Accidents - Christmas tree lights - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,000
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	394
6-15 years old:	86
16-25 years old:	313
26-50 years old:	945
50+ years old:	260

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	444	Internal:	252
Shoulder:	231	Hand:	168
Finger:	156	All Of Body:	141
Eyeball:	139	Lower Arm:	90
Face:	75	Foot:	70
Ear:	70	Upper Trunk:	53
Head:	37	Elbow:	15
Wrist:	15	Knee:	15
Lower Leg:	15	Mouth:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2009	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT LAC FINGER ON BROKEN CHRISTMAS TREE BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT WITH LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND AFTER CUTTING IT ON CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. DX LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas tree lights
37YOM HURT LEFT SHOULDER WHILE TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2009	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
SWALLOWED A CHRISTMAS LIGHT BULB;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2009	Age: 42 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
42YOM WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS A WEEK AGO ON A LADDER WHEN IT BROKE,GRABBED A BALCONY INJURED SHOULDER AND CHEST;CHEST/SHOULDER STRAI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2009	Age: 63 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PATIENT SLIPPED & FELL AT HOME WHILE PUTTING OUT CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, LANDED WITH FULL FORCE OF BODY ON LT LEG. DX - LT SHIN CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
43 Y/O/M POKED EYE WITH BRANCH WHILE PUTTING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON TREE DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2009	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: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL 4-6 FEET FROM LADDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2009	Age: 30 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
30YOM HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON THE ROOF AND FELL OFF TO THE GROUND S TRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2009	Age: 73 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
73YOF HELPING SON PUT UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND WAS PASSING HIM THE LIGHT S LOOKING UP GOT LIGHTHEADE AND PASSED OUT ADMITTED OR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/12/2009	Age: 2 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 CHRISTMAS TREE BULB NOW HAS LAC TO FINGER DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT FELL PUTTING UP XMAS TREE LIGHTS 3 DAYS AGO. DX: NONDISPLACED R INTERTROCHANTERIC FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/11/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	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 TRIPPED OVER CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE. DX. H EAD INJURY, LAC, CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2009	Age: 31 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
LADDER FELL ON HIM WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS SHOULDER SPRA IN 31YOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	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
PT WAS POKED IN EYE BY TREE WHJILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2009	Age: 5 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
5 YOM, SWALLOWED CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS, INGESTED FOREING OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT FELL ON CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT BULB THAT BROKE, HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas tree lights
10YOF STANDING UP PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AND FELL BACKWARDS O NTO HEAD THEN HAD A SEIZURE TRANSFERRED FOR SEIZURE ACTIVITY
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/02/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas tree lights
LEFT WRIST STR. PT STRAINED WRIST WHEN HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/30/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
FINGER LAC-45 Y/O F-CUT ON OBJECT WHILE HANGING OUTDOR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2009	Age: 35 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
35YOM HAD A MOUTHFULL OF NAILS WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AND FRIEND PATTED ON BACK SWALLOWED THEM FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/29/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights, Chairs
DX LAC ELBOW: 22YOM C/O L ELBOW LAC. HANG'G X-MAS LIGHTS & FELL OFF CHAIR. UNSURE IN HE LANED ON HIS ELBOW, BUT NOTED SM LAC TO L ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
42YOF WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AND LADDER FELL ON HER HEAD LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
2 YO M BIT INTO A CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT BULB DX: LAC TO MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2009	Age: 44 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: Christmas tree lights
DIGGING OUT SHRUBS THEN SEVERAL DAYS LATER DECORATING TREES FOR HOLIDAY S-BP-STEPPED WRONG DX LOW BACK STRAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	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, Ladders
AC SEPARATION-HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON HOUSE AND FELL 8-10 FT OFF A LADDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2009	Age: 39 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
39YOF FELL WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas tree lights
ACUTE RIGHT OTALGIA - GRANDMOTHER STATES THAT CHILD MAY HAVE PUT PART OF CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT (LIGHT BULB) INTO EAR THAT HAD SHATTERED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
25 YOM CUT HAND WHILE TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2009	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
SWALLOWED GLASS FROM CHRISTMAS LIGHT;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
SWALLOWED CHRISTMAS LIGHT;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
SWALLOWED PART OF CHRISTMAS LIGHT;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Christmas tree lights
PUNCTURE WOUND/FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT FOOT - STEPPED ON A PIECE OF GLASS, THINKS IT IS CHRISTMAS LIGHT/BALL GLASS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2009	Age: 30 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
TAKING DOWN XMAS LITES AND FELL TEN FEET FX LUMBAR SPINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2009	Age: 34 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
PT STATES TAKING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS OFF CHRISTMAS TREE AND EXPERIENCED PA IN R BACK SIDE OF RIBS. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT TAKING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS OFF THE ROOF AND FELL ABOUT 8 FEET CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2009	Age: 2 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
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders
PT AT HOME TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND MISSED A STEP ON THE LADDER FELL ABOUT 12 FEET FRACTURED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/06/2009	Age: 2 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
DX FB IN INTESTINES-R/O: POSS INGESTED X-MAS LIGHT X 1HR: MOM REMOVED SHARDS OF LIGHT BULB F PT'S MOUTH BUT COULDN'T F COMPLETE BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2009	Age: 35 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, Ladders
ACUTE BACK STRAIN & CONT: ON ROOF TAKING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DOWN, SLIPPED OFF ALUMINUM LADDER 15-20 FT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2009	Age: 50 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, Stepladders
RIB FX,CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT WAS ON A STEPLADDER TAKING DOWN CHRISTMA S LIGHTS AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
RT LOWER ARM LAC.PT WAS TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL AND LACER ATED LOWER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights, Extension cords
WAS TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS OUTSIDE AND TRIPPED OVER A EXTENS ION CORD AND FELL INJURING THE RT HIP. DX: CONTUSION TO RT HIP*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2009	Age: 51 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
KNEE PAIN-AFTER TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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