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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,744
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT REACHED UP AND SCRAPED FINGER ACROSS A LIGHT FIXTURE, CAUSING LACERATION TO FINGER. DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| HIT HEAD ON GLOBE OF LIGHT DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL TRIED TO CATCH IT RIGHT 4TH FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| WAS LOOKING UP PUTTING A LIGHT FIXTURE ABOVE HEAD REMOVAL FOREIGN BOD Y EYE # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2007 | Age: 19 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT PUT ARMS UP IN AIR AND BROKE A LIGHT FIXTURE HAS LAC TO PALM OF (L) HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 21 YO FEMALE CUT FOURTH FINGER ON BROKEN LIGHT FIXTURE AVULSION LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| CUT WRIST ON LIGHT FIXTURE @ HOMEDX WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2007 | Age: 24 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT REPORTS CUTTING HAND ON LIGHT FIXTURELEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/22/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Beds or bedframes |
| CEILING LAMP BURST WHILE MOVING A BED. GLASS FELL INTO HIS FACE. DX. LAC CORNEAL ABRA L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT HIT HEAD ON LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME. DX. SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | 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: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Alcohol |
| HIT HIT HEAD ON CHANDELIER. LACERATION TO FOREEHEAD. +ETOH. NO LOC. D: FOREHEAD LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2007 | 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT CUT L RING FINGER ON CEILING FIXTURE - LAC TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 21 YO MALE HAD GLASS GLOBE FALL ON LEFT SHOULDER LACERATION SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| HIT IN HEAD WITH TRACK LIGHTING. DX. MINOR HEAD INJURY, FRONTAL CONTUS ION. JS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls |
| A CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE FELL SCRAPING PT'S LEG"LAC'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE FELL OFF OF CEILING. DX: COMPLEX MIDDLE FINGER LAC W/NEUROSENSORY DEFICIT & ARTERIAL INJ. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL & CUT PTDX FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT WAS STRUCK IN HEAD BY HANGING LIGHT FIXTURE @ HOTEL - CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2007 | Age: 25 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| SWINGING ARM OVER HEAD AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE AND LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LIGHT FELL FROM CEILING AND STRUCK HEAD DX MINOR CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIO NS# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LIGHT FIXTURE SHATTERED FELL ON MID BACKLACERATION MID BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT WAS STRUCK ON TOP OF HEAD WITH A 50 LB CHANDELIER AT HOME YESTERDAY DX: CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Light bulbs |
| PT RECEIVED CUT TO EYELID WHEN CHANGING LIGHTBULB AND GLOBE FELL = HITTING EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 19YMC ACCIDENTLY BROKE A GLASS CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE CUTTING FINGERLACE RATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT STRUCK FOREHEAD ON A CHANDELIER, LACERATION TO FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT WAS CUT BY GLASS FROM CEILING LIGHT. DX: 5 CM FACE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2007 | Age: 20 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Light bulbs |
| PT OPEN LIGHT FIXTURE ON CEILING AND BROKE LIGHT BULB HAS LAC TO (L) IN DEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM CEILING SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 18 YO FELL STRIKING HEAD ON LIGHT FIXTURELAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT DX HEAD CONTUSION - SUSTAIND DIRECT BLOW FROM LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls |
| PT AT HOME WHEN A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM THE CEILING AND STRUCK HER IN THE HEAD SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT RUNNING AFTER DAUGHTER, CAUGHT ONTO CHANDELIER & FELL 5-8 FT. TO CAR PETED FLOOR. HIT HEAD. +ON/OFF LOC PER WIFE. D:CHI, CONCUSSION, NECKSTR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| HEAD TRAUMA.PT,REFERS A HANGING LAMP FELL ON HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Other toys |
| 17 YOF, WAS THROWING A TOY IN THE AIR WHEN IT HIT A LIGHT FIXTURE ANDIT FELL AND CUT HER STOMACH. DX: LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT GLASS FROM CHANDELIER FELL AND HIT PT IN THE HEAD DX// SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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