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Accidents - Lighting equipment - 26-50 years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,821
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:521Head:281
Finger:213Face:194
Lower Arm:175Upper Trunk:159
Eyeball:79Foot:59
Ear:59Shoulder:30
Lower Leg:15Lower Trunk:15
All Of Body:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/21/2006Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT WAS MOVING A OVERHEAD LIGHT COVER AND IT SHATTERED AND THE GLASS CUT PT;S FACE, DX: LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2006Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lighting equipment
WHILE PUTTING UP LIGHTS, PT C/O OF SHOULDER PAIN, - STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT HIT RT HAND ON LIGHT FIXTURE AND LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2006Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
UPPER BACK CONTUSION-SUS INJ WHEN A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HER UPPR BACK AT A HOTEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
CUT WITH B ROKEN LIGHT FIXTURE. DX- 4 CM ALCERATION L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LAC FINGE ON AN OLD LIGHT FIXTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2006Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LAC TO TOP OF HEAD, LIGHT COVER FELL AND HIT PT DX: 4 CM SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment, Doorsills or frames
LAC TO MIDDLE FO FH, CHILD TURNED OUT LIGHT AND HE RAN INTO DOORFRAME A T HOME. DX. LAC ABOVE L BROW, CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2006Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment, Stepladders
PT WAS WIRING A LIGHT AND FELL OFF OF STEP LADDER. DX: LACERATION FORE ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lighting equipment
DX TUFT FRACTURE RIGHT THUMB: GLOBE LIGHT FELL ONTO THUMB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2006Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LIGHT FIXTURE BROKE AT A STORE CUTTING PT'S L FOREARM DX: LAC REPAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
CUT CALF ON A BROKEN LIGHT, STICKING OUT OF GARBAGE WHILE TAKING IT OUT SIDE " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A LIGHTING FIXTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LAC R FOOT, PT SUST INJURY W/A FALLING LAMP AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING , LIMPING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2006Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ONTO SHOULDER CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2006Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT WORKING ON A LIGHT FIXTURE WHEN IT FELL ONTO HAND. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT HIT HAND ON LIGHT FIXTURE; LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2006Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
46YOM CUT ON LIGHT FICTURE LENS LAC R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2006Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT INSTALLING A LIGHT FIXTURE AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lighting equipment
41 YO MALE BENT OVER TO PLUG IN LIGHT AT HOME LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2006Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PUT HAND THRU GLASS LAMPSHADE BY MISTAKE LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2006Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
49 YO CUT FINGER ON LIGHT FIXTURE LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2006Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT. WAS INSTALLING A LIGHT FIXTURE AT HIS HOME, CUT HIS FINGER DIAGNOSIS; LAC. HAND, 2 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2006Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Lighting equipment
WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A LIGHT FIXTURE AND IT FELL ON HER HEAD DX: HEAD CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2006Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT CUT HAND ON LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2006Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Lighting equipment
CHANGING LIGHT FIXTURE WHEN FIXTURE SHORTED, BURNED CHEST & ARMS DX: 2 ND DEGREE THERMAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2006Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PATIENT WAS CLEANING LIGHT AND CUT AREA BETWEEN FINGERS ON HAND . DX LACERATION ON RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lighting equipment, Drills
FB S/P DRILLING LIGHT UP AT HOME CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION 2ND TO MECHANICAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LAC HEAD ON A FIXTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
LIGHT FIXTURE HIT PT ON HEAD FROM APPROX. 3 FEET AT HOME. DX. CONT HEA D.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2006Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Lighting equipment
PT SUST ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM LIGHT FIXTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT HIT RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD ON A LIGHT AT HOME, LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2006Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON RT EAR DX: LAC RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2006Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT C/O CUT OVER LFT EYE. PT HIT EYE ON LIGHT FIXTURE. DX LAC FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment, Ceilings and walls
CEILING AND LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2006Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment, Light bulbs
PT CHANGING LIGHT BULB IN FIXTURE AT HOME, LAC INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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