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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 630
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/13/2008 | Age: 2 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 |
| LAC HEAD ON BROKEN LIGHT FIXTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS ON FLOOR MAY HAVE INGESTED SMALL PIECE OF GLASS, A FEW DAYS AGO PIECE FELL FROM THE CHANDELIER. DX POSSIBLE INGESTION OF GLASS RESIDUAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| LIGHT FIXTURE HIT PT IN THE HEAD, GLASS SHATTERED. RT FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUVK BY A LIGHT FIXTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| PATIENT CUT WHEN GLASS CHANDELIER SHATTERED; FOREARM/HAND/LEG LACS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 2 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 |
| GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PTS. HEAD AT HOME DX: FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2008 | Age: 2 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 |
| 2 YO MALE RAN INTO LIGHT FIXTURE WHILE PLAYING LACERATION FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT CUT FINGER ON A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS FROM A LIGHT FIXTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT.INJ.RT.SIDE HEAD AT HOME WHEN LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD. DX; LAC.RT .TEMPORAL REGION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT.INJ.HEAD AT GRANDPARENTS HOUSE WHEN PARENT LIFTED PT.UP OVER HEAD & HIT HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE. DX; LAC.SCALP 4 MM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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;DX LACERATED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LAC TO HAND, ACCIDENTLY HIT LIGHT FIXTURE AND BROKE IT, CUTTING HAND O N THE GLASS FROM FIXTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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, Manual cleaning equipment |
| HIT CEILING LIGHT W/END OF MOP, LIGHT BROKE, LAC TO FACE DX; FACE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| TOUCHED BROKEN LIGHT FIXTURE;DX LACERATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| R TIBIA FX. PT FELL TO THE GROUND WHILE SWINGING FROM A LIGHT FIXTURE. LEG CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| A ROUND LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HER NOSE FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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, Manual cleaning equipment |
| FOREHEAD LAC-PT IN HIGH CHAIR-AUNT HIT HANGING LIGHT W/A BROOM-CAUSED L IGHT TO SHATTER FALLING ON PT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LAC TO SHOULD & LIP/4YOM AT HM WAS PLAYING AND SOMEHOW BROKE LIGHT FIXT URE SUSTAINING LAC TO R SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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