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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 817
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/22/2008 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| FELL AND HIT HEAD ON WINDOW SCALP LACERATION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 63 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: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| REPORTS FELT DIZZY WHEN WOKE UP TODAY&FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD AGAIN ST THE WINDOW, +LOC FOR A MINUTE>>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY/SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/09/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT FELL WHILE CLIMBING IN FIRST STORY WINDOW. DX: L SHOULDER STRAIN, L CHEST WALL STRAIN, MILD CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows, Tables |
| CLEANING WINDOW FELT DIZZY, FELL BACKWARDS, HIT HEAD ON NIGHT STAAND, D X; CHI, MECHANICAL FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| SCALP LAC, PT CUT HEAD WHEN HITTING IT ON A WINDOW LEDGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| SCALP LAC.PT HIT HEAD ON A WINDOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| 52 YOF FELL BACK AND HIT HEAD ON WINDOW HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT WALKED INTO AN OPEN WINDOW AT HOME D// SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| CHI. PT FELL INTO A WINDOW HITTING HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2008 | Age: 65 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: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| FELL AND HIT HEAD ON WINDOW RESULTING IN SKULL FX, SUBDURAL HEMORRHAGE AND SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/14/2008 | Age: 81 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: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| 3 DAYS AGO, A GLASS WINDOW FELL ONTO TOP OF HER HEAD, NO LOC/HEADACHE, TODAY NOTICED SLIGHT DECREASE IN HEARING>>TEMPORAL BONE/TMJ FX/CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF A WINDOW. DX. HEAD INJURY, SCALP ABR ASION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| TRIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON WINDOW DX; HEAD HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 79 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: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE, FELL, HIT WINDOW, HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| FELL CLOSING A WINDOW/ SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| HI. SCALP LAC. PT OPENED WINDOW TO LOOK OUT & LACERATING HER SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| FELL CLIMBING THROUGH WINDOW .WINDOW BROKE AND FELL ON HEAD HEAD CONT USION # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| FELL THROUGH WINDOW/SCALP CT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2008 | Age: 78 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT HIT HEAD ON WINDOW AT NURSING HOME, HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON WINDOWSILL RESULTING IN INTRACRANIAL H EMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/06/2008 | Age: 68 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: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PATIENT WAS AT A GAS STATION, FALL BACKWARDS HITTING A BACK WINDOW WITH TRAUMA TO THE BACK OF HEAD. DX-INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT WAS PLACING A PIECE OF GLASS WINDOW AND THE WIND BLEW AND IT FELL ON PT HEAD. DX; HEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows, Furniture |
| LOOKING OUT WINDOW, WENT TO TURN & FELL, HIT FURNITURE DX HEAD ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| WAS LOOKING OUT OF THE WINDOW IN HER ROOM AT THE NURSING HOME, WHEN SHE FELL HITTING HER FOREHEAD ON ? SCALP LACERATION* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| SCALP LAC-FELL-HIT GLASS WINDOW-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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