Accidents - Artificial Christmas trees - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,284
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	20
6-15 years old:	14
16-25 years old:	14
26-50 years old:	624
50+ years old:	609

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	498	Lower Trunk:	328
Face:	152	Upper Trunk:	86
Shoulder:	71	All Of Body:	71
Wrist:	30	Toe:	15
Lower Leg:	14	Head:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
C/O PT STATES WAS TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE AND A BRANCH FROM TREE HIT HIS EYE DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Alcohol
PATIENT GOT DIZZY AND FELL AGAINSY CHRISTMAS TREE. DX INTOXICATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT HIT IN THE EYE WITH TREE BRANCH PUTTING UP ARTIFICIAL TREE AT HOME T ODAY DX// RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PATIENT HIT HEAD ON DESK PUTTING CANY ON CHRISTMAS TREE AT HOME. DX-CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
STUCK IN EYE WITH FAKE CHRISTMAS TREE BRANCH CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT WAS INJURED WHILE GETTING OUT HER ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE. DX: LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
LIMB FROM ARTIFICIAL XMAS TREE POKED IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
LEFT WRIST SPRAIKN.PT LIFTED AN ARTIFIACIAL CHRISTMAS TREE AND INJURED WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
FOREIGN BODY EYE - 36 YOM WAS HANGING SOMETHING ON CHRISTMAS TREE AND F ELT SOMETHING GO INTO LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
75 YO M TRIPPED OVER CHRISTMAS TREE LACERATION TO NOSE R WRIST FRACTURE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE AND THINKS DUST GOT IN EYE FROM IT/ CO NJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
C/O PT STATES POKED SELF IN THE EYE LIFTING A CHRISTMAS TREEDX RT CORN EAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
INJURED WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE AT HOME., STRAIN, LT. SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Christmas decorations
FALL ONTO CHRISTMAS TREE PUTTING ANGEL ON TOP DX CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
RT HIP STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING AN ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE AND INJURED H IP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT WAS HELPING SET UP A SYNTHETIC CHRISTMAS TREE, AT HOME, WHEN IT POKE HIM IN THE LT EYE, EYE SWOLLEN. DX; CHEMOSIS LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT WAS PLAYING WITH SISTER AT HOME AND FELL AGAINST A "WIRED CHRISTMAS TREE" SUSTAINING A LACERATION TO LOWER LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
LACERATION FACE - 77 YO MALE PRESENTS FROM NH VIA AMBULANCE AFTER FAL LING OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR - LACERATION OVER LEFT EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
STRAINED BACK CARRYING CHRISTMAS TREE DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Animal induced injury
PT WAS UNTANGLING A DOG AND HAD A STICK ENTER HER RIGHT EYE. DX: SUBC ONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE, CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT SUSTAINED AN ABRASION OF THE EYE FROM AN ARTIFICAL CHRISTMAS TREE A T HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
WRIST SPRAIN-PAIN WHILE TAKING APART ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
LOW BACK STRAIN: CARRYING CHRISTMAS TREE DOWN TO BASEMENT C/O PARASPINAL MUSCLE SPASM AND PAIN LUMBAR REGION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Poles
TOE FXS-@ HOME-PUTTING AWAY ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE-METAL POLE FELL O N TOES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
CHRISTMAS TREE LIMB FELL ON HIM AND HIT CHEST CHRISTMAS DAY. CHEST WAL L PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
CORNEAL ABRASION - 49 YOM C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN S/P BEING POKED BY CHRISTM AS TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT. WAS TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE AND TWISTED BACK. DX. ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN, SCIATICA PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT POKED EYE WITH A CHRISTMAS TREE BRANCH WHILE PUT TING TREE AWAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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