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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,258
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT DX RT HAND LACERATION - DUE TO A BROKEN LIGHT BULB AT HOME TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT CUT HAND W/ BROKEN LIGHTBULB ON ACCIDENT DX: LAC TO R PALM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2005 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT TRYING TO SCREW IN A LIGHT BULB AND BROKE IN LEFT HAND LACERATION HA ND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2005 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| BURNED HAND ON LIGHTBULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PUNCHED A LIGHT BULB WHEN ANGRY, C/O CUT TO OUTER R HAND, DX; HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| HAND ALC, PT CUT HAND WHEN CHANGING A LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2005 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT TOUCHED A LIGHT BULB. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN L PALM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2005 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs, Floor lamps or table lamps |
| PT GRABBED HOT LIGHT BULB ON LAMP - BLISTERS TO 3RD DIGIT OF LEFT HAND. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT CUT R HAND ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB. DX. LAC R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| CUT HAND ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB WHILE CLEANING THE YARD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AT HOME AND IT WAS STILL HOT SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2005 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| HAND BURNED ON HOT LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs, Towels or cloths |
| WRAPPED A DISHTOWEL AROUND A BARE LIGHTBULB WHICH CAUGHT FIRE BURNING H IS HAND, NO FIRE DEPT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2005 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| BABY GRABBED HOT LIGHT BULB WITH HAND. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LACERATION HAND - 15 YOM WAS CLEANING UP BROKEN GLASS FROM A LIGHT BULB AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT SUS LAC TO HAND FORM A LIGHTBULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2005 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| CUT R HAND W/ BROKEN LIGHTBULB LACERATION/ABRASION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL ON LIGHT BULBS AT HOME TODAY AND SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 18YMC WRESTLING AND THROWN DOWN BY OPPONENT CUT PALM ON BROKEN FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULB/LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs, Bags |
| PT WAS CUT W/FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB IN TRASH BAG. DX: CELLULITIS L HAND, POSS TENDON LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT CUT HAND ON PIECE OF FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| HAND BURNED-TOUCHED HOT LIGHT BULB-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT WAS CUT ON LIGHT BULB. DX: R HAND LAC 3 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| C/O PT MOM STATES ,CHILD TOUCHED LIGHT BULB AND BURNT HAND DX RT HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT BURNT HAND ON A HOT DECORATIVE LIGHTBULB. " HAND BURN'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| HAND BURN-BURNED ON HOT LIGHT BULB-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2005 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT CUT R HAND W/ LIGHT BULB DX: HAND LAC 3CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2005 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| BUNRS 2ND DEGREE L HAND, MOTHER STS PT TOUCHED A HOT LIGHT BULB AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, BLISTERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT HAS BURN TO R FINGER TIPS, PT GRABBING HOT LIGHT BULBDX: 2 DEGREE B URN TO RIGHT HAND & FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2005 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 21 MOF TOUCHED RIGHT HAND ON HOT LIGHT BULB CAUSING BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 46 YOM CUT HAND WITH LIGHT BULB LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT TOUCHED A HOT LIGHT BULB AND INJURED HAND. DX HAND BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs, Other electric lighting equipment |
| PT BURNED HAND/FINGER ON LIGHTBULB. GRABBED IT BY METAL BTTOM & FINGER STUCK BETWEEN LIGHT & SOCKET. DX: 3RD DEG BURN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/21/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| MINOR CUT FROM GLASS R HAND: TRIPPED, GRABBED SELF, DID NOT FALL, HIT LIGHT BULB, IT BROKE, LACERATED R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| BURNED HAND ON A LIGHT BULB DX: L HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2005 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT TOUCHED A HOT LIGHTBULB AND INJURED HAND. DX HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT HAD FLUORESCENT LIGHT FALL ONTO HAND AND SUSTAINED LACERATION. LEFT PRIOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/09/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| DX LEFT HAND LACERATION: CUT SELF WITH BROKEN LIGHT BULB AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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