Accidents - Artificial Christmas trees - Year 2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,127
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	176
6-15 years old:	289
16-25 years old:	81
26-50 years old:	206
50+ years old:	374

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	217	Eyeball:	140
Face:	127	Lower Trunk:	111
Finger:	89	Upper Trunk:	76
Ear:	76	Lower Leg:	71
Ankle:	63	Upper Arm:	63
Internal:	23	Shoulder:	17
Hand:	17	Knee:	15
Foot:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
MINOR LAC., NOT SUTURED: 15YOF PUTTING AWAY ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE, SCRAPPED BY METAL ON A BRANCH, LAC. L LOWER LEG, @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2010	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
38 YOF, TAKING DOWN ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE, STRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
59YOF CUT HER FINGER ON A ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE DX. LAC. FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2010	Age: 36 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
36 YOM SUS LOW BACK STRAIN AFTER LIFTING CHRISTMAS TREE%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2010	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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
23 YOF SUSTAINED SEVERE BACK PAIN AFTER PUTTING UP THE CHRISTMAS TREE DX. LOW BACK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
7YOF HAD CERAMIC CHRISTMAS TREE FALL ONTO HEAD HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2010	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Furniture
24 YO F, C/O FACIAL PAIN, WAS MOVING FURNITURE AT HOME AND HIT CHRISTMA S TREE WHICH FELLON HER FACE, DX FACIAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
HELPING WITH CHRISTMAS TREE FELL SPRAIN L ANKLE 9 YO F #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2010	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	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
83YOF INJURED LOW BACK WHILE LIFTING A CHRISTMAS TREE LOW BACK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
4 YOM INJURED EYE GETTING POKED IN EYE BY CHRISTMAS TREE. DX-ACUTE LEFT EYE INJURY WITH CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
3 Y/O M FELL OVER WOODEN X-MAS TREE AT SCHOOL SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2010	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Floor lamps or table lamps
40YO WHITE FEMALE AT HOME FELL & HURT L HAND DECORATING XMAS TREE CUR HAND ON LAMP, DX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2010	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
10 MOM SWALLOWED PIECE OF CHRISTMAS TREE DX: FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2010	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
36YOF WAS PUTTING A ARTIFICIAL TREE UP WHEN ONE OF THE BRANCHES STRUCK FACE AND LT EYE;FACIAL CONTUSION AND CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2010	Age: 59 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
59 YO F TRYING TO PUT UP CHRISTMAS TREE AT HOME, BRANCH POKED EYE. DX C ORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
12 YOF FELL FROM CHRISTMAS TREE, HEAD HIT WOODEN BOARD. DX- RIGHT EARLOBE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2010	Age: 55 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, Containers
55YOF GETTING A CHRISTMAS TREE OUT OF A BOX AND IT FELL ONTO HAND STRAI NED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Containers
55YOF AT THE STORE WHEN A BOXED CHRISTMAS TREE FELL ONTO RIGHT SHOULDER STRAINED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2010	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Asian
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
10 MO F SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC CHRISTMAS TREE;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2010	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Extension or straight ladders
57 YOF FX HUMERUS, STANDING ON LADDER TO PLACE CHRISTMAS TREE ON SHELF WHEN THE LADDER COLLAPSED CAUSING HER TO FALL 6 FEET LAND ON ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2010	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Ladders
81YOM FELL BACK OFF A LADDER WHILE TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE AND HIT H EAD ON COFFEE TABLE. DX .MINOR HEAD INJURY, SCALP ABRASION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2010	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Artificial Christmas trees
50 YR OLD FEMALE SLIPPED AND FELL TAKING OUT HER CHRISTMAS TREE AND FX FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2010	Age: 32 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: Artificial Christmas trees, Containers
32YOF, LIFTING THE XMAS TREE THIS AM&OTHER BOXES LATER DEVELOPED KNEE P AIN>>SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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