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Accidents - Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures - Year 2007 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,662
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Date: 12/21/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
GLOBE FROM CEILING LIGHT FELL AND HIT PT IN HEAD DX- SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2007Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls
CHI, LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM CEILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2007Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PT HEAD, .5 CM LACERATION SCALP, CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2007Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ball sports
PART OF CHANDELIER FELL ON PTS HEAD OR PT FELL DOWN WHILE PLAYING BALL, NO LOC; SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2007Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
HIT HEAD ON GLOBE OF LIGHT DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/2007Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT HAD A LIGHT FIXTURE FALL ONTO HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/07/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Floors or flooring materials
LIGHT FIXTURE FELL STRIKING PT. ON THE HEAD AND UPPER ARM, KNOCKED HIM TO THE FLOOR. DX-LAC. SCALP AND UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2007Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
A LIGHT FIXTURE DROPPED, HIT PTS HEAD, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PATIENT'S HEAD.DX-LACERATION SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2007Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls
PT STRUCK HEAD IN LIGHT FIXTURE ON LOW BASEMENT CEILING. DX: SUPERFICIAL SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2007Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
JUMPING UP AND DOWN & HIT LIGHT FIXTURE W/HEAD, LACERATION FOREHEAD/SHO ULDER, CONCUSSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2007Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls
32 YO LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM CEILING STRUCK IN HEAD CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2007Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT HIT HEAD ON LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME. DX. SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2007Age: 5 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT'S FATHER WAS PICKING HIM UP AND HIT PT'S HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE. D X CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2007Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Floors or flooring materials
PT DX ABRASION OF SCLP AND FINGERS - LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PT'S HEADBRO KE AFTER HITTING FLOOR TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2007Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT WAS STRUCK IN HEAD BY HANGING LIGHT FIXTURE @ HOTEL - CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2007Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
LIGHT FIXTURE FELL/CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2007Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
LIGHT FELL FROM CEILING AND STRUCK HEAD DX MINOR CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIO NS#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2007Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT WAS STRUCK ON TOP OF HEAD WITH A 50 LB CHANDELIER AT HOME YESTERDAY DX: CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2007Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT WAS AT HOME, BROTHER WAS HANGING FROM A LIGHT FIXTURE, IT FELL ON HI S HEAD CAUSING A CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2007Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
71 YO F MINOR HEAD INJURY 2CM SCALP LACERATION FELL IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON FRAME OF A LIGHT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2007Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls
LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM CEILING SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2007Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
18 YO FELL STRIKING HEAD ON LIGHT FIXTURELAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2007Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT WITH HEAD LAC FROM STRIKING LIGHT FIXTURE WITH HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2007Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT DX HEAD CONTUSION - SUSTAIND DIRECT BLOW FROM LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2007Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls
PT AT HOME WHEN A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM THE CEILING AND STRUCK HER IN THE HEAD SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2007Age: 18 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
CUT SCALP, RAN INTO CHANDELIER
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 04/26/2007Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
80 YO MALE HIT HEAD ON LIGHT THAT FELL LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/23/2007Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT IN A RESTAURANT AND WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WAY OF AN ONCOMING WAITER AND STRUCK TOP OF HEAD ON AN OVERHANGING LAMP LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2007Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls
47 YO FEMALE HAD LIGHT FIXTURE FALL FROM CEILING AND HIT HEAD LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
LACERATION SCALP=CEILING LIGHT FELL AT HOME-STRUCK HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2007Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Floors or flooring materials
PT RUNNING AFTER DAUGHTER, CAUGHT ONTO CHANDELIER & FELL 5-8 FT. TO CAR PETED FLOOR. HIT HEAD. +ON/OFF LOC PER WIFE. D:CHI, CONCUSSION, NECKSTR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2007Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls
48 YO MALE HAD LIGHT FIXTURE FALL FROM CEILING ONTIL HEADCLOSED HEAD IN JURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2007Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
GLASS FROM LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD/ SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2007Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls
35 YO MALE WAS HIT IN TOP OF HEAD WITH LIGHT FIXTURE AND CEILING TILECL OSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2007Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT C/O HEADACHE - REPORTS HITTING HEAD AGAIND CHANDELIER. DX CONCUSSION OF THE HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
LAC TO BACK OF HEAD, UNCLE THREW HER IN AIR PLAYING, HIT LIGHT FIXTURE DX: 1 CM SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2007Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
59 YOM HIT HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2007Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD. DX. SCALP CONTUSION, MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2007Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PIECE OF CHANDELIER FELL & CUT TOP OF HEAD DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2007Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
14YOM HIT HEAD ON METAL LIGHT FIXTURE HEMOSTASIS SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2007Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
HAD CHANDELIER FALLEN ONTO HEAD, NO LOC, P/W VISUAL CHANGES " CHI" +" TR EYE INJ"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2007Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
DAD LIFTED PATIENT UP HITTING HEAD ON OVERHEAD HANGING METAL LIGHT FIXT URE; HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
CHI, HIT WITH CHANDELIER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2007Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
HEAD TRAUMA.PT,REFERS A HANGING LAMP FELL ON HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2007Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT GLASS FROM CHANDELIER FELL AND HIT PT IN THE HEAD DX// SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PATIENT STRUCK ON HEAD WITH LIGHT FIXTURE, EMESIS X1 AFTERWARD, NO LOC; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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