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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 615
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| PT HAD PX TAKING DOWN XMAS LIGHTS. DX: MYOFASCIAL PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| PT HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WHEN HE FELL 6-8 FEET. D: RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE, ELBOW. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/09/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| ANKLE SPRAIN - 43 YOM FELL WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TWISTING L EFT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Ladders |
| PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WHIE ON A LADDER FELL FOUR FEET STRA INED LOWER BACK |
| 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: 12/01/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, House repair or construction materials |
| PT. WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, FELL OFF HIS HOUSE FRACTURED NECK - TRANSFERRED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| 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: 11/24/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| FRACTURE LUMBAR SPINE - 41 YOM WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL FROM ROOF ABOUT 12 FT LANDING ON FEET, C/O LUMBOSACRAL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Christmas tree lights |
| FELL 10 FEET OFF ROOF, TRYING TO HANG CHRISTMAS LIGHTS FX TIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Ladders |
| LOW BACK PAIN - FELL APPROXIMATELY 6 FOOT OFF LADDER - HELPING MOM PUT CHRISTMAS LIGHTS UP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, House repair or construction materials |
| FX FIBULA & CALF CONTUSION--49 YOM FELL OFF ROOF WHILE PUTTING UP CHRIS TMAS LIGHTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Ladders |
| RT FOOT & ANKLE INJURY-@ HOME-TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS W/ LADD ER LEANED AGAINST THE HOUSE-LADDER SLID IN MUD-PT FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| 44 YOF STATES SHE WAS TAKING DOWN X-MAS LIGHTS AND PULLED HER BACK OUT/DX-ACUTE LOW BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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