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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 989
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2007 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| PT RECEIVED PUNCTURE WOUND TO FACE WHEN PULLED A STOCKING HOLDER DARN AND IT HIT HIS FACE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2007 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| PT CUT BRIDGE OF NOSE ON BROKEN CHRISTMAS BULB. D: LACERATION NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| CUT ARM ON GLASS ORNAMENT LACERATIO ARM # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| HIT HEAD ON ORMAMENT AT HOME. DX FACE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| FOREHEAD LAC-GOT HIT W/ HALLOWEEN DECORATION-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| PT WAS AT A PARTY, JUMPED OVER A STRING OF HALLOWEEN LIGHTS, FELL FX LT ANKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| NECK ABR. PT WAS AT A HAUNTED HOUSE AND SCRATCHED SIDE OF NECK ON A HAL LOWEEN DECORATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Seasonal decorations, Ashtrays, not electric or not battery operated |
| PT WAS HANGING HALLOWEEN LIGHTS AND FELL AND WENT INTO A METAL ASHTRAY 3 DAYS AGO. DX. CONT LUMBAR, GROIN STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| CUT (L) HAND WHILE CARVING A PUMPKIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| PT FELL WHILE PUTTING UP HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS DX: ACUTE KNEE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | 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: Seasonal decorations |
| INJ BACK LIFTING HEAVY PUMPKINS >> MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| PT HIT BY SNOW GLOBE, 9 MO OLD DROPPED IT ON PT'S HEAD. DX. CONT, LAC HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| PT WAS ON A HAY RIDE AND WAS STRUCK IN FACE WITH FOOT FROM A SCARECROW DX: CONTUSION TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2007 | Age: 27 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: Other |
| Product: Seasonal decorations, House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS AT HOME PUTTING HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS ON THE ROOF WHEN HE FELL OFF CAUSING ACUTE TRAUMATIC LOW BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| FX LT HIP; WAS BUYING PUMPKINS TO DECORATE HOUSE FOR HALLOWEEN WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON SOME GRACEL AND FELL ON THAT GRAVEL ON L HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/30/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| 8YOM WAS HOME HANGING SCARECROW,WHEN SOMETHING WENT IN LEFT EYE; FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2007 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| FELL WITH ORNAMENT IN HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2007 | Age: 5 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: Seasonal decorations |
| SNOW GLASS GLOBE FELL AND PT STEPPED ON GLASS LAC FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | Age: 8 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: Seasonal decorations |
| STEPPED ON A GLASS ORNANMENT DX: LAC FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| LACERATED L THUMB OPENING A PLASTIC EASTER EGG# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2007 | Age: 17 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: Seasonal decorations |
| 17MO OLD SWALLOWED PIECE OF ORNAMENT FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Seasonal decorations |
| PT MANEUVERED QUICKLY TO CATCH A FALLING CHRISTMAS TREE AND DEVELOPED S EVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK SCIATICA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Seasonal decorations, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT WAS PUTTING AWAY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND LIFTED HEAVY LIVE TREE AND INJURED NECK, DX: NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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