Accidents - Counters or countertops - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,323
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Date: 12/27/2002	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: Counters or countertops
FELL IN KITCHEN HIT HEAD ON COUNTER CONTUSION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2002	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT TRIPPED AND FELL IN THE BATHROOM AT HOME STRIKING HEAD ON THE VANITY SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
WATCHING TV @ HOME, WALKED INTO KITCHEN FOR GLASS OF MILK, FAINTED & FELL TO FLOOR HITTING HEAD ON COUNTER ON WAY DOWN. DX CHI, ORBITAL CONT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
PT. FELL AND HIT HEAD ON COUNTER TOP FOUND BY DAUGHTER,DX. SCALP AND HI P CONT, SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/29/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Counters or countertops
PATIENT HIT HEAD ON COUNTER TOP AT HOME. DX: CONCUSSION TO HEAD./NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
WHILE BENDING DOWN HIT HEAD ON COUNTER DX: LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
DX 6 CM LACERATION TO HEAD: SLIPPED IN BATHROOM AT AUTOMOTIVE STORE, ST RUCK HEAD ON *** COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2002	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PATIENT FELL AT HOME HITTING HER HEAD ON A COUNTER TOP. DX-LACERATION SCALP, CONTUSION RIGHT HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT TRIPPED IN BATHROOM, HIT HEAD ON COUNTER, CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT TRIPPED OVER DOG AND HIT EDGE OF COUNTER. DX: SCALP LAC 1. 5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
SCALP LACERATION.PT FELL AND HIT SCALP ON A COUNTER AND LACERATED SCALP .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2002	Age: 66 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
TRIPPED AND SHE FELL BACKWARDS TO THE RT HIT HEAD ON SINK COUNTER TOP-D ENIES LOC DX: CONTUSION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2002	Age: 90 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: Counters or countertops
90 Y/O FEMALE WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL AND HIT A COUNTER TOP CAUSING A LACERATION TO HER SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2002	Age: 77 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: Counters or countertops
STANDING AT COUNTER AND FELL BACK STRIKING HEAD;CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ON COUNTER AT HOME 1 WEEK AGO, STILL HAS HE ADACHE, NAUSEA. DX; CONTUSION HEAD, HYPERTENSION UNCONTROLLED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2002	Age: 85 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: Counters or countertops
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON CHECKOUT COUNTER AT PATHMARK 1 HR PTA-DX-ACUTE OCC IPITAL SCALE CONTUSION, MINOR HEAD INJURY R LEGCONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL IN BARBER SHOP-HIT COUNTER-SYNCOPE
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
HEAD CONT. PT TRIPPED HITTING HEAD ON COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
BRACING ON COUNTER, HAND SLIPPED, FELL ON FLOOR DX. HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2002	Age: 76 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: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops, Stools
PATIENT SITTING ON STOOL, FELL OVER BACKWARDS, HIT HEAD ON COUNTER. D: SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops, Beds
PT TRIPPED WHILE GETTING OUT OF BED AT HOME STRIKING HEAD ON A COUNTER TOP CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
HEAD INJURY.PT FELL BACKWARDS AND STRUCK HEAD ON A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2002	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL STRIKING HEAD ON COUNTER. DX: CEREBRAL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE COUNTER AT HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
85 Y.O. W MALE W/CHI. PT FELL & STRUCK HEAD ON COUNTER @ HOME. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL STRIKING BACK OF HEAD ON THE BATHROOM COUNTER CLOSED HEAD INJUR Y
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL IN THE BATHROOM HAD A SYNCOPAL EVENT FAINTED STRIKING HEAD ON T HE COUNTER CLOSED HEAD INJURY ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/07/2002	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT TRUNED QUICKLY AND TRIPPED OVER FOOT HITTING HEAD ON COUNTER AT NURS ING HOME, LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2002	Age: 61 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: Counters or countertops, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
FELL FROM COUNTER WHILE HANGING CURTAINS - CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
CHI. PT WAS STANDING AT A COUNTER TALKING AND FELL TO FLOOR HITTING HEA D.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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