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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,438
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2006 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT SLIPPED ON A RUG STRIKING HEAD ON A TILE FLOOR SUSTRAINED A CLOSED H EAD INJURY WITH POSITIVE LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT AT THE NURSING HOME AND TRIPPED ON THE BATHROOM RUG AND STRUCK HEAD ON THE FLOOR SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Chairs |
| HEAD LAC-TRIPPED ON RUG-FELL-HIT ARM ON CHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT IN THE KITCHEN AT HOME AND FELL OVER A RUG STRIKING HEAD ON THE FLO OR SUSTAINED CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH POSITIVE LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| 50 YO MALE TRIPPED OVER MAT AT TRUMP LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/30/2006 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Chairs |
| TRIPPED ON RUG HIT HEAD ON CHAIR AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Floors or flooring materials |
| 8 YOF FELL ON TOP OF HEAD TRYING TO DO A BACK FLIP AND FELL ON HEAD ONT O RUG ON HARDWOOD FLOOR SUSTAINING CHI, NO LOC. DIZZY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| HEAD CT-TRIPPED ON A RUG-FELL-@ A STORE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Benches |
| TRIPPED ON MAT, HIT HEAD ON CAST IRON PARK BENCH, CONTUSION HEAD, ABRAS ION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| 55 YOM FELL ON CARPET IN HALLWAY SUSTAINING LACERATION TO BACK OF SCALP LEFT BEFORE BEING SEEN. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/14/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Tables |
| PT STANDING ON A MAT AT DAYCARE AND FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD ON THE TABLE SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2006 | Age: 84 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: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| PT WAS AT A STORE, TRIPPED OVER A DOOR MAT CAUSING A HEAD INJURY W/ LAC ERATION AND CONTUSIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| PT CAUGHT FOOT ON MAT AND FELL. DX: HEAD CONT, SCALP LAC 4 CM, L ELBOW CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Tables |
| CHI-FELL ON RUG WHILE GETTING OUT OF BED-HIT NIGHT STAND-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2006 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| STUMBLED ON RUG AT NSG. HOME,FELL,HIT HEAD HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2006 | Age: 73 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: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT TRIPPED ON RUG AT HOME AND HIT HEAD ON BATHTUB, NEG LOC, HAS FACIAL SWELLING. DX: CHI, CHEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2006 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Tables |
| TRIPPED OVER CARPET RUNNER, HIT HEAD ON TABLE D-HEAD INJURY D2-CONTUSIO N FACE/SCALP/NCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2006 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A RUG AND FELL STRIKING HEAD SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO S CALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Doorsills or frames |
| SLIPPED ON PLASTIC RUNNER, HIT HEAD ON DOOR JAMB/ BHT, CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2006 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED ON A RUG AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A TILE FLOOR WITH CONFUSI ON CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/10/2006 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| PATIENT TRIPPED ON A THROW RUG AND FELL AT HOME. DX-CHI, FRACTURE FACIAL BONES AND CERVICAL SPINE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/07/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Glass bathtub or shower enclosures |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A BATHROOM RUG STRIKING HEAD ON THE TRACK OF A SLIDING GLASS SHOWER DOOR BENDING THE TRACK CLOSED HEAD INJURY LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2006 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| PATIENT TRIPPED OVER MAT IN CHURCH AND HIT HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2006 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A RUG AT HOME AND FEL, STRIKING HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2006 | Age: 80 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: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Ceilings and walls |
| PT SLIPPED ON A RUG AND FELL STRIKING BACK OF HEAD AGAINST THE CORNER O F A WALL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Stairs or steps |
| PT TUMBLED DOWN 10 CARPETED STEPS AT DAYCARE- LOC DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 04/08/2006 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Ceilings and walls |
| HEAD/ FACE CTS-TRIPPED ON RUG-FELL-HIT WALL-@ CHURCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2006 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| HEAD, WRIST, FOREARM CTS-TRIPPED ON RUG-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2006 | Age: 97 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Toilets |
| CHI-NO LOC-FELL ON RUG IN FRONT OF TOILET-HIT HEAD ON TOILET-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2006 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS SITTING ON A RUG COVERING A HARD WOOD FLOOR AND FELL BACKWARDS S TRIKING HIS HEAD. DX: MILD CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2006 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| FELL PICKING UP A RUG/CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2006 | Age: 77 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: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Bathtubs or showers |
| 77 YO MALE SLIPPED ON BATHMAT AND HIT HEAD ON TUB AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY - LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2006 | Age: 59 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: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| 59 YO - DX: CHT WITH LOC - TRIPPED OVER RUBBER MAT - FELL , HITTING HEA D (RT. SIDE) LOC & CONFUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2006 | Age: 51 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Ceilings and walls |
| CAUGHT FOOT ON PLASTIC FLOOR RUNNER AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON WALL CLOSE D HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| PT. TRIPPED ON FLOOR MAT AT DUKE POWER CO. DX. CONT HEAD, L SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Beds or bedframes |
| SLIPPED ON RUG HIT HEAD ON BEDFRAME AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Cabinet or door hardware |
| PT WAS RUNNING IN THE HOUSE, & SLIPPED ON A RUG, HITTING HIS HEAD ON DOORKNOB- NO LOC. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2006 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Tables |
| SCALP LACERATION: WRESTLING AROUND WITH SISTER, TRIPPED ON THROW RUG, FELL, HIT HEAD ON COFFEE TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2006 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT. TRIPPED OVER BATHMAT IN BATHROOM, HIT HEAD ON VANITY. DX. CONT HEA D. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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