Accidents - Light bulbs - 16-25 years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,559
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	410	Finger:	394
Foot:	324	Eyeball:	102
Face:	90	Lower Trunk:	75
Lower Arm:	74	Wrist:	71
All Of Body:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LAC TO CHIN WHEN STRUCK ON A LIGHT BULB AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs, Floor lamps or table lamps
LEFT FOREARM BURN.PT HAN D A LAMP FALL ON PT AND PT WAS BURNED WITH HOT LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	Age: 19 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 CHANGING LIGHT BULB STATES LIGHT BULB BROKE AND GOT IN EYE FOREIGN BODY RT EYE REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Light bulbs
STEPPED ON BROKEN LIGHTBULB. DX PLANTAR PUNCTURE WOUND L FOOT#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
RT RING FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AND IT BROKE AND LACERATED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2006	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
PT C/O HAND LAC. PT CUT HAND ON LIGHT BULB. DX LAC RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2006	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
PT CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AND IT BURST SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 20 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
PT CUT FINGER ON LIGHT BULB, FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2006	Age: 23 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 THUMB ON LIGHT BULB/FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs
TRAUMA RT.WRIST.PT.REFERS WHILE CHANGING LIGHT BULB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
FACE LAC, PT GOT INJURIED W/A LIGHT BULB FELL DOWN AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
STEPPED ON PIECE OF GLASS FROM BROKEN LIGHT BULB TODAY DX: LFOOT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
TANNING IN STAND UP BOOTH, WHERE ALL THE BULBS EXPLODED CUTTING BACK&BU RTTOCKS " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LACERATION FINGER - 23 YOF LACERATED RIGHT THUMB ON A BROKEN LIGHTBULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
RT FOOT LACERATION.PT STEPPED ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	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
CUT HAND ON THE BROKEN GLASS OF LIGHTBULB WHILE UNSCREWING IT " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
FB IN RT INDEX FINGER (GLASS), GOT FB WHILE INSTALLING A LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
FB R FOOT, PT SUST INJURY FROM A BROKEN LIGHT BULB AT HOME, C/O PAIN, FB EMBEDDED, LIMPING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2006	Age: 24 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
POSSIBLE GLASS IN EYE FROM LIGHT BULB DX: ABRASION R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LAC TO FINGER ON FLORESCENT LIGHT BULB DX: LAC L SMALL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2006	Age: 21 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
PATIENT WAS WALKING & SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RT FOOT FROM A BROKEN LIGHT BULB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT CUT FOOT ON BROKEN FLOURESCENT LIGHTBULB THAT FELL DX: LACERATION TO TOP OF RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT CHANGIN THE LIGHT BULB ON A CEILING LIGHT AND THE GLOBE FELL ONTO FA CE LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
BURNED HAND ON LIGHT BULB/HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT HAND ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB DX: L HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
BURNT HAND ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A LIGHTBULB THAT BLEW OUT " BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2006	Age: 17 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 A BROKEN LIGHTBULB " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	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
CUT FINGER ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB/ LAC LSF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT.INJ.RT.HAND AT SISTERS HOUSE WHEN FELL ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB. DX; S M.LAC.RT.HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2006	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: Light bulbs
FELL WHILE CHANGING LIGHT BULBS DX: LUMBAR STRAIN / COCCYX CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2006	Age: 23 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 BROKE LIGHT BULB ON MONDAY AND STEPPED IN GLASS. NOW WITH FOOT REDNE SS, SWELLING. D: FOREIGN BODY, CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
BURNS L FOREARM, PT SUST INJURY W/A HOT BULB AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2006	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT DIGGING IN A DUMPSTER WHEN CUT FINGER ON A FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULB IN GARBAGE. D: THUMB LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2006	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
PT CUT ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB; LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	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, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS REACHING INTO A GARBAGE CAN WHEN A LIGHT BULB EXPLODED IN HAND. D: HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT CUT THUMB 4 DAYS AGO ON A FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB. DX: R THUMB LAC 1.5 CM W/EXTENSOR TENDON LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs
PT C/O LIGHT BULB IN SCHOOL SHATTERED AND SPLINTER OF GLASS WENT INTO LT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
R HAND LAC/16YOM AT HOME CUT HAND ON LIGHTBULB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Light bulbs
DX HOME CURRENT SHOCK: CHANGING LIGHT BULB AT HOME, GOT SHOCKED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION; CUT HAND ON LIGHT BULB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2006	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
LACERATION FINGER - 21 YOM LACERATED HIS LEFT THUMB WHEN A LIGHT BULB B ROKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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