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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 542
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/03/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK BY A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| PT WITH LAC TO HEAD FROM BUMPING INTO A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, NO FIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| PT RUNNING AT *** AND STRUCK HEAD AGAINST THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER LACERATION SCALP 4YOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2009 | Age: 66 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: Fire extinguishers, Glass doors or doors with glass panels |
| FELL WALKING THRU REVOLVING DOOR AND HIT HEAD ON FIRE EXTINGUISHER RESU LTING IN HEADACHE AND CLOSED HEAD INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2009 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| FIRE EXTINGUISHER FELL AND HIT HEAD AT LOCAL DEPARTMENT STORE HEAD CONTUSION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| HE WAS RUSHING DOWN THE HALL, AT SCHOOL, & HIT THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, CUT SCALP- NO LOC. DX; SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2009 | Age: 37 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: Fire extinguishers |
| PT SUS CONTUSION TO HEAD AFTER HITTING IT ON FIRE EXTINGUISHER% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| 7 Y O M HIT HEAD ON A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT SCHOOL CLOSED HEAD INJURY LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fire extinguishers, Painting equipment, powered |
| HEAD INJURY FROM HITTING HEAD ON FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHILE PAINTING. DX-ACUTE HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fire extinguishers, Ceilings and walls |
| FIRE EXTINGUISHER FELL OFF WALL AND HIT PTS HEAD. DX SUPERFICIAL HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| HIT HEAD ON FIRE EXTINGUISHER;DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2009 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| 84YOF AT PERSONAL CARE HOME WAS IN HALL STRUCK HEAD ON FIRE EXTINGUISHER;SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK, HIT HEAD ON FIRE EXTINGUISHER;DX LACERATED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2009 | Age: 41 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| HIT HEAD ON FIRE EXTINGUISHER--NO FD INVOLVEMENT CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| 13 Y/O HIT HEAD ON FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT SCHOOL. DX-LAC. SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| 10 Y/O HIT HEAD ON FIRE EXRINGUISHER AT SCHOL YESTERDAY, DIZZY WITH NAUSEA. DX-CHI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| PT WAS AT SCHOOL AND BUMPED HEAD ON A FIRE EXTINGUISHER C/O HEAD LACERA TION. DX: LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2009 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| SCALP CONT. HIT BY FIRE EXTINGUISHER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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