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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 687
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT WITH LAC TO HEAD FROM A FALLING XMAS DECORATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT CHRISTMAS STOCKING HOLDER FELL ON CHILDS HEAD AT HOME TODAY DX// SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations, Step stools |
| PT SATANDING ON A STEP STOOL PUTTING AWAY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND LOS T BALANCE AND FELL STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| STOCKING HOLDER FELL OFF MANTEL;DX CONTUSED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Christmas decorations, Other fireplaces |
| PATIENT PULLED STOCKING HOLDER HANGING ON FIREPLACE DOWN ON HEAD, NO LO C; MINOR HEAD INJURY, PUNCTURE WOUND TO TOP OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT HIT IN HEAD WITH CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT BY BROTHER, HEAD INJURY, NO DETA ILS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Christmas decorations, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| 39 YO F CONCUSSION WHILE SHOPPING CERAMIC CHRISTMAS TREE BROKE FELL HIT PT WHEN SHE WAS TAKING IT OFF THE SHELF* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2008 | Age: 14 months | 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: Christmas decorations |
| LAC HEAD ON ORNAMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| CHI. PT WAS GETTING ORNAMENTS AND A 25 POUND SNOWMAN FELL ONTO PT'S HEA D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2008 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PARENTS STATES A CHRSTMAS STOCKING HOLDER FELL ONTO BABYS HEAD AT HOME DX SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| LARGE METAL STOCKING HOLDER FELL ONTO PT'S HEAD. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP LAC .5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | 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 decorations, Containers |
| TRIPPED OVER A BOX OF ORNAMENTS&FELL FOREWARDS HITTING FACE&LANDINGONTO SHOULDER>>FACIAL LAC/CLOSED HEAD INJUREY/HUMRUS FX |
| Disposition: Not recorded |
| Date: 12/06/2008 | 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| REPORTEDLY THE STAR ON THE TOP OF CHRISTMAS TREE FELL HITTING PT'S HEAD >>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY/SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Christmas decorations, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT GETTING HER CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FROM HER ATTIC AND FELL THROUGH TH E ATTIC ACCESS TO THE FLOOR SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/04/2008 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 19 MOF STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A FALLING STOCKING HOLDER SUSTAINING A LAC ERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Christmas decorations, Ceilings and walls |
| PT FELL THROUGH THE CEILING OF HER ATTIC RYING TO GET HER CHRISTMAS DEC ORATIONS SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT FELL ONTO PT'S HEAD. DX: SMALL SUPERFICIAL SCALP LAC. |
| 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: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT PULLED CHRISTMAS STOCKING HOLDER DOWN ON HEAD. LAC 0.9 CM SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A CHRISTMAS DECORATION SUSTAINED A SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT PUTTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS UP INTO THE ATTIC STRUCK TOP OF HEAD S USTAINEDE A LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT WAS @ HOME WHEN A STOCKING HOLDER FELL ONTO HER HEAD SMALL LACERATION. FATHER CLEANED WOUND AND FELT PT WOULD BE OK. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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