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Accidents - Faucets or spigots - Year 2009 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 784
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Date: 12/04/2009Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
12 YO M LAC SCALP ON FAUCET AT GROUP HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2009Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
29 YOM, HIT HEAD ON FAUCET, HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2009Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT BECAME LIGHT HEADED & FAINTED, LANDED ON KNEES & HIT HEAD ON FAUCET DX;# SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2009Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Faucets or spigots
32 YO F, WHO WAS DRINKING ETOH, HIT BACK OF HEAD ON BATHTUB SPOUT YESTE RDAY. NOW W/ DIFFICULTY FOCUSING EYES. DX:CONCUSSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2009Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: 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 SLIPPED & FELL IN THE BATHTUB, HIT HEAD ON FAUCET DX;* HEAD CONTU SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2009Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
SLURRED SPEECH PER HX: R/O TIA; BENDING OVER IN TUB TO PICK UP SHAMPOO HIT HEAD ON FAUCET, DENIES LOC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/29/2009Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON FAUCET WHILE WASHING HAIR DX: CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2009Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots, Sinks
40 Y O F SLIPPED FELL STRUCK SINK HIIT FACE ON FAUCET CLOSED HEAD INJURY CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
CHI-FELL IN BATHTUB-HEAD HIT THE FAUCET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2009Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
FELL & HIT HEAD ON WATER FACUET AT HOME, WATERING SOME PLANTS & FELL FORWARD. DX-LAC SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2009Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH FLEXIBLE SHOWER HEAD AT NURSING HOME SCALP LAC *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2009Age: 21 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
DX LAC SCALP: W IN SHOWER W SLIP'D & HIT BACK OF HEAD ON KNOB IN SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
HIT HEAD ON FAUCET IN BATHTUB;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT WAS IN SHOWER WHEN SHOWER HEAD FELL OFF, STRIKING PT ON HEAD DX;; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT HIT HEAD ON FAUCET AFTER LOSING BALANCE. HEAD PAIN. LPTMS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 03/16/2009Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
PT HIT HEAD ON FAUCET OF TUB AT HOME DX: LACERATION T SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2009Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT BECAME DIZZY POSS. SYNCOPE, BEGAN VOMITING, HIT HEAD ON FAUCET. DX . LAC HEAD, SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 02/09/2009Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Faucets or spigots
HEAD & NECK INJURY FROM FALLING IN BATHROOM AT SCHOOL, HIT BACK OF HEAD ON FAUCET. DX-FALL, CONCUSSION, CERVICAL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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