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Accidents - Portable food or beverage coolers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 523
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1997:21
Year 1999:66
Year 2000:17
Year 2002:15
Year 2006:73
Year 2007:84
Year 2008:55
Year 2009:101
Year 2010:88

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 04/19/2010Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
64 YOM WAS SITTING ON HIS COOLER OUTSIDE OF *** WHEN HE FELL ASLEEP AND FELL FWD HITTING HEAD. DX HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2010Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
80YOM SITTING ON COOLER ON BACK OF TRAILER, FELL OFF AND STRUCK HEAD/ CONCUSSION W/O LOC, CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2009Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
79YOM WALKING BACKWARDS AND TRIPPED OVER A COOLER AND FELL STRUCK HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2009Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CHI.PT TRIPPED OVER A COOLER AND HIT HEAD ON A SHELF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
DX CHI/NAUSEA W VOMIT'G/ARM PAIN: HIT HEAD ON COOLER AFTER TRIP'G OVER DOG. HIT R FOREARM & HAS MILD TTP ON LAT FOREARM. AMNESIA X 10MIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2008Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
PT STEPPING ONTO DECK FELL BACK HIT HEAD ON ICE CHEST DX; CONTUSION SCA LP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2008Age: 92 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
STANDING ON COOLER AND FELL DX; CONCUSSION, L CLAVICLE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2007Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
HEAD LAC, PT WAS HIT IN HEAD BY A COOLER FALLING OUT OF ATTIC. ETOH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2007Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
PT WAS STANDING ON COOLER WHILE TRYING TO HANG SOMETHING , COOLER TIPED OVER DX: SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2006Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers, Ceilings and walls
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE SCALP BY FALLING FROM A PORTABLE COOLE R AND STRIKING A WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2002Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
FELL OVER ICE CHEST DX. CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2000Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/1999Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire:
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/1997Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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