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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,012
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| ACUTE FOOT CONTUSION, PT WAS WALKING AND TRIPPED OVER HOSE LANDING ON RT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT @ SCHOOL, TRIPPED OVER SPRINKLER HEAD FELL INJURED ANKLE. DX RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| WENT OUTSIDE TO TURN OFF HOSE FAMILY DOG WAS EATING AND THE DOG BIT THE CHILD DOG BITE TO R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT RUNNING AT HOME FELL STRIKING RIGHT KNEE AGAINST A SPRINKLER HEAD LA CERATION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| CHILD FELL AND HIT TIBIA ON A SPRINKLER HEAD. D: 1CM LACERATION, LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| TRIPPED ON A HOSE. DX. R ANKLE SPRAIN, R/O FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| FOUND BY POLICE FACE DOWN, UNRESPONSIVE, AIRWAY COMPROMISED, ALCOHOL- POSSIBLY HIT HEAD ON SPRINKLER. DX: ALCOHOL INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers, Razors or shavers |
| PT WAS CUTTING A HOSE WITH A RAZOR BLADE AND LACERATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER HOSE, CONTUSION TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PATIENT WAS SPRAYING WATER AND DIRT GOT IN HIS EYE. DX-ABRASION EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 9 YOF TRIPPED ON A HOSE AND HURT HER KNEE L KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| TRIP ON LAWN SPRINKLER HEAD FX 5TH METATARSAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 7 YOF RUNNING THROUGH SPRINKLER LAC FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 15YOWM-LACERATION ABDOMEN-WALKED INTO METAL SPRINKLER SPIKE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| LAC/ABRAS L FOOT; TRIPPED ON SPRINKLER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PLAYING NIGHT GAMES AT FRIENDS WHEN STEPPED ON SPRINKLER HEAD TWISTING R FOOT DX ACUTE STRAIN R FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 6 YOM TRIPPED ON SPRINKLER HEAD @ MUSEUM FX RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT FELL ONTO BACK RUNNING THROUGH SPRINKLER, NECK BACK CONTUSION STATUS POST FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| LACERATED HEAD ON SPRINKLER WHEN AUTO VS. PEDESTRIAN DX: CONCUSSION STA BLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT CUT FOOT ON SPRINKLER. DX: R FOOT LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| HIT RT. ANKLE ON SPRINKLER DX: ABRASION TO RT. ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| STEPPED ON A SPRINKLER DX: FOOT LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 13 YO FEMALE WAS PLAYING IN BACK YARD WITH WATER HOSE,GOT CAST WET,CAST GOT TIGHT,CAME FOR RE-CAST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| CUT TOE ON WATER SPRINKLER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT JUMPED OVER A SPRINKLER HEAD AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFTC ALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PATIEINT HAD TOOTH KNOCKED OUT BY SPRINKLER; DENTAL INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT FELL ON SPRINKLER. DX: R LEG LAC 5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PLAYING WITH A WATER HOSE AND SQUIRTED IN THE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| FELL WHILE PLAYING / HIT SPRINKLER DX: FACIAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| CUT HIS FOOT ON WATER SPRINKLER DX LT FOOT LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PATIENT RUNNING AND TRIPPED ON HOSE, FELL ON CEMENT AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE; R TIBIA/FIBULA CONTUSION, R KNEE ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| HIT TOE ON GARDEN HOSE DX: LACERATION TO TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PLAYING IN THE SPRINKLER AT HOME HEARD LEFT EAR POP, NOW HAVING PAIN ABOVE AND BEHIND THE EAR. DX. NECK STRAIN/EAR PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| LAC L HAND ON GARDEN HOSE SPRAY NOZZLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2003 | Age: 10 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| CHI WHEN TRIPPED OVER GARDEN HOSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| DX FRACTURED NOSE: PLAYING IN SPRINKLER AT FRIEND'S HOME, BUMPED HEADS WITH FRIEND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| CONTUSED SHOULDER WHEN FELL ON WATER SPRINKLER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| RUNNING IN SPRINKLER, FELL O OUTSTRETCHED THUMB/ SPRAIN RT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers, Aquariums or accessories |
| PT STATES HE TRIPPED OVER A HOSE AND HIT HEAD ON PLASTIC AQUARIUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON WATER SPRINKLER - CUT TO FOREHEADD. D: CONCUS SION WITHOUT LOC / LACERATION FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| WAS PLAYING WITH HOSE AND HIT SELF IN THE MOUTH DX LIP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE BAREFOOTED AND STEPPED ON THE WATER HOSE - CUT F OOT. D: LACERATION LEFT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| TRIPPED/FELL OVER SPRINKER DX: ANKLE & FOOT SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| CUT TOE ON SPRINKLER DX: L GREAT TOE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Not recorded | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PATIENT'S SISTER WAS SWINGING A GARDEN HOSE AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT PATIENT IN THE MOUTH. DX-FRACTURE TEETH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| FELL AFTER TRIPPING ON SPRINKLER KNEE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT RUNNING AT HOME STRUCK RIGHT FOOT ON A SPRINKLER HEAD LACERATION GRE AT TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A SPRINKLER HEAD DX: RT KNEE MUSCLE TEAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| CHILD KICKED BROKEN SPRINKLER VALVE. D: TOE LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER HOSE IN YARD & FELL. C/O PAIN TO (L) THUMB, (R) ANKLE. DX: (L) THUMB SPRAIN, (R) ANKLE MILD SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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