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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,270
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/18/2003 | Age: 79 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: Computers |
| HEAD TRAUMA, VIA EMS, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING COMPUTER PRINTE R FROM A CLOSET, C/O PAIN, NO LOC, HX OF ASTHMA, HTN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Computers |
| WHILE IN THE WAITING ROOM PT WAS PULLING ON *** - *** FELL ONPT. D: C ONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2003 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Computers |
| CHILD TRIPPED AND HIT FOREHEAD AGAINST COMPUTER. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FOREHEAD LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Computers |
| 2 Y/O WHITE MALE FELL AT HOME AND HIT HEAD ON COMPUTER MONITOR PUNCTUR- ING SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Computers, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT. RUNNING AND HIT HEAD ON EDGE OF COMPUTER ON COMPUTER DESK. DX. CO NT. HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2003 | Age: 12 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: Computers |
| HIT IN HEAD WITH COMPUTER GAME - MILD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2003 | Age: 4 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: Computers |
| PT HAD AN ELECTRONIC BATTLESHIP GAME FALL ONT HEAD DX SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2003 | Age: 20 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: Computers |
| PATIENT WRESTLING WITH BROTHER HE FELL AND HIT HEAD (R) POSTERIOR ON CORNER OF COMPUTER MONITOR. HAD SWELLING. DX. CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Computers |
| 60 Y/O F INJURED HEAD WHEN SHE PASSED OUT WHILE AT COMPUTER AND HIT HEA D ON KEYBOARD AT HOME. DX; BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/20/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Computers |
| PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON FAX MACHINE; CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK ON COMPUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Computers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| COMPUTER MONITOR FELL OFF SHELF HITTING PT. DX: SCALP CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| ACUTE HEADACHE - 55 YOM STATES HE WAS LOOKING AT HIS COMPUTER WHEN HE H AD SUDDEN ONSET OF SEVERE HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| WHILE PLAYING SOLITAIRE ON COMPUTER, EXPERIENCED NUMB FEELING IN L ARM AND HAND. DX. HEADACHE, NUMBNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2003 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| FELL - STRUCK HEAD ON POKER MACHINE - LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 09/01/2003 | Age: 10 months | 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: Computers |
| PT HIT HEAD ON COMPUTER TOWER X 2WKS AGO WITH BUMP ON TOP OF HEAD, CONT USION/ALSO MVA X 5DAYSG WITH NO INJURIES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| LACERATION HEAD - 25 YOM SUSTAINED A HEAD LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD WH EN A COMPUTER CASE FELL HITTING HIM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2003 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers, Televisions |
| PULLED *** GAME OFF T.V. AND HIT IN HEADDX: NO INJURIES DX: NO INJURIES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| *** SET FELL OFF SHELF ONTO HEAD. DX. HEAD LACERATION, MINOR HED INJURY . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2003 | Age: 47 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: Computers |
| SMALL CUT TO FINGER PT PASSED OUT DUE TO SIGHT OF BLOOD AND HIT HEAD O N SOMETHING DX LAC SCALP PT CUT FINGER ON HER COMPUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| SAYS A COMPUTER MONITOR FELL ON HER HEAD DX HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2003 | Age: 46 years | 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: Computers |
| 46 YOF FELL HIT COMPUTER MONITOR CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2003 | Age: 46 years | 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: Computers |
| 46 YOF FELL INTO COMPUTER MONITOR CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| PATIENT HIT ON HEAD BY VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER TOSSED BY ANOTHER PERSON A T HOME; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2003 | Age: 53 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: Computers |
| IN HOME OFFICE WORKING ON COMPUTER, SUDDEN HEADACHE, DIZZY, HIT HEAD WHEN FELL, DX SUB ARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/25/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Computers |
| PT PULLED VIDEO GAME BOX DOWN AND HIT HEAD. D: PUNCTURE WOUND SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Computers |
| PATIENT IN A VIDEO STORE, WENT TO GRAB VIDEO GAME AND GAMES FELL ON HEA D, CRYING; HEMATOMA HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2003 | 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: Computers |
| PT FELL ONTO *** HITTING HEAD , LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| SEIZURE WHEN FELL ON COMPUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2003 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| PT PULLED ON THE CORD TO VIDEO GAME AND GAME FELL ON PTS HEAD. D: LAC ERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2003 | Age: 16 months | 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: Computers |
| FELL AGAINST VIDEO GAME AT RESTAURANT DX. CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| PT ACCIDENTLY DROPPED A GAME ONTO HEAD. DX HEADLAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| PATIENT HIT ON HEAD WITH "LEAP PAD" COMPUTER AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Computers |
| PT. FELL & HITHEAD ON CORNER OF VIDEO GAME AT ***, NOLOC. DX: SCALP LA CERATION / MILD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2003 | 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: Computers |
| PT HIT HEAD ON VIDEO GAME TONIGHT AND SUSTAINED 1CM LACERATION TO SAME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Computers |
| PT SUST HEAD INJURY FROM HITTING HEAD ON COMPUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers, Beds or bedframes |
| 3 YO MALE REACHED FOR HAND CONTROLS TO VIDEO GAME AND FELL OFF BED AND HIT HEAD ON FLOOR - LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| HIT ON HEAD WITH *** CONTROLLER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2003 | Age: 4 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: Computers |
| DX SCALP LACERATION: WALKED INTO EDGE OF ARCADE GAME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Computers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| COMPUTER SPEAKER FELL OFF SHELF HIT IN HEAD DX: HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2003 | 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: Computers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| HEAD TRAUMA, PT SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING *** BOX "***" FROM A SHELF, C/O NOSE BLEEDING, VOMITS, NO LOC OR VOMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PLAYING COMPUTER GAME AND GOT A SEVERE HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2003 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Computers |
| BROTHER DROPPED *** ON PTS HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2003 | Age: 6 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: Computers |
| PATIENT'S BROTHER KICKED HIM IN THE HEAD AT HOME, HAS LEFT EYELID LACER ATION, PLAYING ***. DX. CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| CUT HEAD ON VIDEO GAME AT LAUNDRYMAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| PT GOT HIT ON HEAD WITH COMPUTER GAME DX: LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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