Accidents - Artificial Christmas trees - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 899
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	105
Year 1998:	81
Year 1999:	5
Year 2001:	176
Year 2002:	84
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	119
Year 2006:	20
Year 2007:	21
Year 2008:	75
Year 2009:	15
Year 2010:	176

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	247	Face:	211
Eyeball:	191	Hand:	76
Upper Trunk:	75	Internal:	74
Mouth:	16	Knee:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/07/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
4 YOM INJURED EYE GETTING POKED IN EYE BY CHRISTMAS TREE. DX-ACUTE LEFT EYE INJURY WITH CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
3 Y/O M FELL OVER WOODEN X-MAS TREE AT SCHOOL SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2010	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
10 MOM SWALLOWED PIECE OF CHRISTMAS TREE DX: FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2010	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Asian
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
10 MO F SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC CHRISTMAS TREE;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
4 YO M SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO HIS RIGHT EYEBALL AFTER BEING POKED IN THE EYE FROM THE CHRISTMAS TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 4 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
ABRASION HEAD - 4 MO FEMALE HAD CHRISTMAS TREE FALL ON HER JPTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2007	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
22 MOF WAS AT HOME DAYCARE, HIT ON FACE BY CHRISTMAS TREE SUSTAINING AB RASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2007	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT HAD PIECE OF FAKE CHRISTMAS TREE STUCK IN THROAT. DX: FB IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PATIENT HIT HEAD ON DESK PUTTING CANY ON CHRISTMAS TREE AT HOME. DX-CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT WAS HELPING SET UP A SYNTHETIC CHRISTMAS TREE, AT HOME, WHEN IT POKE HIM IN THE LT EYE, EYE SWOLLEN. DX; CHEMOSIS LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
RASH TO FACE & NOW ACROSS BODY. ONLY NEW CONTACT IS ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE YESTERDAY. DX: URTICARIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PLAYING AROUND ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE, SUDDENLY STARTED TO CRY AND RUB RIGHT EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
SKIN RASH AFTER GETTING CHRISTMAS TREE OUT OF ATTIC, RASH ON FACE. DX. SKIN RASH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Light bulbs
10MO OLD BITING XMAS BULB BROKE IT AND CUT TONGUE LAC TONGUE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2002	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Paper products
PT WAS SITTING BY THE X-MAS TREE WHEN HER MOM THOUGHT SHE INGESTED WRA PPING PAPER- INGESTION OF FOREIGN OF FORIEGN BODY, BY HISTORY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2002	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT KNOCKED CHRISTMAS TREE ON HIM, SMALL LAC TO NOSE AND LOWER LT EYE AN D FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2001	Age: 2 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: Artificial Christmas trees
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2001	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2001	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2001	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/1999	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/1998	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/1998	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/1997	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/1997	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/1997	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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