SCALP LACERATION - C/O SPEAKER FELL ON HEAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 12 months | 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: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| A SPEAKER FELL ON HEAD DX: CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2008 | Age: 58 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: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| TRAUMA HEAD.PT.REFERS A STEREO SPEAKER FELL ON HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| HEAD INJURY FROM HITTING BACK OF HEAD ON SPEAKER. DX-LACERATION OCCIPUT, CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT SUS CONTUSION TO HEAD AFTER HITTING IT ON SPEAKER% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories, Mattresses |
| PT ON MATTRESS, MATTRESS WENT ONE WAY & PT WENT OTHER WAY HITTING EYE O N SPEAKER, NO LOC, NOW W/FOREHEAD SWELLING, C/O HEAD PAIN; HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT DX SCALP LACERATION - DUE TO DIRECT BLOW,HEAVY SPEAKER FELL ON BACK OF HER HEAD JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| HIT WITH SPEAKER;DX LACERATED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| SPEAKER FELL OFF SHELF ONTO PT AT STORE. DX: SCALP LAC 2 CM/CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| JUMPED OFF 20 FOOT SPEAKER, HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE, HEAD CONTUSION INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON A STEREO SYSTEM, CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| P FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD ON A STEREO SPEAKER AND SUSTAINED A SCAL P LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT FELL BACK AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A SPEAKER AT HOME. DX. LAC HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories, Beds or bedframes |
| 76 Y/O F INJURED BACK OF HEAD WHEN FELL AGAINST STERO SPEAKER WHILE GET TING OUT OF BED AT HOME. DX; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| HIT FOREHEAD ON CORNER OF STEREO SPEAKER, AT HOME- NO LOC DX: CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HAD A GRAND MAL SEIZURE, IN THE PROCESS FELL AND STRUCK BACK OF HEAD ON SPEAKER, DX: LACERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT SPEAKER FELL ON HEAD AT HOME TODAY DX// SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT A SMALL SPEAKER FELL ON HEAD AT HOME TODAY DX// SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT AT A RESTAURANT AND THE BAND WAS CLOSING DOWN ONE OF THE SPEAKERS FE LL ONTO HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| HIT HIS HEAD ON CORNER OF A SPEAKER 2 DAYS AGO HAS NUMBNESS TO HANDS AND FEET, BLURRY VISION & SLOW SPEECH. DX POSSIBLE CONCUSSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| A SPEAKER FELL ONTO TOP OF HEAD, +LOC >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT HIT ON HEAD WITH SPEAKER HEMATOMA HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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