Accidents - Christmas tree lights - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,005
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	18
Year 1998:	38
Year 1999:	68
Year 2000:	39
Year 2001:	85
Year 2002:	157
Year 2003:	22
Year 2004:	102
Year 2005:	189
Year 2006:	266
Year 2007:	312
Year 2008:	80
Year 2009:	313
Year 2010:	310

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	460	Lower Trunk:	357
Hand:	314	Shoulder:	162
Upper Trunk:	119	All Of Body:	112
Ankle:	96	Wrist:	87
Knee:	86	Head:	71
Ear:	56	Neck:	43
Elbow:	31	Internal:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/22/2010	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
25YOF STANDING ON A LADDER AND FELL OFF HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SUSTAI NED A CONTUSION TO SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
17 YOM FOREIGN BODY IN LT. EYEBALL- REPORTS SOMETHING GETTING STUCK IN HIS EYE WHILE HE WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS OUTSIDE AT HOME.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2010	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
22YOM HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL OFF A LADDER SUSTAINED A CLAVI CLE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2010	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
25YOF WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS OVERHEAD ALL WEEKAND AND STRAINED LO WER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2010	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
23 YOM, HIT SELF IN EYE WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, CONTUSION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT WITH LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND AFTER CUTTING IT ON CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. DX LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT WAS POKED IN EYE BY TREE WHJILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights, Chairs
DX LAC ELBOW: 22YOM C/O L ELBOW LAC. HANG'G X-MAS LIGHTS & FELL OFF CHAIR. UNSURE IN HE LANED ON HIS ELBOW, BUT NOTED SM LAC TO L ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
25 YOM CUT HAND WHILE TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT TAKING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS OFF THE ROOF AND FELL ABOUT 8 FEET CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL OFF THE ROOF ONTO ROCKS IN THE FLOWER BED FRACTURED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
FELL HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS/HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
24 YO MALE FELL TO SAND WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
C/LO LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER HELPING PUT UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TODAY. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN, LUMBAR, SACRAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Christmas tree lights
REPLACING A CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT BULB WHEN IT POPPED AND BURNED HAND. DX. 2ND DEGREE HAND BURN.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
FELL WHILE PUTTING UP X-MAS LIGHT, DX; WRIST LAC,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PATIENT C/O ARM PAIN, ON TOP OF TRAILOR PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL TO THE GROUND. DX-CONTUSION ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT WAS HELPING FATHER STRING SOME CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. HE WAS KNEELING DO WN, NOW HAS PAIN TO KNEE. DX: SPRAIN LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
FOREIGN BODY EAR - 17 YOM PRESENTS WITH A CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT BULB ST UCK IN RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Christmas tree lights
ELECTRICAL CHOCK FROM CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights, House repair or construction materials
PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAN LIGHTS ON ROOF HIT KNEE AND BACK KNEE CONTU STION AND BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Christmas tree lights
CLOSED HEAD INJURY - 20 YO MALE PRESENTS AFTER FALLING FROM 12' HEIGHT WHEN STRINGING XMAS LIGHTS AT HOME - HAS HEADACHE, DIZZINESS & NAUSEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
L CORNEAL ABRASION;PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS & BRANCH GOT IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Christmas tree lights, Extension cords
24 YO M MINOR ELETRIC SHOCK R HAND WHILE PLUGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS INTO AN EXTENSION CORD*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
PT HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON A LADDER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
F B TO EYE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHT ON TREE [PALM] F B EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights, Tables
PT STANDING ON ROCKING HORSE, PUTTING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ONTO TREE, FELL OFF ONTO COFFEE TABLE, CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas tree lights
C/O LOW BACK PAIN AND PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES SINCE HANGING CHRIST MAS LIGHTS AT HOME 6D AGO,UNRESOLVING PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS FROM A LADDER STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
POKED SELF IN EYE WITH CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights, Containers
PT C/O NECK PAIN AFTER BOX OF CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS FELL ON HEAD AT *** C/O NECK PAIN NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
DX RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN: INVERTED ANKLE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT SWOLLOWED A A CHRISTMAS TREE BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT. WALKED INTO CHRISTMAS LIGHTS METAL CLIP WHEN CAME HOME AT 2 PM. DX . ABRA L EAR CANAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
R HAND PAIN.FELL PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS & HIT HAND ON BALCONY.DX R 5TH MC FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas tree lights
GOT SHORT OF BREATH HANGING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS. DX. PNEUMOTHORAX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
LUMBAR STRAIN- SUSTAINED WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
LOW BACK PAIN SINCE MONDAY-STARTED W/ PUTTING X-MAS LIGHTS UP. ACUTE BA CK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2001	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights, Heavy-duty workshop staplers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2001	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2000	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/1999	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/1998	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire:
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights, Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/1998	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/1997	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Christmas tree lights
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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