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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 493
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Tools |
| PATIENT STRUCK HIS HEAD WITH A POST HOLE DRIVER. DX-LACERTION SCALP, CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tools |
| PATIENT HIT SELF IN HEAD WITH FENCE POST DRIVER. DX; 3 CM LACERATION TO SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tools |
| SISTER PLAYING WITH GARDENING TOOL AND PT RAN INTO IT;SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tools |
| HEAD LAC - HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A FENCE POST DRIVER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tools |
| 34 Y.O. B MALE W/SCALP LAC. PT WAS DIGGING W/POST HOLE DIGGERS & HIT HI S HEAD ON THEM @ HOME. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Tools |
| PT GRINDING PIECE OF METAL HIT PATIENT IN HEAD, OPEN SKULL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Tools |
| PATIENT WAS DIGGING A HOLE AND WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH THE POST HOLE DIGGER. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJURY, ABRASION EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 38 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: Tools |
| DX HEAD LACERATION: METAL TOOL FELL AND STRUCK HEAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tools |
| SCALP LACERATION - HIT HEAD ON A GRINDER WHEN RAISING UP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | 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: Tools |
| DX MILD CLOSED HEAD INJURY: HIT HEAD WITH POST HOLE DRIVER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | 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: Tools |
| DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: HEAD STRUCK BY METAL POST HOLE DIGGER IN YARDAT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Tools |
| 24 Y.O. W MALE W/CHI. PT ACCIDENTLY GOT HIT IN THE HEAD W/POST HOLE DIG GERS @ HOME. E9179 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tools |
| UNEMPLOYED PATIENT HIT ON HEAD BY TOOL EQUIPMENT. NO OTHER DETAILS. D: LACERATION, HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | 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: Tools |
| CHI-CUTTING DOWN A TREE-PART OF THE TRUNK HIT PT IN THE HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tools |
| PT HIT HEAD ON FENCE POST DRIVER. DX: HEAD LAC 1.5 ". |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tools |
| 17 Y/O M INJURED TOP OF HEAD WHEN POST POUNDER HE WAS USING SLIPPED AT HOME. DX; CONTUSION SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tools |
| WORKING IN YARD, HIT BY GARDEN TOOL DX. HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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