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Accidents - Seasonal decorations - Year 2009

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,636
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Trunk:348Face:217
Hand:157Lower Arm:141
Ankle:140Finger:116
Neck:103Knee:70
Pubic Region:70Mouth:70
Shoulder:37Eyeball:37
Foot:36Wrist:31
Head:21Lower Leg:15
Internal:6All Of Body:6
Toe:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/22/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Seasonal decorations, Chairs
FRACTURE RADIUS - 51 YO FEMALE REPORTS SHE FELL FROM A CHAIR WHEN HANGI NG XMAS DECORATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Seasonal decorations
11 Y/O/F DROPPED HEAVY ORNAMENT ON FOOT 4 DAYS AGO C/O ANKLE PAIN DX; R ANKLE / FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Seasonal decorations
59 Y/O F TRIPPED AND FELL HANGING DECORATIONS AT HOME DX: R ANKLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2009Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Seasonal decorations, Ladders
PT HANGING DECORATIONS, ACCIDENTALLY KICKED LADDER OUT FROM UNDER SELF & INJURED SHOULDER DX;* (R) SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Seasonal decorations
2YOF PT ACCID DROPPED A CERAMIC HALLOWEEN PUPKIN DECORATION ON HER L FO OT. INJ L GREAT TOE. DX L GREAT TOE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations, Knives
WAS CARVING PUMPKINS WITH DAD AND CUT R INDEX FINGER ON A KNIFE DX- FI NGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2009Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Seasonal decorations, Tables
50 YOF FELL LAST WEDNESDAY PUTTING UP HOLIDAY DECORATIONS SUSTAINING A CERVICAL STRAIN, FELL OFF A TABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations, Knives
WAS CUTTING A PUMPKIN WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING LAC TO R 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2009Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Seasonal decorations
63YOF TRIPPED OVER SOME HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS IN THE YARD AND LANDED ON TO HEAD SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2009Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT TRIPPED OVER HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS. DX: R WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2009Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Seasonal decorations
25 YOF FELL WHILE PUTTING UP DECORATIONS TWO WEEKS AGO, NOW WITH PAIN L OWER BACK AND DOWN RIGHT LEG, DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Seasonal decorations
PATIENT FELL OFF 3 FT PUMPKIN, HIT BACK OF HEAD ON CEMENT; SCALP CONTUS ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2009Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations, Knives
WAS CARVINNG PUMPKINS WITH A KNIFE AND CUT R INDEX FINGER DX- LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations, Knives
8YOM CARVING A PUMPKIN WITH A PUMPKIN KNIFE AND SUSTAINED A FINGER LACE RATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2009Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Seasonal decorations
37YOF GETTING DOWN HOLLAWEEN DECORATIONS FROM THE ATTIC AND SLIPPED ON A WOODEN RAFTER STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT HAS SZ HX. WALKING INTO A HALLOWEEN PARTY W/ A FOG MACHINE BLOWING. PT HAD SZ ACT, PALE, UNRESP. POST ICTAL. DX SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2009Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT PUT UP HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS IN YARD, AND "WOODEN TOMB STONE" FELL O N LEG, LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2009Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Seasonal decorations, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
HANGING DECORATIONS ON PORCH, FELL INJURY & PAIN LOWER BACK. DX: FALL, LS INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations
RAN HAND ALONG A CORN STALK CAUSING LAC TO R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2009Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Seasonal decorations
LOCAL REACTION TO INSECT STING: WAS HANGING DECORATIONS, STUNG BY INSECT DORSUM OF HAND, STILL ITCHING, MORE SWOLLEN & RED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2009Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations, Fences or fence posts
PT WAS PUTTING DECORATION OUT ON A FENCE POST/ LAC TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Seasonal decorations
STEPPED ON A GLASS ORNAMENT, AT HOME, THE GLASS BROKE, GLASS IN FOOT DX: FB IN FOOT, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2009Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT WAS HANGING HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS IN YARD WHEN SHE SLIPPED AND FELL ON WET GRASS. DX. FX LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT HANGING UP HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS AND GOT SOMETHING IN (L) EYE, PAIN & VISUAL CHANGES DX;# NONE STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2009Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Seasonal decorations
ACUTE ON CHRONIC BACK PAIN: C/O LOW BACK PAIN, FUSION DONE (2) MONTHS AGO, HELPING MOM DECORATE FOR HALLOWEEN, OVEREXERTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT TRYING TO PUT A SPIDER MAN EASTER BASKET ON HIS HEAD, WOULD NOT FIT. PT PULLED BASKET. NOW HAS PAIN IN NECK. DX NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2009Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Seasonal decorations
FOOT CELLULITIS-STEPPED ON A DECORATION-@ HOME-AREA BECAME INFECTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2009Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Seasonal decorations, Wagons
PATIENT SWALLOWED 2-3 METALLIC STARS OFF DECORATIONS HE TOOK OFF HIS WA GON IN PARADE, MOM PULLED 2 OUT, TURNED RED, GAGGING; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Seasonal decorations
2YOF, CHILD PLACED SEA SHELL UP NOSE, FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations
3 YOM WAS SITTING ON DECORATIVE TISSUE HOLDER LACERATION BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2009Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT WAS AT HOME, TRIPPED OVER A CONCRETE TURTLE IN THE LAWN CAUSIGN A FX TO SACRUM AND LT FOOT PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Seasonal decorations
53YOF WAS HOME PUTTING AWAY EASTER DECORATIONS DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN;BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT WAS RUNNING AROUND NAKED WHEN FELL AND LANDED ON THE HANDLE OF AND EASTER BASKET, INJURING PERINEUM. DX: LAC TO URINARY MEATUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2009Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LIP AFTER CUTTING IT ON PLASTIC EASTER EGG. DX LACERATION LEFT LOWER LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT WAS HANGING DECORATIONS AT A CHURCH FOR EASTER ALL DAY LONG A ND DEVELOPED PAIN IN UPPER BACK AND NECK STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Seasonal decorations
FB FROM FOAM BERRY DECORATION IN LEFT NOSTRIL DX NASAL FB REMOVE D **************
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2009Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Seasonal decorations, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
PT SPRAINED A KNEE WHILE REMOVING DECORATIONS FROM A WINDOW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Seasonal decorations
PT WAS AT HOME, FELL HITTING A LAWN ORNAMENT CAUSING A LACERATION TO FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2009Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Seasonal decorations, Benches
PT STANDING ON A BENCH PUTTING UP SOME DECORATIONS FOR A PARTY AND MIS SED STEP AND FELL STRAINED FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2009Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Seasonal decorations
LOW BACK PAIN LIFTING CHRISTMAS DECORACTIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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