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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,493
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| CUT FINGER ON HALOGEN LIGHTBULB DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 23 YOWM WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB WHEN IT BROKE LACERATING THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 23 Y/O M C/O LAC TO R HAND. PT CUT R HAND ON LIGHT BULB. DX LAC R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| DX:BURN RIGHT FOREARM. BURNED ARM ON HOT LIGHT BULB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT DEVELOPED BURNING TO EYES FROM LIGHTBULB THAT WAS SMOKING DX: SMOKE EXPOSURE TO EYES FROM LIGHTBULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK RT ARM.PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AND WAS SHOCKED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT STATES SHE WAS BURNT ON SHIN WITH A LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2002 | Age: 18 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: Light bulbs |
| PIECE OF BULB ACCIDENTALLY FELL ON HEAD CAUSING INJ WHEN AT HOME DX:SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| DXLRIGHT THUMB AVULSION LACERATION. PT REPAIRING LIGHT BULB MECHANISM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT BENT BACK TO CHANGE LIGHTBULB FELT SHARP PAIN, BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT STEPPED ON FLUROCENT LIGHTBULB AND CUT FOOT YESTERDAY, FOREIGN BODY R FOOT LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| STEPPED ON A LIGHT BULB DX: FOOT LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 19YOM W/1WK OKD BURN (R) FOREARM INFECTED. BURNED FROM 100 WATT LIGHT BULB. DX: BRUN (R) FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs, Ceilings and walls |
| LAC (R) FOREARM, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A BROKEN LIGHT BULB WHILE FIXING THE CEILING AT HOME, C/O MILD PAIN & BLEEDING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| A LIGHT BULB BROKE AND GOT GLASS IN PATIENT'S EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| FOREIGN BODY OF THE FOOT- PT STEPPED ON A PIECE OF GLASS FROM A BROKEN LIGHT BULB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LEFT ANKLE LAC, PT STEPPED ON A LIGHT BULB AND IT CUT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LIGHT BULB BROKE IN HAND-LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT WAS BURNING TRASH WHEN LIGHT BULB IN TRASH EXPLODED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT DX RT EYE PAIN PT STATES X2 DAYS AGO WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB THAT BROKE IN HIS FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LAC FOREARM ON A BROKEN FLUORESCENT LAMP BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN LIGHT BULB BROKE AND STRUCK HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PATIENT UNSCREWING A LIGHT BULB WHEN HE GOT SHOCKED. D:ELECTRICALINJURY , FINGER LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LAC L HAND; BROKE LIGHT BULB IN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LIGHT BULB BROKE IN FINGER - LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT LAC R 2ND FINGER ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB AT HOME DX LAC R INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| AT HOME LIGHT BULD EXPLODED FELT F.B. IN EYE DX L CORNEAL ABRAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT FELL ONTO LIGHT BULB GLASS. DX LEFT HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| HAND HIT AGAINST LIGHT BULB DX. HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT LAC THUMB ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs, Floors or flooring materials |
| FOREIGN BODY LEFT GREAT TOE, STEPPED ON A PIECE OF BROKEN FLUORESCENT BULB ON BASEMENT FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LT HAND LAC-@ HOME-CUT IN BROKEN LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| GLASS IN EYE WHEN FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB EXPLODED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT FELL WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB; RT FX THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| RIGHT THUMB LAC. PT CUT THUMB ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| RIGHT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND ON A LIGHT BULB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| CUT FINGER ON BROKEN LIGHTBULB. DX: FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LAC FINGER CHANGING LIGHT BULB THAT BROKE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT. WAS SWINGING AT A LIGHT BULB THAT SOMEONE WAS HOLDING - HIT THE BULB - LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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