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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 250
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/05/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL WHILE MOPPING FLOOR AT HOME. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 53 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| HEAD CONT. HIT IN HER HEAD W A WOODEN END OF A BROOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | 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: Manual cleaning equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE MOPPING THE FLOOR YESTERDAY, SUSTAINED A BUMP TO BACK OF HEAD WITH THE FALL. DX-SUBARACH. BLEED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | 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: Other |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| DX LWBS: DIZZY SINCE 1230 TODAY. FEELS, "LIKE FLOATING" STARTED DURING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SWEEPING PATIO. DENIES SYNCOPE. NO CP, SOB, ABD OR HA |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| WALKING WITH BROKEN BROOM TRIPPED AND END OF BROOM STRUCK BEHIND EAR FB OVER MASTOID AREA OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT WAS USING THE HAND HELD SWEEPER AND IT FELL AND SHE TRIED TO PICK IT UP AND FELL. DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT DX MINOR HAD INJURY/CONCUSSION WITH LOC - S/P PT WAS HIT BY A MOP ON HEAD YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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