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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 592
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 06/07/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Night-lights |
| 10 Y/O FEMALE WAS PLAYING WITH A GLASS NIGHT LIGHT AND FELL ON HEAD DX; LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2009 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Night-lights |
| PT GOT UP TO TURN OFF NIGHT LIGHT & FELL, STRUCK HEAD AGAINTS UNKNOWN OBJECT DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2007 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Night-lights |
| LEANING OVER TO TURN OFF NIGHT LIGHT AND FELL. DX SCALP HEMATOMA# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2006 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Night-lights, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| HEAD LAC-@ HOME-PULLED NIGHT LIGHT OFF SHELF HITTING HEAD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Night-lights, Tables |
| PATIENT PULLED NIGHT-LIGHT CORD AND LIGHT FELL OFF TABLE AND BASE OF LI GHT STRUCK HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Night-lights |
| PATIENT PLAYING IN HIS ROOM AT HOME, LARGE S*** NIGHT LIGHT FELLDOWN AN D HIT HIS HEAD, SWELLED AND LOOKED BLACK/BLUE; HEAD HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2005 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Night-lights |
| PATIENT HIT BACK OF HEAD ON NIGHT LIGHT 2 DAYS AGO, COMPLAINING OF HEA D PAIN; HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2005 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Night-lights, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL TO FLOOR AT NH WHILE CHECKING NIGHT LIGHT HITTING HEAD RT PARTIAL SCALP HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2003 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Night-lights |
| PT HAD A HEAVY NIGHTLIGHT FALL ONTO HEAD. DX HEAD FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 12 months | 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: Night-lights |
| DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: PULLED ON CERAMIC NIGHT LIGHT, WHICH FELL AND STRUCK PT'S HEAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2001 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Night-lights |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2001 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Night-lights, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/15/2001 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Night-lights |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2000 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Night-lights |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/1999 | Age: 11 months | 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: Night-lights |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/1997 | Age: 2 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: Night-lights |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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