Accidents - Counters or countertops - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,147
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Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 62 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: Counters or countertops, Alcohol
LACERATION HEAD-DRINKING ALCOHOL-TRIPPED & FELL HIT EDGE OF COUNTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
PATIENT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON KITCHEN COUNTERTOP RESULTING IN HEAD CONTU SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Counters or countertops
HIT HEAD ON COUNTER TOP DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2006	Age: 87 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
FELL @HOME, HIT HEAD ON COUNTER TOP, DX; CLOSED HEAD INJURY, CEREBRAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/18/2006	Age: 92 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, Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C WALKER, LEG GAVE OUT, FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEADON COUNTER " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 54 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 ON KITCHEN COUNTER TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON DOOR OF CABINET THEN TO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2006	Age: 84 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
CHI.PT HIT HEAD ON A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT WALKING IN THE BATHROOM OF THE NURSING HOME AND FEL, STRIKING HEAD O N THE COUNTER SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Counters or countertops
LOST BALANCE FELL BACKWARDS HITTING COUNTER WITH BACK OF HEAD MILD SUBC UTANEOUS HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Counters or countertops
HIT HEAD ON KITCHEN COUNTER DX POST CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
72 YO MALE WAS STANDING AT COUNTER AT ***S, PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOO R - CARDIAC ARREST - CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/08/2006	Age: 79 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
FELL HITTING HEAD ON THE COUNTER, NO LOC " CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2006	Age: 89 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 HEAD ON THE COUNTER AT HOME SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD IN JURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2006	Age: 65 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, Telephones or telephone accessories
PT AT PUBLIC PLACE, TRIPPED OVER PHONE CORD AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON CO UNTER, LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	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
74 YO FELL STRIKING HEAD ON COUNTER CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/31/2006	Age: 55 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
STRUCK HEAD ON COUNTER TOP. DX MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2006	Age: 54 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
SLIPPED IN THE BR&FELL HITTING HEAD ON THE COUNTER '' CHI" +" NECK PAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 70 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
SLIPPED AND FELL 3 DAYS AGO, HIT HEAD ON COUNTER/ HEAD TRAUMA, CONTUS ION, HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2006	Age: 78 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: Counters or countertops
HEAD LACERATIONS/78YOM AT HOME TODAY IN HOUSE, TRIPPED IN KITCHEN AND F ELL AND HIT POSTERIOR SCALP ON COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Counters or countertops
PT TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING BATHROOM COUNTER. DX: 3 CM FOREHEAD LAC, CONCUSSION W/O LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2006	Age: 86 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, Other ranges or ovens
STRUCK HEAD ON COUNTER WHEN HOT FOOD SHE WAS COOKING SPAT AT HER AND SH E JUMPED BACK SLIPPING ON FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2006	Age: 56 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
HEAD LAC, PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON COUNTERTOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2006	Age: 82 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
STUB TOE, FELL AGAINST COUNTER DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 89 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, Chairs
SITTING ON A CHAIR DRINKING COFFEE, FELL HITTING HEAD ON CORNER OF COUN TER " CHI" +" SCALP LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2006	Age: 95 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 FELL AND HIT HEAD ON COUNTER. DX: 1 CM SCALP LAC/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2006	Age: 51 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: Counters or countertops, Liquid drugs
PT 'S LEG GAVE OUT & FELL HITTING HEAD ON STONE COUNTERTOP & FLOOR. HAD CORTISONE INJECTION YEST. FOR KNEE PAIN TAKES ***. D:CHI,ANTICOAGU
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 83 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, Refrigerators
REACHING INTO REFRIDGERATOR, LOST BALANCE, STUMBLED BACKWARDS FELL HITTING HEAD ON COUNTER DX: LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2006	Age: 82 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
HEAD LAC, PT WAS PUTTING GROCERIES AWAY WHEN FALLING AND HITTING COUNTE RTOP IN KITCHEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	Age: 86 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 FELL BACKWARDS AT HOME HITTING HEAD ON COUNTER, LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2006	Age: 81 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, Jewelry
PT WAS AT A STORE BUYING SOME JEWELRY AND FELL STRIKING HEAD AGAINST TH E COUNTER LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2006	Age: 82 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
CHI,FACIAL ABRASIONS.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD AND FACE ON A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2006	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 / HIT HEAD ON COUNTER DX: HEAD CONTUSION / NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2006	Age: 77 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
SCALP CONTUSION.PT HIT HEAD ON A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2006	Age: 83 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
SCALP LACERATION.PT HIT HEAD ON A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2006	Age: 73 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
FELL, HIT HEAD ON COUNTER/SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2006	Age: 87 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
PT 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: 02/17/2006	Age: 74 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 HAD SEVERE ABD PAIN AND PASSED OUT FROM THE PAIN AND STRUCK HEAD ON A COUNTER CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2006	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
SCALP CONTUSION - FELL,HITTING HEAD ON COUNTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL IN KITCHEN AND HIT FACE ON COUNTER DX: CHI, FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2006	Age: 58 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
PT FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD ON A COUNTER AT HOME SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH SEIZURE ACTIVITY LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 78 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
CHI.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Counters or countertops
PT. FELL FROM STANDING POSITION AND STRUCK L SIDE OF FH ON NURSING STAT ION COUNTER ON WAY DOWN. DX. HEMATOMA HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	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 HAD SEIZURE AT JAIL AND HIT HEAD ON COUNTER. DX: SEIZURE NEW ONSET, SCALP LAC 5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2006	Age: 60 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
CUT TO HEAD HAD SEIZURE FELL AND HEAD ON COUNTER DX: LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2006	Age: 73 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, Floors or flooring materials
FELL TO FLOOR STRIKING COUNTER TOP CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/05/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Counters or countertops, Sinks
PT W/ SYNCOPE 2 DAYS AGO & HIT HEAD ON FLOOR. SEEN AT OTHER HOSPITAL. T ODAY, HAD SYNCOPE,FELL INTO BATHROOM SINK,HIT HEAD ON COUNTER.D:SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 84 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
84 YO LOST BALANCE STRUCK HEAD ON COUNTER HEAD INJURY CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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