Accidents - Christmas tree lights - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,685
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	376
6-15 years old:	92
16-25 years old:	22
26-50 years old:	622
50+ years old:	570

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	375	Internal:	358
Knee:	217	Eyeball:	170
Finger:	94	Ankle:	94
Upper Trunk:	78	Upper Leg:	61
All Of Body:	61	Lower Leg:	33
Neck:	33	Mouth:	18
Shoulder:	16	Pubic Region:	16
Head:	16	Hand:	16
Foot:	16	Face:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
LAC TO FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON CHRISTMAS LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
LAC TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON CHRISTMAS LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT INGESTED A CHRISTMAS LIGHTBULB; INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
1YOF-FOREIGN BODY INGESTION-ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED PIECE BROKEN CHRISTMAS TREE BULB AT HOME-
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT CHANGING A LIGHT ON HER CHRSITMAS TREE WHEN SHE WAS POKED IN THE LFT EYE BY A TREE BRANCH ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
XMAS TREE LIGHT FB TO NOSE REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT RUNNING AT HOME WHEN SHE TRIPPED OVER A SET OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS LAND ING ON LEFT KNEE CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
45 YOF WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOW BACK. LOW BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT WAS HANGING SOME CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WHEN A 2X4 FELL STRIKING HER IN TH E HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WHEN HE FELL STRAINED LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Christmas tree lights
BURN TO HAND FROM CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
FELL PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX. C-STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX. SCROTAL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas tree lights, Christmas decorations
WHILE PUTTING UP XMAS LIGHTS & DECORATING TREE DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN DX: LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
LBP AFTER PUTTING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS UP DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
POSSIBLY CUT MOUTH WHEN BIT INTO CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
RT CORNEAL ABRASION-PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND WAS STRUCK I N RT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
CUT MOUTH WHEN BIT CHRISTMAS LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2003	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
SWALLOWED CHRISTMAS LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas tree lights
HAD A SEIZURE WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX: NEW ONSET SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/10/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Christmas tree lights
CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT WIRE WENT INTO FINGER YESTERDAY. NOW IT'S PAINFUL & SWOLLEN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND 2ND & 3RD DIGIT / CELLULITITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
DX RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN: INVERTED ANKLE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2003	Age: 56 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: Christmas tree lights
56 Y.O. B FEMALE W/BACK STRAIN. PT INJ WHILE BENDING OVER TO PICK UP CH RISTMAS LIGHTS @ HOME. E927
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas tree lights
HAS NOTED PAIN IN R KNEE LAST COUPLE DAYS HAS BEEN DOING ALOT OF KNEELI NG WHILE STRINGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX R KNEE PAIN TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
49 Y M WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND SLIPPED ON ROOF TWISTING BAC K DX: LOWER BACK SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
THORACIC STRAIN.PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHT AND BACK BEGAN TO HUR T.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
SWALLOWED CHRISTMAS LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
RT EYE CONTUSION/ABRASION.PT WAS PUTTING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON A BUSH AND A BRANCH HIT PT IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
SNAPPED LIGHT OFF XMAS TREE AND ATE IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT SWOLLOWED A CHRISTMAS TREE BULB. DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas tree lights
BACK PAIN WHILE PUTTING LIGHTS ON X-MAS TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
DAD STATES CHILD MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A FUSE FROM CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX: INGESTED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
RT SHOULDER STRAIN.PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND SHOULDER BEGA N TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT WAS TESTING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, LITE SPARKED, PT SUSTAINED ELECTRICAL BURN TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2003	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PATIENT POSSIBLY ATE GREEN CHRISTMAS LIGHT, HAD IN MOUTH, HEARD CRUNCH; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL OFF A LADDER DX: LT ANKLE SP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2003	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
FB INGESTION-SWALLOWED A "SMALL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
LEFT CALF STRAIN.PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND INJURED CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF CHRISTMAS BULB, NO ASPIRATION, MOM REMOVED LIGHT BULB FROM MOUTH PTA, NO BLEEDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
GOT GLASS FROM BROKEN XMAS LIGHT IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
CERVICAL STRAIN-ETOH INTOXICATION-FELL OFF ROOF WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS-@ HOME-HAD DRANK 30 BEERS & ALOT OF VODKA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PATIENT WITH BROKEN CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT BULB, MOM RETREIVED GLASS FROM MOUTH, NO CHOKING; POSSIBLE INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2003	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
SWALLOWED CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
TAKING LIGHTS OFF CHRISTMAS TREE AND FELT HIP SNAP - FRACTURE RIGHT FEM UR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/09/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights, Scaffolding
FELL OFF SCAFFOLDING TAKING X-MAS TREE LIGHTS DOWN. NON-DISPLACED FX RI BS, LT WRIST & LT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS STANDING ON A WOODEN PLATFORM AT HOME REMOVING CHRISTMAS TREE L IGHTS FELL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
WHILE TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, PATIENT FELL 6 FT., FROM LADDER STRAINING LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT INGESTED A CHRISTMAS TREE BULB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/03/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT SWOLLOWED A A CHRISTMAS TREE BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT CHEWED UP A CHRISTMAS BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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