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Accidents - Christmas tree lights - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,010
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Trunk:308Internal:255
Foot:244Eyeball:190
Lower Arm:152Elbow:151
Knee:128Upper Trunk:83
Hand:83Mouth:83
Finger:83Lower Leg:68
All Of Body:68Shoulder:46
Neck:30Wrist:15
Head:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2005Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
WAS TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL OFF OF LADDER ONTO THE GROUND INJURING HIS LOW BACK. LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/28/2005Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT WAS INJURED REMOVING LIGHTS FROM TREE. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/27/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
FB INGESTION-PT ATE & SWALLOWED A SMALL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2005Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT TRIPPED OVER HIS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AT HOM AND FELL ONTO LEFT ELBOW FR ACTURED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Christmas tree lights
ATTEMPTING TO UNTANGLE CAT FROM XMAS TREE LIGHTS WHEN IT BIT HER FOREAR M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights, Floors or flooring materials
PT AT HOME STEPPED ON CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT ON FLOOR DX 2CM DEEP LAC R FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas tree lights
SHOULDER PAIN TODAY AFTER REMOVING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SHOULDER TENDONI TIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/25/2005Age: 11 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR POSSIBLE INJURY TO MOUTH AFTER SHE BROKE A CHRISTM AS LIGHT IN HER MOUTH,
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 12/24/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
BIT CHRISTMAS LITE F B INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/24/2005Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
12 M/O F INJURED INSIDE OF MOUTH WHEN CHEWED ON CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT A T HOME. DX; MOUTH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
ATE A CHRISTMAS LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
FELL OFF FIRE ESCAPE SEVEN FEET HANDING X MAS LITES AND FX FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT C/O LEFT KNEE PAIN AFTER FALLING WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX: LEFT KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
FB LEFT EYE.PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2005Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT DECORATING THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH A CHRIS TMAS LIGHTBULB ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
BIT OFF TOP OF CHRISTMAS LIGHT AND SWALLOWED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND STRUCK LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2005Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 12/12/2005Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 12/12/2005Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT PULLING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS OFF OF TREE, SISTER GRABBED PT BY LT A RM TO PULL HIM AWAY, DISLOCATED LT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHS AND STRUCK HERSELF IN THE RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
INJURED BACK HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS THORACIC SPINE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights, House repair or construction materials
PT INJURED FOOT HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON ROOF DX:FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/08/2005Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 12/06/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT STRAINED LOWER BACK WHEN PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2005Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, LAC RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/XMAS TREE BRANCH WHILE PUTTING UP LIGHTS. DX: CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON CHRISTMAS LIGHT BULB AT HOME; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2005Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
A BULB OF CHRISTMAS TREE WAS CRUSHED&PT SWOLLOWED IT, " INGESTED FB"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2005Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas tree lights
INJURIED SHOULDER HANGING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS " SHOULDER PAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
FOOSH HANGING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS " WRSIT SPRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2005Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT CUT FINGER LAST WEEK ON A CHRISTMAS LIGHT; FINGER IS STILL RED AND S WOLLEN. D : LACERATION; WOUND INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2005Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
INGESTED A CHRISTMAS LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
STEPPED ON CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATION BULB FOOT LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
LEFT FOOT SPRAIN.PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
TWISTED BACK PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2005Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AT HOME WHEN HE FELT A SHOCK GO THROUGH ENTIRE BODY NUMBNESS AND TINGLING ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights, Chairs
PT C/O POSS FX ELBOW. PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL OFF CHAI R. DX CONT TO LFT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT SWALLOWED A CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT BULB. D: ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF A LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WITH HUSBAND WHEN HE DROPPED THE STAPLE GUN ON HEAD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
CORNEAL ABRASION - 45 YOF C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN AFTER BEING STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT PLUG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AT HOME WHILE STANDING IN A FIRE ANT BED GO T MULTIPLE ANT BITES TO LOWER LEGS GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2005Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 11/26/2005Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 11/26/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
POSSIBLY SWALLOWED PIECE OF GLASS FROM XMAS LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT C/O ELECTRICAL SHOCK . PT WAS STANDING IN WATER AND GRABBED CHRISTMA S LIGHTS. DX ELECTRICAL BURN RT LOWER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights, Basketball
PT PUTTING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON HIS ROOF AND FELL ONTO THE BASKETBALL RI M STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE HAND WHILE PLACING X-MAS LIGHTS ON A T REE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
IN BASEMENT, STEPPED ON BROKEN CHRISTMAS LIGHT. " FOOT FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2005Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
FB INGESTION-PT ATE & SWALLOWED A SMALL CHRISTMAS LIGHT BULB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
STEPPED ON BROKEN XMAS TREE LITE RESULTING IN CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
STATE HE STEPPED ON A CHRISTMAS TREE BULB AND IT WENT IN FOOT DX F.O.B. IN RT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT FELL TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, HYPEREXTENDED KNEE. DX: KNEE STRA IN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2005Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT WAS TAKING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT OFF, LOST BALANCE, FELL STRUCK LT EY E, SUSTAINED" SUBCONJUNICTIVAL HEMATOMA''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/12/2005Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT. POSSIBLY INGESTED GLASS FROM BROKEN CHRISTMAS LIGHT, SHE WAS FOUND WITH PIECES IN HER MOUTH & WAS CHOKING; AT HOME. DX: FOREIGN BODY INGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2005Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT SWALLOWED PART OF CHRISTMAS BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Christmas tree lights
R HIP POPPED OUT WHILE PUTTING AWAY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX: L HIP DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2005Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN, HELPING WIFE PUT AWAY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, BENT OVER FELT "POP" AND LOWER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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