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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 491
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2006 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| FX FINGER WHEN FLASHLIGHT FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH SMALL READING LIGHT AND BURNT FACE, DX: SECOND DEGREE BURN TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| PT FINGER STUCK IN CYLINDER OF FLASHLIGHT DX// FB REMOVED LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| PATIENTS SISTER (3 YEAR OLD) HIT HIM ON FOREHEAD WITH FLASHLIGHT. DX: .5 CM LACERATION TO FOREHEAD,. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2006 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | 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: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Batteries |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH A FLASHLIGHT, & NOW PARENTS CAN'T FIND THE BATTERY DX: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Batteries |
| PT.INJ.L.THIGH AT HOME WHEN PLAYING WITH A FLASHLIGHT & BATTERY ACID LE AKED OUT ON LEG. DX; CHEMICAL BURN L.THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| DROPPED LARGE FLASHLIGHT/TOE HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| PT CUT FINGER ON FLASHLIGHT. DX: R INDEX LAC 3 MM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| PATIENT DROPPED A FLASHLIGHT ON 2ND AND 3RD TOES RIGHT FOOT, DX-LACERATION TOES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2006 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| FOREHEAD LAC - CUT FOREHEAD ON METAL FLASHLIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2006 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Tables |
| PATIENT WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH FLASHLIGHT WHILE CLIMBING AT HOME, PULLED FLASHLIGHT OFF TABLE, STRUCK HEAD. DX-FOREHEAD LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| PT. PLAYING W/METALLIC PORTION OF FLASHLIGHT. DX. CORNEAL ABRA/FB R EY E. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| TOOK FLASHLIGHT APART & PLACED A ROUND PIECE OF METAL FROM FLASHLIGHT O NTO FINGER & IT GOT STUCK, SMALL AREA OF RED AROUND METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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