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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 977
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT POKED HIMSELF IN THE LEFT EYE AS HE WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT S ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PATIENT HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL AND EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| BACK CT-FELL WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT PUTTING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS ON HER CARPORT AND FELL CONTUSION FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS ON THE TREE AND POKED SELF IN THE L EFT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders |
| PT FELL OFF OF LADDER WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX: LUMBAR CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2006 | 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: Christmas tree lights, Chairs |
| STRAIN LOW BACK - 26 YO MALE REPORTS HE WAS PUTTING UP XMAS LIGHITS AND SLIPPED AND FELL OFF CHAIR LANDING ON BACK - AT HOME JPTA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | 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: Christmas tree lights |
| 50 YO F STRAIN TO LUMBAR AREA MUSCLE SPASM INJURED WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Chairs |
| PT WAS STANDING IN A CHAIR HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL. DX. CONTU SION LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| ANKLE SPRAIN - 31 YOM WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS LAST NIGHT AND TW ISTED RIGHT ANKLE SUSTAINING A SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Containers |
| PT PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS STEPPING OVER A LARGE BOX AND FELT A PUL L IN RIGHT GROIN STRAINED GROIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| 31 YOM GOT TANGLED IN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL ON R SHOULDER CONTUSION TO SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT WAS CUT ON BULB WHILE PUTTING ON XMAS TREE LIGHTS. DX: 1 CM LAC R FIFTH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2006 | Age: 48 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: Christmas tree lights |
| GLASS FROM A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT BROKE AND GOT INTO EYE CORNEAL ABRASIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders |
| PATIENT WAS HANGING CHRISTEMAS LIGHTS AND FELL FROM LADDER. DX: STRAI N TO LUMBAR AND THORACIC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2006 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT INJURED ANKLE WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. DX: LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| POKED IN EYE WITH XMASLITE CORNEAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WHEN ONE BROKE GOT A PIECE IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS, BULB WITH LIQUID CHEMICAL INSIDE BRO KE, GOT FLUID IN EYE. DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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