Accidents - Refrigerators - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Head

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Date: 12/28/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
72YOF HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
77 YOF FELL AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR AT HOME. DX-CHI, SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/25/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
CHI,SCALP LAC,CS.60YOM HIT HEAD ON A REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2009	Age: 53 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: Refrigerators
53YOF PASSED OUT AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
CHI.PT HIT HEAD ON A REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2009	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: Refrigerators
84YOF FELL IN KITCHEN AT HOME WHILE CLEANING REFRIGERATOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
88 YOM, FELL IN KITCHEN HIT HEAD ON REFRIDGERATOR, HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/04/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
PT DX CONTUSION OF SCALP - 53 YR OLD BLACK FEMALE C/O HITTING HER HER AGAINST REFRIGERATOR DOOR AT HOME PTA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
CHI.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Refrigerators
PT SUS CONCUSSION AFTER HITTING HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
SPREADING CHEESE ON CRACKERS, FELT LIGHTHEADED, PASSED OUT, HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR, DX: HEAD CONTUSION / ABRASION, SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/13/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR.DX: A FIB, SYMPTOMATIC BRADYCARDI A, HEAD CONT, LUMBAR CONT. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/09/2009	Age: 71 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: Refrigerators
PT WAS LOOKING IN FREEZER AND HIT HEAD ON DOOR DX: HEAD TRUAMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
STANDING @ FRIDGE, LOST BALANCE/FELL. WENT DOWN ON KNEE & SAT HARD ON F LOOR;HIT COCCYX & BACK OF HEAD. DX:HEAD INJURY, NEAR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/26/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
METAL PLANTER FELL ON HEAD AFTER OPENING FRIDGE DOOR. DX: CONTUSION HE AD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
CONT TO HEAD/84YOF AT HOME SLIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2009	Age: 69 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: Refrigerators
HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	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: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
PT GETTING INTO HER REFRIGERATOR LAST EVENING AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL STRUCK HEAD ON THE FLOOR SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2009	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: Refrigerators
PT CLEANING OUT HER REFRIGERATOR AND STOOD UP STRUCK TOP OF HEAD ON AN OPEN FREEZER DOOR SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2009	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: Refrigerators
SOMETHING WENT POP IN REFRIGERATOR AND SHE TRIPPED ON SPILLED SODA. DX- MINOR HEAD INJURY #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2009	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR. DX-MINOR HEAD INJURY #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
WAS PUTTING SOMETHING IN REFRIGERATOR AND LOST BALANCE FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ON FLOOR -LOC DX- HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
84 YO M LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD LOST BALANCE FELL HITTING HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
SISTER STS, PT WAS SQUATTING TO PICK UP SOMETHING ON THE FLOOR, LOST BALANCE, FELL AGAINTS REFRIGERATOR DX: HEAD CONTUSION,ELBOW AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR SHELF. DX SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2009	Age: 64 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: Refrigerators, Stairs or steps
4D AGO, FELL DOWN STAIRS WHILE CARRYING A FRIDGE DOWN STAIRS HITTING HE AD AGAINST CEMENT FLOOR, NOW C/O HA&BLURRY VISION>>CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR AT HOME. DX HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2009	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: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
83YOF IN KITCHEN AT HOME FELL STRUCK HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR AND FLOOR; CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND KNEE / ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2009	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
PT BENDING OVER GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR AND LOST BALA BNCE AND FELL STRUCK HEAD ON THE FLOOR CLOSED HEAD NJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/27/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
PT WITH CONTUSION TO HEAD FROM REFRIGERATOR DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 53 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: Refrigerators
PT PRESENT TO ER AFTER HITTING HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR AT HOME C/O P AIN TO HEAD- BLUNT HEAD HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2009	Age: 92 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: Refrigerators
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A REFRIGERATOR. DX: SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2009	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: Refrigerators
78YO F HEAD INJURY FELL BACKWARD IN KITCHEN HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2009	Age: 74 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: Refrigerators
CONTUS HEAD, PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
CHI. PT WAS GETTING INTO A REFRIGERATOR AND FELL HITTING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/02/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO SCALP WHEN SHE HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Refrigerators, Rugs or carpets
PT SLIPPED ON RUG AND FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HEAD HARD ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR, CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT SLIPPED AND FELL AT HOME IN KITCHEN AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DX// SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2009	Age: 79 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: Refrigerators
PT FELL SIDEWAYS AND HIT HEAD ON HANDLE OF REFRIGERATOR DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2009	Age: 85 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: Refrigerators
SOMETHING FELL OUT OF FREEZER PART AND HIT HER ON THE HEAD LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2009	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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
PT OPENING HER REFRIGERATOR DOOR AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS ST RUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2009	Age: 88 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: Refrigerators
REPORTS GETTING SOMETHING FROM THE FRIDGE&LOST BALANCE VERSYS SYNCOPED& FELL HITTING HEAD, ?LOC>>SCALP LAC/SYNCOPE/R/O MI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/28/2009	Age: 76 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: Refrigerators, Stairs or steps
INTER HEAD INJ- FELL STEPS, HIT FRIDGE
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 02/27/2009	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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
LOST BALANCE WHILE AMBULATING&FELL HITTING FOREHEAD AGAINST THE FRIDGE >>CHI/HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2009	Age: 85 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: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
LACERATION HEAD.PT.REFERS WHILE GOING TO OPEN REFRIGERATOR DOOR(HAND)FE LL SLIP FALLLING DOWN BACKWARDS ON FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2009	Age: 75 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: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
DX HEAD LAC/UTI/FALL: HEAD LAC HIT'G HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR, FOUND ON FLOOR IN KITCHEN BY GRANDSON; LAST REMEMBERS GO'G TO SLEEP IN CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2009	Age: 98 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: Refrigerators
WAS WALKING TO OPNE THE DOOR THEN TRIPPED OVER THE DOG&FELL HITTING HEA D AGAINST THE FRIDGE,NO LOC>> BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2009	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR. DX: HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
PT WAS INTOXICATED BAC 221 AND FELL ONTO HEAD WHILE TRYING TO GET AN IT EM FROM REFRIGERATOR SUSTAINED A SKULL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/28/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL AGAINST REFRIGERATOR AND BUMPED BACK OF HEAD, DID NOT LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS, IS NOW HAVING SLURRED SPEECH. DX: CONCUSSION-HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2009	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: Refrigerators
PIECE OF REFRIGERATOR FELL OUT OF FREEZER PART AND HIT HER ON THE HEAD . DX- MINOR HEAD INJURY #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators, Plastic bags
PT STATES WAS CARRING GROCERIES HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR HAS LACERATION ABOVE RIGHT EYEBROW DX 3 CM LACERATION ABOVE LEFT EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Refrigerators
53YOF WAS HOME BENDING DOWN IN FRONT OF REFRIGERATOR STOOD UP STRUCK HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR;CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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