Accidents - Christmas tree lights - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,167
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	282
6-15 years old:	311
16-25 years old:	102
26-50 years old:	1,010
50+ years old:	459

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Internal:	365	Eyeball:	304
Shoulder:	304	Lower Trunk:	223
Upper Trunk:	155	Finger:	152
Upper Arm:	144	Lower Arm:	101
Head:	85	Foot:	76
Face:	69	Knee:	58
Hand:	58	Neck:	43
Ankle:	15	Ear:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT SUSTAINED ELECTRICAL BURNS TO HANDS WHILE PLUGGING IN/UNPLUGGING CHR ISTMAS TREE LIGHTS. D: 2ND DEGREE ELECTRICAL BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	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
DX POSSIBLE GLASS INGESTION: FOUND CHEWING TREE LIGHT, NOT ALL OF LIGHT WAS FOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX L SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
LAC L THUMB, 3RD FINGER, PT SUST INJURY WHILE FIXING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS A T HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT LACERATED FOOT ON A CHRISTMAS TREE BULB DX: LEFT FOOT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2004	Age: 50 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
PT PUTTING UP ALOT OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AT HOME STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT FOUND BT CHRISTMAS TREE CHEWING ON LIGHTS,MOM REMOVED PIECES OF GLAS S FROM MOUTH, DX POSSIBLE INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Christmas tree lights
FELL THROUGH GLASS PUTTING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS UP FRIDAY. PUNCTURE WOUNDS LT UPPER EXTREMITY & CELLULITIS LT UPPER EXTREMITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2004	Age: 45 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: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, FELL FROM 10 FT LADDER L 2 FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS DX: RADIAL/ ULNAR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
PT FELL OFF LADDER SAT. HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2004	Age: 15 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
PT PUT CHRISTMAS BULB IN MOUTH & POSSIBLY SWALLOWED A SMALL PIECE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT. STATES HE WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS FOR HOURS YESTERDAY C/O SHOULDER PAIN DX: L SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
38 YO F TRIPPED ON XMAS TREE LIGHT FELL ON SHOULDER SPRAIN/STRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
FEL WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND HIT HIS ARM DX R RADIAL HEAD FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 22 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
POKED SELF IN EYE WITH CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
FELL WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS STRUCK HEAD ON CONCRETE NO LOC DX HUMERUS FX, EYEBROW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT. D: ACCIDENTAL INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
RT ANKLE SPRAIN.PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL AND INJURED AN KLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, PT FELL OFF THE LADDER FELL 4-6 FEET DX BAC K STRAIN , ANKLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	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, Step stools
LEFT HIP STRAIN.PT WAS ON A STEP STOOL HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND WHE N GETTING DOWN INJURED HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	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
ATE X-MAS LIGHT F B INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
FELL ON CHRISTMAS LIGHT. DX- SUPERFICIAL KNEE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT CUT FINGER ON A LIGHT BLUB 2 DAYS AGO ,TODAY BENT FINGER BACK,MOM CONCERNED IF FINGER REINJURED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2004	Age: 35 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
HURT RT. SHOULDER HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX: STRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
SWALLED SMALL AMOUNT OF GLASS CHRISTMAS LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
L 7TH RIB FX;L 4TH FING SPR/28YOF FELL LAST PM AT HOME IN KITCHEN WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2004	Age: 3 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 FOUND WITH BROKEN XMAS TREE BULB IN MOUTH, FB/INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
PATIENT WAS PUTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AND STRAINED RIGHT UPPER CH EST. STRAIN OF RIGHT UPPER CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT WAS ADJUSTING A BUBBLE LIGHT ON A CHRISTMAS TREE WHEN IT EXPLODED AN D SOME CHEMICAL WENT INTO EYE CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	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
INGESTED GLASS? - PATIENT BROKE XMAS TREE LIGHT - USED MOUTH TO UNSCREW LIGHT BULB AND BULB BROKE - FEELS HE INGESTED GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2004	Age: 65 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: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTSW IN HER YARD WHEN SHE STRUCK BY A CAR FX PELVI S AND RUPTURING BLADDER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Christmas tree lights
SKIN AVULSION RT INDEX FINGER - CUT FINGER ON A CHRISTMAS BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 2 years	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
2 YO SWALLOWED CHRISTMAS LIGHT BULBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2004	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS & FELL OFF OF THE PORCH DX: SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2004	Age: 40 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: Christmas tree lights
DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: DECKING THE CHRISTMAS TREE WITH LIGHTS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2004	Age: 53 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
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND OVER DID IT AND INJUR ED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights, Containers
PT C/O NECK PAIN AFTER BOX OF CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS FELL ON HEAD AT *** C/O NECK PAIN NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT HAS A CHRISTMAS LIGHT IN EAR. D: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2004	Age: 3 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
PATIENT SWALLOWED A CHRISTMAS TREE BULB AT HOME. DX-FOREIGN BODY INGESTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT WAS TRYING TO REACH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL ONTO BUTTOCKS. D: FA LL / CONTUSION TO BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2004	Age: 14 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: Christmas tree lights, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ?LOC C/O HEADACHE, HIT HEAD ON FLOOR NO NAUSEA DX TRAMATIC CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2004	Age: 6 years	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
6 YOM CHEWED UP & SWALLOWED 3 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Christmas tree lights
26 YOM WAS PUTTING IN A CHRISTMAS LIGHT LAST NIGHT, GLASS POPPED AND MA Y HAVE GOTTEN INTO RIGHT EYE. HAS CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
82 YOF TRIPPED OVER CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Christmas tree lights
PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOOT, STEPPED ON CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2004	Age: 40 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
BRANCH OF XMAS TREE HIT PT WHILE PUTTING ON LIGHTS.DX: L TRAUMATIC COR NEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2004	Age: 8 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
FB INGESTION-SWALLOWED PART OF A SHATTERED CHRISTMAS TWINKLE LIGHT BULB -@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Christmas tree lights, House repair or construction materials
PT PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON HIS HOUSE WHEN HE FELL ONTO HIS LEFT SHOULDER DISLOCATED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PATIENT WAS TRYING TO GET X-MAS LIGHTS OUT OF CRAWLSPACE AND FELL IN DX ; MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS TO FACE, THIGH, BUTTOCK AND HIP ALL ON R SIDE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Christmas tree lights
DX RIGHT INDEX FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND: INJURED FINGER WHEN CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT BROKE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
RADIUS FX-TRIPPED ON A STRING OF LIGHTS & FELL-@ TAVERN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2004	Age: 21 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 ATE BROKEN XMAS TREE BULB. DX: FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2004	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: Christmas tree lights
CHRISTMAS LIGHT BROKE AND THINKS PIECE WENT INTO EYE. DX. ACUTE CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2004	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
SWALLOWED SMALL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Christmas tree lights
TAKING X-MAS LIGHTS & FELT SOMETHING GO IN EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS INFECTIONS, BLEPHARITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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