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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 759
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 25YOM BENDING OVER PUTTING CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS AWAY,FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN LOWER BACK;LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/31/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT WITH LAC TO HEAD FROM A FALLING XMAS DECORATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT LIFTED HEAVY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT HOME. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL ST RAIN LUMBAR, SACRAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations, Hammers |
| LT HAND CONTUSION: PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS YESTERDAY, HAMMER FELL, HIT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| WAS TAKING OUT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND HURT RT. LOWER ABDOMEN. CONTUS ION, RIGHT FLANK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT STATES TWISTED LEG WHILE DECORATING CHRISTMAS TREE. C/O PAIN IN KNE E DX. SPRAIN L KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT CUT RIGHT THUMB ON A CHRISTMAS SNOW GLOBE, LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas decorations, Chairs |
| 24YOF WAS HOME STANDING ON A CHAIR PUTTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS UP FELL OFF CHAIR,INJURED RT ANKLE;ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| RUNNING AND TRIPPED JABBED THROAT WITH ORNAMENT. DX THROAT ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| GOT GLASS FROM BROKEN ORNAMENT IN EAR DX: F.B. IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PAT SUS LACERATION TO TOE AFTER STEPPING ON CHRISTMAS DECORATION% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| WHILE MOVING XMAS STUFF SHE PULLED LOWER BACK DX ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMBAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 22 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 decorations |
| PUTTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS UP, HURT BACK @ HOME DX THORACIC BACK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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