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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,289
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs, Ladders |
| STI R FLANK, PT FELL FROM A LADDER WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB ATHOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, NO SOB OR LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PUNCHED A LIGHT BULB WHEN ANGRY, C/O CUT TO OUTER R HAND, DX; HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FOREARM FROM BROKEN LIGHTBULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LAC TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB LAST EVENING WHEN IT BROKE SUSTAINED A LAC ERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 1CM FINGER LAC-CUT ON SHATTERED LIGHT BULB-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2005 | Age: 19 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: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT GOT GLASS FROM LIGHT BULB IN THUMB DX: R THUMB INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| CUT FINGER ON LIGHT BULB THAT BROKE WHILE CHANGING IT. " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PATIENT CUT FINGER ON A LIGHT BULB. DX-LACERATION FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| CUT TO FINGER ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2005 | Age: 22 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: Light bulbs |
| STEPPED ON A LIGHT BULB LAC TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| FACIAL LAC, PT FELL AND HIT FACE ON A LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| BROKEN LIGHT BULD FRAGMENT GOT INTO EYE. SCLEROCORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT FELT SHOCK WHILE CHANGING LIGHT BULB. DX: ELECTRICAL INJURY, FOREHEAD CONT, CERVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT STEPPED ON BROKEN LITE BULB, FB FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT.INJ.L.EYE AT HOME WHEN FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULB EXPLODED & GOT GLASS I N EYE. DX; F.B. L.EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 18YMC WRESTLING AND THROWN DOWN BY OPPONENT CUT PALM ON BROKEN FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULB/LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LAC FINGER ON A LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PIECE OF BROKEN LIGHT BULB EMBEDDED IN FOOT, DX; FOREIGN OBJECT IN FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| CUT FINGER ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB 3 DAYS AGO DX: CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs, Knives with replaceable blades |
| FINGER MINOR LAC-CUT ON LIGHT BULB WHILE USING A UTILITY KNIFE-HIT THE BULB-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Light bulbs, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| 25 YO FLUORSCENT LIGHT BULB LEAKING OVER WINDOW TOUCHED METAL ON WINDOW ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT CUT FINGER ON A SHATTERED LIGHTBULB WHILE CHANGING IT. " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| STATES HE CUT FINGER ON LIGHT BULB THAT SHATTERED DX RT FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT WAS CUT BY BROKEN LIGHT BULB. DX: L ELBOW LAC 3.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PATIENT HAD A PIECE OF LIGHT BULB TO STICK INTO HIS THUMB. DX-LACERATION AND FOREIGN BODY LEFT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 23 Y/O W/M RECEIVED CUT ON LOWER ARM WHEN GLASS FELL FROM LIGHT AND CUT ARM AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Light bulbs, Chairs |
| 23 YO STANDING ON CHAIR CHANGING LIGHT BULB HEARD POP IN KNEEE SPRAIN/STRAIN KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| CUT FINGER ON LIGHT BULB DX. FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT CUT ON BROKEN LIGHTBULB; LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| MINOR CUT FROM GLASS R HAND: TRIPPED, GRABBED SELF, DID NOT FALL, HIT LIGHT BULB, IT BROKE, LACERATED R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LACERATION FINGER - 16 YOM WAS SCREWING IN A LIGHTBULB WHEN IT BROKE LA CERATING HIS RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB THAT EXPLODED CUTTING FINGER SUSTAINED " FINGER LACERATION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LIGHTBULB BROKE -GLASS STUCK IN THUMB FOREIGN BODY RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LOWER LEG LACERATION, CUT ON LIGHT BULP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Light bulbs, Dancing |
| PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOOT-STEPPED ON A LIGHT BULB ALONG RIVER FRONT WHILE DANCING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2005 | 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: Light bulbs |
| LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS SHE CUT HER RIGHT RING FINGER ON A BROKEN LIGHTBULB AT HOME JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LAC TO FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| CHANGING LIGHT BULT, MOVED THE WRONG WAY. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN DORSAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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