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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,535
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Date: 12/30/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT BURNED FINGER ON A LIGHTBULB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/29/2004Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
DX RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION: CUT FINGER ON LIGHT BULB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/24/2004Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT CUT FINGER ON LIGHT BULB DX LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/23/2004Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
DX RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION: CUT FINGER ON LIGHT BULB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT FINGER ON A LIGHT BULB. DX. 2 CM L THUMB LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2004Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT THUMB ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB - LACERATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2004Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT FINGER ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB DX: R 3RD FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Light bulbs
TWISTED LIGHTBULB TO REMOVE ZAPPED FINGER ELECTRICAL BURNS LEFT 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LAC R 3RD DGIT W/LIGHT BULB DX: LAC R MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LAC R THUMB, PT SUST INJURY WITH A GLASS BULB AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEED ING, NO FB EMBEDDED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/2004Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
47 YO CUT TIP OF FINGER ON LIGHT BULB LACERATION LEFT THIRD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Day wear
RT INDEX FINGER LACERATION-CUT FINGER ON A FLUORESCENT LIGHT WHILE PUTT ING SHIRT ON. SUS A 1CM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Floor lamps or table lamps
CUT FINGER ON LIGHT BULB THAT BROKE ON LAMP AT HOME. DX: LACERATION FIN GER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
PT WAS CUT WHILE TAKING OUT LIGHT BULB. DX: L SECOND FINGER ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT TOUCHED A HOT LIGHT BULB BURN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2004Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Fans
TRYING TO CHANGE LIGHT BULB IN CEILING FAN BULB BROKE CUT FINGER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
BURN FINGER - 9 YOF SUSTAINED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HER RIGHT THU MB WHILE TRYING TO UNSCREW A LIGHTBULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2004Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Light bulbs
LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AVULSION.PT SLICED FINGER WHILE STACKING FLUESCENT L IGHTS IN HOUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2004Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT REPORTEDALY CUT HER FINGER ON A LIGHT BULB. DX: 1 1/2-2 CM LACERAT RION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2004Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
PT.INJ.RT.2ND.FINGER AT HOME WHEN CHANGING A LIGHT BULB & IT BROKE,GOT BROKEN GLASS IN FINGER. DX; F.B. RT.2ND.FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2004Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT CUT WHILE CHANGING A LIGHTBULB; LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
TOUCHED A LIGHT BULB BURNS TO LEFT FINGERTIPS BLISTERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
3 YOM TOUCHED A HOT LIGHT BULB CAUSING BURN TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2004Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Floor lamps or table lamps
PT WAS CHANGING LIGHT BULB AND SLIPPED AND HAND WENT THRU A GLASS LAMP SHADE LACERATING PT'S FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT THUMB ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB DX: R THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
FINGER LAC-CUT ON LIGHT BULB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2004Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
DX RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION: CUT FINGER ON LIGHT BULB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT. REPORTS CUT FINGER ON LIGHT BULB AT 11:30 PM. DX. LAC L INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2004Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT DROPPED A LAMP AND BURNED FINGER ON A HOT BULB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2004Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT WAS CUT ON LIGHT BULB. DX: R INDEX LAC 2 CM W/PARTIAL EXTENSOR TENDON INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2004Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
WOUND RT,FINGER.PT.REFERS WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB,EXPLODE ON FINGE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT FINGER ON LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2004Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT CUT ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB; LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT FINGER ON A LIGHT BULB. DX- 2.5 CM L INDEX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2004Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Light bulbs
PARTIAL AMPUTATION FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS PARTIAL AMPUTATION TO LEFT PINKY FINGER - CUT WHEN REPLACING LIGHT BULB AT HOME JUST PRIOR TO ARRI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2004Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LACERATION FINGERS - 69 YOM LACERATED HIS LEFT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER W HEN LIGHT BULB HE WAS HOLDING BROKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2004Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs
CELLULITIS FINGER - 16 YOM STATES STRUCK A LIGHTBULB TWO DAYS AGO WITH RIGHT FIST, TODAY HAS SWELLING AND REDNESS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT C/O "I CUT MY FINGER W/A BROKEN LIGHT BULB"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2004Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PUNCHED A LIGHTBULB DX: R 3RD, 4TH & 5TH FINGER LACS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2004Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LAC TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON A LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2004Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
37 YOM WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB WHICH EXPLODED; LACERATION OF LEFT THU MB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2004Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
BURN ON LIGHT BULB - 2ND DEGREE BURN THUMB AND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2004Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
PT SUST FOREIGN BODY (PIECE OF LIGHT BULB) TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT LAC LT INDEX FINGER ON A LIGHTBULB AT HOME. LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2004Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT @ FRIENDS HOUSE AND TOUCHED A HOT LIGHT BULB, NOW WITH BLISTERS TO RIGHT 1ST FINGER. DX PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN 2ND FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2004Age: 23 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
23 MOM TOUCHED HOT LIGHT BULB THERMAL BURN FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2004Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LAC RMF ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LACERATION FINGER - 7 YOF WAS TURNING A LIGHTBULB WHEN IT BROKE IN HER HAND LACERATING HER RIGHT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PATIENT TOUCHED HIT LIGHT BULB AT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. BURNED 3 FINGERS ON LEFT HAND. DX. BURN TO FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs
PT C/O PAIN TO LT 5TH FINGER DUE TO BROKEN LIGHT BULB 6 WEEKS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2004Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
FINGER LAC-CUT WHILE PUTTING A LIGHT BULB IN OUTDOOR LAMP-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2004Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LEFT 4TH FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AND IT BROKE AN D LACERATED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT LT THUMB PUSHING FLUORESCENT LIGHT BLUB DOWN IN TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2004Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT LACERATED FINGER ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB YESTERDAY. D: FINGER LACERATIO N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2004Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO FINGER FROM BROKEN LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT STATES HE LACERATED FINGER ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
BURN TO RIGHT THUMB - PT TOUCHED A HOT LIGHT BULB. D: BURN RIGHT THUM B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/12/2004Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO FINGER WHILE CHANGING A LIGHTBULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2004Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT CUT LEFT FINGER LACERATION FROM CHANGING A LIGHT BULB PT LEFT WITHOU T BEING SEEN LACERATION INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/06/2004Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Light bulbs
PT CHANGING A LIGHTBULB WHEN THE BULB BROKE SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2004Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LACERATION FINGER - 36 YOM FELL ONTO A LIGHT BULB LACERATING HIS LEFT P INKY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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