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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 298
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2010 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 6 MOM WAS LIFTED UP , AT GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE, & HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CHANDELIER- NO LOC. DX; SCALP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 3YOM HIT HEAD ON CHANDELIER, WENT TO BED AND WOKE WITH VOMITING; POSSIB LE HEAD INJURY, MINOR HEAD INJURY, PROBABLE VIRAL ILLNESS |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 10/26/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 3 YR F CUT FOOT WHEN LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HER;DX LACERATED FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Balloons |
| 2YOM LACERATION FOREHEAD PLAYING ON FLOOR WHEN BALLOON HIT LIGHT FIXTUR E CAUSING IT TO SHATTER/ FALL ON /AROUND CHILD CAUSING LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls |
| 3 YOM LAC TO SHOULDER WHEN LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM CEILING AND STRUCK H IM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Light bulbs |
| 5YOM WAS PLAYING, FELL BACKWARD ON GLASS CHANDELIER, LIGHT BULB ALSO BR OKEN AT UNCLE'S HOUSE; BUTTOCK LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Floors or flooring materials |
| 3YOF, STEPPED ON GLASS COVERING OF LIGHT FIXTURE ON THE FLOOR&IT BROKE CUTTING PT'S FOOT>>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT THREW BALL INTO AIR, HIT LIGHT FIXTURE AND BROKEN GLASS CAME DOWN AN D CUT HIS FACE. LACERATION FACE. 3 YOM* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Balls |
| 4 YOF HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE AFTER BALL HIT THE LIG HT AND IT FELL FROM THE CEILING. DX: LACERATION FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2010 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Stairs or steps |
| 15 MO FEMALE GOING UP STEPS AND A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PT. DX FACE IN JURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2010 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 22MOM INJURED ON EAR BY GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE YESTERDAY; SMALL EAR LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2010 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 4YOM HAD A CIELING LIGHT FALL ONTO HEAD AT HOME CONTUSION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2010 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 17MOM DAD STATES A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL AND HIT PT ON HEAD DX- SCALP L AC FORHEAD CONT CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM CEILING,HIT HEAD HEAD CONTUSION * 3 Y/O W/F |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2010 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 8 MOF GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE AROUND CEILING FAN FELL AND LANDED ON CHILD'S HEAD DX: ABRASION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2010 | Age: 2 years | 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 2YOF SWALLOWED A CRYSTAL FROM A CHANDELIER FB INGESTION VOMITING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 2 YO FEMALE CUT FOOT ON BROKEN CHANDELIER. DX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2010 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Basketball |
| 19MO F STEPPED ON BROKEN HANGING LIGHT FIXTURE FROM THROWN BASKETBALL FOREIGN BODY FOOT |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
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