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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 345
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/07/2002 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| CUT HEAD WHEN LIGHT FIXTURE FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| L FOREARM LAC/3YOM INJURED WHEN CHANDELIER BROKE AND FELL AND GLASS NIC KED PTS L FOREARM NEAR ELBOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT SUST. LAC. TO FOOT ON CHANDELIER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE FELL DX. SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| CUT HEAD WHEN CHANDELIER FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| GLOBE OF OVERHEAD LIGHT FELL AND HIT LEFT ARM, CUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ball sports |
| PT SUSTAINED SUPERFICIAL LACERATION BELOW LT EYE - S/P CUT BY GLASSFROM CHANDELIER DUE TO THROWING BALL IN THE AIR AND HIT THE CHANDELIER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2002 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM CEILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 5 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Chairs |
| SCALP LACERATION, THREW A FOAM CHAIR STRIKING CHANDELIER WHICH FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 12 months | 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| GRANDFATHER WAS TOSSING HER IN THE AIR AND SHE STRUCK CHANDELIER WITH H ER HEAD, MAY HAVE GOTTEN GLASS IN HER EYE. DX. ACUTE MINOR HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Tables |
| 4 Y/O FEMALE WAS AT HOME WHEN THE HANGING LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON TO THE TABLE SHATERING AND LACERATING HER LT EYEBROW AND LT FINGER TIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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