Accidents - House repair or construction materials - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,768
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Date: 12/17/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: House repair or construction materials, Electric Christmas decorations
PT FELL OFF ROOF WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. DX: CONCUSSION W/LOC, NECK/THORACIC/LUMBAR STRAIN, R ELBOW CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL 12FEET THROUGH ROOF,+LOC CONCUSSION,R UPPER EXT PAIN,BILATERAL WRIST PAIN - FOREARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/19/2007	Age: 73 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: House repair or construction materials
CEPHALGIA: HIT HEAD ON WOODEN RAFTER IN BASEMENT OF HOME, HEADACHE, RT EYE BLURRY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT WORKING ON HIS ROOF AND FELL ABOUT TWELVE FEET TO THE GROUND FRACTU RED SKULL WITH A SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/29/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
STRUCK HEAD ON ALUMINUM EAVE/ SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2007	Age: 68 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: House repair or construction materials
HEAD LACERATION.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN FROM ROOF TOP.(HOUSE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT HELPINT BUILD A GARAGE, DRYWALL WAS ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED 5 FT ON PT' S HEAD, NO LOC DX: CONCUSSION, NECK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL 10 FEET OFF ROOF @ HOME - CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
SHOPPING AT LOCAL HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE SUST INJ WHEN ANGLE IRON FELL LACEREATING HIS SCALP DX R PARETAL SCALP LACERATION W STAPLE REPAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials, Scaffolding
HIT BY BRICK THAT FELL OFF SCAFFOLDING DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
HEAD LAC-HIT CROSS BEAM IN SHED-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials, Ladders
PT HAD 10 FOOT FALL OFF ROOF AND LADDER. +LOC. D:RIB FXS, CHI, DM, C7 T RANSVERSE PROCESS, POSSIBLE RENAL LACERATION. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL 20FT FROM SECOND STORY ROOF. DX: SAH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/17/2007	Age: 52 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: House repair or construction materials
FELL OFF 15FTH , OFF A ROOF, +LOC/CONFUSED >> SDH/FLUID IN MAX SINUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/14/2007	Age: 53 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: House repair or construction materials
PT LACERATED HEAD WHEN HE FELL FROM THE ROOF. DX: SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT.INJ.HEAD AT HOME WHEN DOING SOME DEMOLATION WORK & ROOF FELL ON HIM, L.O.C. DX; BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA / MULT. ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2007	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: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
HEAD LAC/77YOM STRUCK HEAD ON A 2X4 AT HOME CAUSING LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
64 YO MALE FELL OVER CINDERBLOCK AND HIT HEAD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2007	Age: 66 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: House repair or construction materials
HEAD TRAUMA.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN FROM ROOF TOP(HOUSE).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials, Ladders
PT SUST HEAD INJURY FELL FROM ROOF TRYING TO GET ONTO LADDER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/16/2007	Age: 75 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: House repair or construction materials
2 CM SCALP LACERATION: HIT HEAD ON WOODEN BEAM IN BASEMENT, LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT FELL 10 FT. OFF ROOF STRIKING HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN. DX-LACERATION SCALP, CONTUSION SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	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: House repair or construction materials
WALKING AROUND CORNER OF HOUSE AND FELL ON PILE OF KINDLING RECEIVING H EAD INJ,ABRADING KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials
FELL OFF ROOF 20 FEET ONTO CEMENT/ CHI, CONCUSSION, SCALP LAC, ELBOW LA C, CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: House repair or construction materials
CONC. PT FELL OFF ROOF HITTING HEAD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 64 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: House repair or construction materials
64 YO FELL OFF ROOF STRUCK HEAD HEMATOMA HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2007	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: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
~2.2 CM SCALP LAC:CHEST/ABD ABRA:RUE CONT/HEMATOMA:S/PFALL:TEARING DOWN GARAGE,ROOF COLLAPSED,FELL FROM ROOF, CONFUSED,NOT KNOWING PRESIDENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 73 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: House repair or construction materials
STRUCK TOP OF HEAD ON LOW PORTION OF ROOF OVER PATIO DX: LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials
FALL FROM ROOF FOUND IN YARD BY WIE DX DOA, BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/05/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT WAS WASHING HIS ROOF AND FELL 10 FT. DX: BILAT DISTAL TIB/FIB FX, BILAT TIBROTALAR DISLOC, L SDH.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/28/2007	Age: 57 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: House repair or construction materials
PT ON TOP OF ROOF WHEN LOST FOOTING AND FELL 12 FEET. +LOC. D:CHI, SACR AL FX, SI JOINT DIASTASIS, 11TH RIB FX, L2 TRANSVERSE PROCESS FX. ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/23/2007	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: House repair or construction materials
~SCALP HEMATOMA D/T BLUNT TRAUMA/77YOM STS HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A BRINK AT HOME THAT FELL 2 1/2 FEET OFF HIS ROOF. NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
IN HIS ATTIC WORKING FELL FORWARD STRIKING HEAD ON A WOODEN BEAM SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2007	Age: 57 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: House repair or construction materials
WORKING AT HOME ON HOUSE AND KNOCKED DOWN A 2 X 4 BOARD AND IT STRUCK HEAD SCALP LACERATION/ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2007	Age: 52 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: House repair or construction materials
JUMPED FROM 30 FT ROOF,LANDED ON A ROOF 20 FT DOWN AND FELL TEN MORE FE ET RESULTING IN SUBDURAL HEMATOMA,SUBARACHNOID HEMM,FACIAL FXS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/08/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials, Stairs or steps
CHI. PT FELL OVER CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL IN GARAGE AND HIT HEAD ON A STE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
HEAD LAC-HIT BY SOME FALLING ICE FROM BARN ROOF-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2007	Age: 65 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: House repair or construction materials
MINOR HEAD INJ/65YOF STRUCK IN TOP OF HEAD FROM FROZEN ICE FROM ROOF AT GROCERY STORE YESTERDAY. HAS CHRONIC HEADACHE FROM PREVIOUS INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL OFF A ROOF ONTO HEAD AT HOME SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY POS SIBLE LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL OFF HIS ROOF LANDING ONTO HIS HEAD AT HOME SUSTAINED A CLOSED H EAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/06/2007	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: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL FROM ROOF WHILE CLEANING LIMBS OFF. DX: TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJ W SAH & SDH, CEREBRAL CONT, COMATOSE STATE, SCALP LAC, CLAVICLE FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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