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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,258
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT UNRESTRAINED DRIVER IN AN MVC REPORTED TO BE ON THE CELL PHONE LOSIN G CONTROL SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY IOI CHEST, RUPTURED EYE GLOBE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/01/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT PULLED A PHONE OFF OF A DRESSER AND THE PHONE HIT PT IN HEAD. DX CHI . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN TRIPPED ON PHONE CORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Other electric lighting equipment |
| PATIENT WAS AT HOME TALKING ON THE PHONE, LOOKING AT A STROBE LIGHT AND PASSED OUT. DX-SCALP HEMATOMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2004 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| CHI - 9 MOF PULLED ON PHONE CHARGER AND WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT WAS TALKING ON PHONE TO HER BOYFRIEND AND FELL HITTING HER HEAD. DX : CLOSED HEAD INJURY, CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2004 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT. STATES THAT HE TRIPPED OVER A TELEPHONE WIRE AT HOME. DX. CONCUSSI ON W/O LOC, CONT AND FX L HUMERUS, C/O CONT HEAD, L SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2004 | Age: 35 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: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT SUS HEAD INJURY BY A CELL PHONE ON ACCIDENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2004 | Age: 4 months | 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: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PATIENT HIT ON BACK OF HEAD BY PHONE THROWN BY 6 YO BOY AT HOME, INTENT NOT STATED; MINOR HEAD INJURY, HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2004 | Age: 5 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| CORDLESS PHONE FELL AND HIT PATIENT IN THE HEAD; HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2004 | Age: 12 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| HIT L SIDE OF HEAD WITH A CELL PHONE. DX. L TEMPORAL SCALP CONTUSION, M INOR HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2004 | Age: 66 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: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| CHI-@ HOME-TRIPPED-FELL-HIT HEAD-CAUSED WHEN SHE TRIPPED ON PHONE CORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2004 | Age: 78 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: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials |
| CONTUSION HEAD-TRIPPED AND FELL OVER PHONE CORD HITTING HEAD ON FLOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/17/2004 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| HEAD CONT. PT FELL BACKWARDS WHEN TALKING ON A TELEPHONE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2004 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| UNRESTRAINED DRIVER WENT TO GRAB HIS CELL PHONE & LOST CONTROL OF CAR DX: HEAD CONCUSSION / R HAND LAC. / FACIAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| HIT BY PIECE OF BROKEN CELL PHONE - SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2004 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| RUNNING TO TELEPHONE / FELL DX: SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2004 | Age: 42 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: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT SUS HEAD INJURY BY A TELEPHONE WIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2004 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | 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: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL RUNNING FOR THE PHONE AND SUSTAINED SOFT TISSUE INJURY TO THE HEAD.PT LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/25/2004 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER PHONE CORD DX: SCALP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2004 | Age: 1 months | 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: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| HIT BY 18 MONTH OLD SIBLING WITH PHONE DX. CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2004 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Chairs |
| PT C/O LAC TO HEAD. PT WAS TRYING TO REACH PHONE AND LOST BALANCE AND F ELL OUT OF CHAIR. DX CONT TO HEAD STRAIN TO NECK AND SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2004 | Age: 3 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT SUST CONTUSION TO HEAD MOBILE PHONE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2004 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| TRIPPED OVER TELEPHONE CORD, -LOC, FOREHEAD, KNEE PAIN DX: BHT, KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2004 | 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: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| SCALP CONT. PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON A TELEPHONE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Beds or bedframes |
| PT TRIPPED OVER PHONE CORD, HIT HEAD ON FOOTBOARD, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2004 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Vending machines |
| TALKING ON PHONE, TURNED AND HIT HEAD ON *** MACHINE DX. CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2004 | Age: 15 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: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT. HIT SELF IN THE HEAD WITH A PHONE- BLEEDING, NO LOC DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT DX HEAD TRAUMA/NO LOC - S/P STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A PHONE BOX C/O PAIN AND SLIGHT DIZZINESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| CONCUSSION W/ BRIEF LOC-MVA-IN THE STREET-UNRESTRAINED DRIVER-WAISTLINE CT-CAUSED BY HIS CELLPHONE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT. WAS PLAYING AROUND AND GOT HIT IN BACK OF HEAD W/PHONE. SAID IT WA S ACCIDENTAL. DX. LAC SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2004 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | 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: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| CHI WHEN HIT WITH CELL PHONE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT HIT ON HEAD WITH A CELL PHONE TO R SIDE OF HEAD. INTOXICATED. DX: LA CERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2004 | Age: 64 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: Telephones or telephone accessories, Ceilings and walls |
| 64 YEAR OLD FEMALE RAN TO ANSWER PHONE AND FELL INTO WALL CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2004 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| CONTUSION HEAD - 82 YOF TRIPPED OVER BEDSIDE COMMODE GOING TO ANSWER TH E TELEPHONE AND FELL HITTING HER HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials |
| WAS STANDING TALKING ON PHONE FELT DIZZY, FELL BACK HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE FLOOR DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2004 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials |
| STATES FELL GETTING UP TO PHONE, STRUCK HEAD ON CONCRETE FLOOR. DX. CO NT HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2004 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | 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: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT WALKING ALONG RAILROAD TRACKS WHILE TALKING ON CELLPHONE. DID NOT HE AR TRAIN AND WAS STRUCK. STRUCK BY CAR LAST WEEK. D:CHI, CONT/LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| HEAD LAC, PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A TELEPHONE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| LACERATION HEAD - 9 YOM WAS ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ON THE HEAD WITH HANDSE T OF TELEPHONE AS MOTHER WAS MOVING INTO THE KITCHEN, HOLDING PHONE OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2004 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT STATED PHONE FELL ON HEAD AT HOME DX: SCALP ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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