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Accidents - Outdoor electric lighting equipment - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 374
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:102Neck:69
Face:68Foot:68
Head:33Upper Trunk:16
Lower Arm:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/19/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Outdoor electric lighting equipment
47 YO MALE WAS WALKING ON BOARDWALK AND TOP OF LAMP POST BLEW OFF AND HIT HIM IN HEAD - MULTIPLE ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor electric lighting equipment
PT SEEN FOR HAND LAC AFTER PUNCH AN OUTDOOR LAMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Outdoor electric lighting equipment
MVC - BACKED INTO LIGHT POLE - COMPLAINT OF NECK PAIN DX - CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Outdoor electric lighting equipment
DX 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS RIGHT LOWER ARM: FELL AND LANDED ON OUTDOOR SPOTLIGHT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2003Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor electric lighting equipment
CUT HAND ON A FLOOD LIGHT LACERATION LEFT HAND 1 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2003Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Outdoor electric lighting equipment, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
49 YOM WAS PUTTING UP LIGHTS & GOT SPLINTER IN FOOT FROM DECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor electric lighting equipment
LACERATION FOREHEAD - PATIENT REPORTS HE RAN INTO BAR STICKING OUT OF L AMP POST AT HOME - DIRECT BLOW TO MIDDLE OF FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outdoor electric lighting equipment
TRIPPED OVER BASE OF LIGHTPOST AND FELL BACK LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2003Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Outdoor electric lighting equipment
BURN TO HAND WHEN TOUCHED FLOOD LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/06/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Outdoor electric lighting equipment
GOT OUT OF A BAR YESTERDAY, JUMPS INTO A BUSH NOT REALIZING THERE'S A L OWLAMP POST WITHIN. HIT RT. SIDE OF CHEST. DX. RT RIB FX, WITH PNEUMOTH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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