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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 915
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| 40 YOM LIFTING CHRISTMAS TREE SPRAIN BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| A CHRISTMAS TREE FELL ON PT'S LT FOOT DX: LT FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2002 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Paper products |
| PT WAS SITTING BY THE X-MAS TREE WHEN HER MOM THOUGHT SHE INGESTED WRA PPING PAPER- INGESTION OF FOREIGN OF FORIEGN BODY, BY HISTORY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| PT. HAD PAIN IN LEG AFTER PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING CHRISTMAS TREE AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| PT FELL & THEN X-MAS TREE FELL ON HER. RT RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/09/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| 7 Y.O. W MALE W/LAC TO FOOT. PT INJ SELF ON BASE OF CHRISTMAS TREE @ HO ME. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 32 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| ABRASION CORNEA - PATIENT REPORTS EYE WAS POKED BY LIMB OF ARTIFICIAL C HRISTMAS TREE WHILE DECORATING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| 10YOF POKED HER EYE ON AN ARTIFICAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIMB DX: CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE & SCABIES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| PATIENT TRIPPED OVER AN ARTIFICAL CHRISTMAS TREE AND REINJURED HIS LEFT HUMERUS. DX-LEFT HUMERUS FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| FELL WHILE CARRYING X-MAS TREE. ACUTE STRAIN BOTH KNEES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Containers |
| HURT BACK LIFTING CHRISTMAS TREE BOX DX SPRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 44 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| 44 YO F STRAINED BACK TRYING TO MOVE CHRISTMAS TREE. DX LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| 12 YO F PUTTING UP ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE AND ALSO HAD PERM ON HAIR YESTERDAY, STARTED SNEEZING. DX ALLERGIC REACTION TO PERM SOLUTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| PATIENT POKED IN EYE BY METAL ON ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE AT HOME; COR NEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| DROPPED XMAS TREE ON TOE DX. TOE CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2002 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| PT KNOCKED CHRISTMAS TREE ON HIM, SMALL LAC TO NOSE AND LOWER LT EYE AN D FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Christmas decorations |
| LEFT CORN ABR. PT WAS IN GARAGE AND AN ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE WAS HANGING FROM RAFTERS AND A BROKEN CHRISTMAS BULB HIT PT IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - NEEDLE FROM ARTIFICIAL TREE STRUCK EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Wire |
| 58 Y.O. W MALE W/CORNEAL ABRASION. PT STS HE WAS CLEANING OUT HIS STORAGE ROOM & A PIECE OF COPPER WIRE FROM CHRISTMAS TREE POKED HIM. E9 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| FACE CONTUSION - WAS TRYING TO TAKE APART THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND S TRUCK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE WHEN SPOUSE CAME IN WANTING TO HELP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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