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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 570
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT CHANGING A LIGHT ON HER CHRSITMAS TREE WHEN SHE WAS POKED IN THE LFT EYE BY A TREE BRANCH ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT WAS HANGING SOME CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WHEN A 2X4 FELL STRIKING HER IN TH E HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2003 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WHEN HE FELL STRAINED LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders |
| FELL OFF LADDER PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX. SCROTAL CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Christmas decorations |
| WHILE PUTTING UP XMAS LIGHTS & DECORATING TREE DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN DX: LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION-PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND WAS STRUCK I N RT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT WIRE WENT INTO FINGER YESTERDAY. NOW IT'S PAINFUL & SWOLLEN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND 2ND & 3RD DIGIT / CELLULITITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| 56 Y.O. B FEMALE W/BACK STRAIN. PT INJ WHILE BENDING OVER TO PICK UP CH RISTMAS LIGHTS @ HOME. E927 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| HAS NOTED PAIN IN R KNEE LAST COUPLE DAYS HAS BEEN DOING ALOT OF KNEELI NG WHILE STRINGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX R KNEE PAIN TENDONITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| THORACIC STRAIN.PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHT AND BACK BEGAN TO HUR T. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| TAKING LIGHTS OFF CHRISTMAS TREE AND FELT HIP SNAP - FRACTURE RIGHT FEM UR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/08/2003 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT WAS STANDING ON A WOODEN PLATFORM AT HOME REMOVING CHRISTMAS TREE L IGHTS FELL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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