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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 624
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2006 | Age: 31 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 |
| C/O PT STATES WAS TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE AND A BRANCH FROM TREE HIT HIS EYE DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2006 | Age: 29 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 |
| STUCK IN EYE WITH FAKE CHRISTMAS TREE BRANCH CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| LIMB FROM ARTIFICIAL XMAS TREE POKED IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| LEFT WRIST SPRAIKN.PT LIFTED AN ARTIFIACIAL CHRISTMAS TREE AND INJURED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 36 YOM WAS HANGING SOMETHING ON CHRISTMAS TREE AND F ELT SOMETHING GO INTO LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE AND THINKS DUST GOT IN EYE FROM IT/ CO NJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Christmas decorations |
| FALL ONTO CHRISTMAS TREE PUTTING ANGEL ON TOP DX CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2006 | Age: 46 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 |
| RT HIP STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING AN ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE AND INJURED H IP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2006 | Age: 28 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 |
| STRAINED BACK CARRYING CHRISTMAS TREE DX: LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2006 | Age: 34 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED AN ABRASION OF THE EYE FROM AN ARTIFICAL CHRISTMAS TREE A T HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| WRIST SPRAIN-PAIN WHILE TAKING APART ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2006 | Age: 26 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 |
| LOW BACK STRAIN: CARRYING CHRISTMAS TREE DOWN TO BASEMENT C/O PARASPINAL MUSCLE SPASM AND PAIN LUMBAR REGION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Poles |
| TOE FXS-@ HOME-PUTTING AWAY ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE-METAL POLE FELL O N TOES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| CHRISTMAS TREE LIMB FELL ON HIM AND HIT CHEST CHRISTMAS DAY. CHEST WAL L PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2006 | Age: 49 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 |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 49 YOM C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN S/P BEING POKED BY CHRISTM AS TREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2006 | Age: 29 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 |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT POKED EYE WITH A CHRISTMAS TREE BRANCH WHILE PUT TING TREE AWAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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