Accidents - Seasonal decorations - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,219
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	342
6-15 years old:	139
16-25 years old:	90
26-50 years old:	485
50+ years old:	162

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	236	Lower Trunk:	147
Head:	90	Upper Arm:	87
Face:	81	Foot:	81
Ankle:	81	Internal:	75
All Of Body:	73	Toe:	73
Lower Leg:	71	Wrist:	59
Eyeball:	29	Mouth:	15
Shoulder:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/23/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT CUT FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS ORNAMENT* DX LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2008	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations, Plants, trees and shrubs
PATIENT BIT INTO A GLASS X-RAY ORNAMENT SHE WAS PLAYING WITH, PULLED IT OFF THE TREE, CUT UPPER LIP AND INNER GUM. DX-GUM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Seasonal decorations
FELL OVER A LAWN DECORATION. DX. ANKLE PAIN.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations
FOREHEAD LACERATION. STOCKING HOLDER FELL AND STRUCK CHILD'S FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2008	Age: 3 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: Seasonal decorations, Doorsills or frames
NS:SCALP LAC < 1 CM, SWINGING ON DECORATIONS HANGING FROM DOORWAY, FELL, HIT DOOR FRAME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Seasonal decorations
53YOF WAS HOME TAKING DOWN HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS SLIPPED AND FELL, STRIKING LT WRIST;WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN AFTER TAKING DOWN HALLOWEEN LIGHTS. D: LOW BACK C ONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations, Knives
WAS CARVING A JACK-O-LANTERN AND CUT (L) INDEX FINGER WITH A KNIFE DX- FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations, Knives
PT WAS CUTTING HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS WITH A KNIFE & CUT FINGER DX: LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2008	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Seasonal decorations
PULLED ON A HALLOWEEN DECORATION AND GOT GLITTER IN EYE DX- F/B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Seasonal decorations
HAD 50LBS PUMPKIN FALL ON HIS SHOLDER/CHEST WALL WHEN HE SLIPPED WALKIN G DOWN A HILL>>CONTS/ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Seasonal decorations
32YO WHITE MALE C/O L EYE PAIN,RED & IRRITATION AFTER HANGING HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS, DX CORNEAL ABRASION & INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Seasonal decorations
MOTHER STATES PT WAS PLAYING WITH A PIECE OF FOIL PAPER FROM A HALLOWEE N GARLAND WHEN SHE STARTED CHOKING AND GAGGING DX FB STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Seasonal decorations, Plants, trees and shrubs
C/O ANKLE PAIN&SWELLING AFTER ROLLING IT ON ROCKS WHILE PICKING PUMPKIN S>>SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Seasonal decorations
71 YOF WAS GETTING HALLOWEEN DECORATION DOWN AND NOW HAS LOW BACK PAIN - LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Seasonal decorations, Tool sheds
36 YOF FELL WHILE GETTING DECORATIONS OUT OF SHED FRACTURE HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Seasonal decorations
KICKED A PUMPKIN AND INJURED THE RIGHT FOOT. CONTUSION TO RIGHT FOOT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT LAC LT 2ND DIGIT WHILE HANGING DECORATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations
8YFC STEPPED ON BROKEN SNOW GLOBE CUTTING TOE/LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT.AT HOME & INGSETED LIQUID FROM A SNOW GLOBE. DX; ASPERATION / TRANST O ***
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/18/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Seasonal decorations
HIT IN HEAD BY METAL ORNAMENT AT STORE DX: FOREHEAD ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT FELL ON A LAWN ORNAMENT. DX: 6 CM LACERATION POSTERIOR ASPECT RIGH T CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Seasonal decorations
PATIENT HYPEREXTENDED ANKLE WHILE RUNNING/HUNTING EASTER EGGS; ANKLE SP RAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT WAS OUTSIDE LOOKING FOR EASTER EGGS WHEN SHE FELL ONTO RIGHT FOOT. D: FRACTURE RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Seasonal decorations
CHI. PT FELL HITTING HEAD WHEN HIDING AN EASTER BASKET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations
56 YOM LACERATED LEFT PINKY FINGER ON A BROKEN CERAMIC PUMPKING HALLOWE EN DECORATION THAT FELL AND BROKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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