Accidents - Artificial Christmas trees - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,371
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	21
6-15 years old:	31
16-25 years old:	61
26-50 years old:	711
50+ years old:	546

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	362	Finger:	210
Neck:	103	Eyeball:	92
Face:	87	Foot:	87
Upper Trunk:	71	Wrist:	71
All Of Body:	71	Lower Leg:	70
Ear:	61	Elbow:	59
Lower Arm:	15	Internal:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT PUTTING AWAY CHRISTMAS TREE IN GARAGE WHEN HIT FINGER ON SOMETHING. NOW WITH SWELLING AND DISCHARGE. D: ABSCESS, CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
POKED IN EYE BY LIMB OR CHRISTMAS TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT BRANCH FROM ARTIFICAL CHRSITMAS TREE FELL INTO EAR DX// FB RIGHT EAR PUNCTURED TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
FELL REACHING FOR TOP OF CHRISTMAS TREE FX RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT SUSTAINED BACK PAIN AFTER PUTTING UP A CHRISTMAS TREE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
36 YOM SUSTAINED CERVICAL STRAIN PUSHING A CHRISTMAS TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
19YOF WAS DECORATING THE CHRISTMAS TREE AT HOME,FELL FORWARD ONTO THE TREE; LOWER BACK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
RAN INTO CHRISTMAS TREE & HIT EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2007	Age: 48 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
LIFTING CHRISTMAS TREE DX: LUMBAR SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT C/O ARM PAIN FELL AT HOME PUTTING UP ARTIFICAL CHRISTMAS TREE FELL ON FLOOR. DX-CONTUSION ELBOW, SPRAIN WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2007	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
22 MOF WAS AT HOME DAYCARE, HIT ON FACE BY CHRISTMAS TREE SUSTAINING AB RASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PUTTING UP ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE & PINCHED FINGER DX FINGER ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
SPRAIN TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT HAD NECK PAIN AFTER FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN THE CHRISTMAS TREE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/30/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT.INJ.L.EYEBROW AT HOME WHEN PULLING METAL TREE DOWN & IT HIT HER. DX; L.EYEBROW LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2007	Age: 88 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: Fracture
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
L HIP FX/88YOM WAS MOVING HIS CHRISTMAS TREE AT HOME AND TRIPPED AND FE LL AND LANDED ON HIS L HIP. COULD NOT GET UP.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/28/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT STS PUTTING X-MAS TREE,DEVELOPED R SIDED NECK PAIN R SHOULDER PAIN, DX MSUCLE SPASM-NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Chairs
PT WAS CLIMBING ON A CHAIR TO PUT SOMETHING ON CHRISTMAS TREE AND FELL. DX. FX. 5TH METATARSAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT WITH UPPER BACK PAIN AFTER TRYING TO GET CHRISTMAS TREE FROM CLOSET PT LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN BY DOCTOR
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT WAS PUTTING UP AN ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE AND NOW HAS A RASH FROM HEAD TO TOE. DX: URTICARIA/DERMATITIS DUE TO CHRISTMAS TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Ceilings and walls
PT STATES TRIPPED OVER THE CHRISTMAS TREE CORD TODAY, FELL AND HIT L EL BOW ON CORNER OF WALL. DX. PW L ELBOW, CONT L ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT WAS CARRING AN ARTIVICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE INTO THE HOUSE, FELL CAUSIN G A FX TO RT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PLANTAR PW-STEPPED ON METAL PART OF ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
68 YOM TRIPPED WHILE CARRYING THE CHRISTMAS TREE FROM THE BASEMENT AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT PINKY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT PICKED UP METAL CHRISTMAS TREE 3 DAYS AGO DX: LOW BACK PAIN AND STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Tablet or capsule drugs
"L" SHAPED L LOWER LEG LAC. > 12 HRS OLD: MOVING ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMASTR EE IN BASEMENT,HIT LEG ON TREE BASE,WON'T STOP BLEEDING,ON ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT WAS DISSAMBLING HER CHRISTMAS TREE AND FELL ONTO BUTTOCKS FRACTURED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/15/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT SUS STRAIN TO LOWER TRUNK WHEN MOVING A CHRISTMAS TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2007	Age: 44 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
44 YOM WAS TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE AND POKED SELF RIGHT EYE SUSTAINI NG A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2007	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
PT HAD PIECE OF FAKE CHRISTMAS TREE STUCK IN THROAT. DX: FB IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2007	Age: 50 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 C/O R SIDE BACK PAIN,COUPLE DAYS AGO PUTTING CHRISTMAS TREE AWAY,RT KNEE TO R BUTTOCK/HIP PAIN,DX ACUTE LUMBAR PAIN,HX HTM,SCIATICA TO RLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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