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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 858
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/07/2010 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| 39YOF CUT 5TH FINGER ON BROKEN CHRISTMAS LIGHT LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2009 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| 36YOF WHILE PUTTING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS UP WAS POUNDING A STAKE INTO GROUND DEVELOPED RT INDEX FINGER PAIN;TENDONITIS FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Heavy-duty workshop staplers |
| STAPLED FINGER PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Heavy-duty workshop staplers |
| PT WAS HANGING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND HAS STAPLED TROUGH HIS L 3R D FINGER. DX. FB REMOVAL OF FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT FELL WHILE PUTTING UP XMAS LIGHTS AND LANDED ON *** KNIFE. DX: R 4/ 5 DIGIT LAC 2 CM EACH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| PT CUT THUMB ON A BROKEN CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT. D: LACERATION RIGHT THUM B |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, House repair or construction materials |
| FELL OFF ROOF WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS FX FIGNER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| 48 YOF FELL WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS CAUSING FRACTURE TO LEFT RING FINGER, CHEST WALL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2005 | Age: 45 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: Electric Christmas decorations, Metal containers |
| PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS BY WINDOW AND HAND SLIPPED INTO A COFF EE CAN DX FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2004 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| WORKING ON CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, C/O R THUMB PAIN, DX; R TRIGGER THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2004 | Age: 81 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: Electric Christmas decorations |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS FINGER AS A RESULT OF PUTTING AWAY CHR ISTMAS DECORATIONS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2003 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| PT LAC FINGER ON A CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT. DX FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT WAS PUTTING UP XMAS LIGHTS AND CAUGHT HAND ON GUTTER. DX: AVULSION L SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL INJURED RT 5TH FINGER. FX RT 5TH DIGIT RT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| LEFT THUMB FX. PT FELL WHEN PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Knives |
| WORKING ON A LIGHT DESIGN WHEN HE ACC. STABBED HIMSELF WITH A POCKET KN IFE. DX. LAC. TO LT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2001 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2001 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Heavy-duty workshop staplers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2000 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2000 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2000 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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