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Accidents - Faucets or spigots - Year 2003 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 301
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Date: 12/16/2003Age: 2 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT BEING BATHE WITH HEAD STRIKING FAUCET WHILE BEING BATHE, HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
PT HIT HEAD ON FAUCET IN BATHTUB. DX: HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Faucets or spigots
PATIENT HIT HIS HEAD ON THE SHOWER HEAD. DX-SCALP HAMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2003Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Faucets or spigots
HIT HEAD ON FAUCET WHILE TAKING A BATH FOREHEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
WHILE PRACTICING AT THE VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL SCHOOL PATIENT HIT HER HEAD ON SHOWER HEAD, IS DIZZY AND TIRED. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Faucets or spigots
HIT HEAD ON FAUCET;POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
LACERATED HEAD ON FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT IN TUB GETTING PERM SOLUTION OUT OF HEAD HITTING HEAD ON FAUCET, LA CERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2003Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT HIT BACK OF HEAD ON TUB FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/06/2003Age: 92 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
HIT BACK OF HEAD AGAINST FAUCET DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2003Age: 5 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots, Sinks
CONTUSED HEAD WHEN GETTING BATH IN SINK AND HIT HEAD ON FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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