Accidents - Christmas decorations - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,147
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	153
Year 1998:	85
Year 2001:	50
Year 2002:	84
Year 2003:	131
Year 2004:	29
Year 2005:	210
Year 2006:	154
Year 2007:	148
Year 2008:	443
Year 2009:	233
Year 2010:	421

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	15
6-15 years old:	76
16-25 years old:	140
26-50 years old:	856
50+ years old:	1,058

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/25/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Asian
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
51YOF DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT HOME ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
14YOF HAS CHEST PAIN AFTER MOVING HEAVY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2010	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
37YO WHITE FEMALE THINKS OVER DID IT PUTTING UP XMAS DECORATIONS C/O BACK PAIN, UPPER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2010	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
72YOF HAS CHEST PAIN AFTER LIFTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2010	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations
85YOF HAS BACK STRAIN AFTER PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2010	Age: 34 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 decorations, Stepladders
34YOWM PT WAS HANGING ORNAMENTS ON CHRISTMAS TREE, FELL ABOUT 4 FEET O FF STEPLADDER, LANDED ON BACK. DX. STRAIN THORACIC, CONT BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2010	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
75YFC REMOVING A CHRISTMAS ORNANMENT FELL HITTING BREAST/CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations
60 YO M WAS PLACING A *** CHRISTMAS DECORATION ON ROOF WHEN FELL OFF RO OF ONTO GROUND. DX:RIB FXS, L3 TVP FX, CONTUSIONS, LIVER ABNORM
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 12/16/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
PT STARTED HAVING CHEST PAINS WHILE DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/12/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
PT WAS INJURED GETTING XMAS TREE HOLDER FROM ATTIC. DX: CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations, Chairs
PT REPORTS WAS HELPING A FAMILY MEMBER PUT UP SOME DECORATIONS IN THE HOUSE AND SLIPPED AND FELL OFF OF CHAIR. DX. FALL, FX R 5TH R RIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations
84 YOM FELL WHILE TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FRACTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
BACK PAIN: CARRYING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ONE HOUR AGO, MID-LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
56 Y/O FELL TRYING TO HAND CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT AT HOME, STRUCK LEFT SIDE ON CORNER OF SOFA. DX-CHEST WALL CONTUSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS UP IN THE ATTIC AND FELL THROUGH THE CEILING AS HE WAS RETREIVI NG HIS CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS SUSTAINED FRACTURED UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/05/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
CHEST CT-FELL IN GARAGE WHILE GETTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations, Ladders
PT PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND FELL OFF AN 8 FOOT LADDER FRACT URED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/20/2008	Age: 46 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 decorations
THORACIC STRAIN-WHILE DECORATING CHRISTMAS TREES ALL DAY-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	Age: 33 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 decorations
PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS HAS PAIN TO UPPER BACK DX- STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations, Ceilings and walls
WAS TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ON FRIDAY AND FELL LANDED ON GROUND AFTER HITTING A BRICK WALL. DX RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	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 decorations, Ladders
L THORACOLUMBAR STRAIN:YEST. TAKING STAR OFF CHRISTMAS TREE, WAS ON A LADDER, STARTED TO LOSE BALANCE, TWISTED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 22 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 decorations
PUTTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS UP, HURT BACK @ HOME DX THORACIC BACK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2007	Age: 27 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 decorations, Containers
PT.INJ.BACK AT HOME WHEN PUTING BOXES OF CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AWAY & TWISTED WHEN BOX FELL. DX; THORACIC BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2007	Age: 42 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 decorations, Containers
NECK AND BACK PAIN AFTER PULLING BOX OF ORNAMENTS DOWN DX; BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2007	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
TRIPPED ON CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND STRUCK RIBS RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2006	Age: 59 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 decorations
PT PUTTING AWAY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND FELT A PULL IN CHEST STRAINE D CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 27 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 decorations
PT WAS RETRIEVING CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTTS OUT OF HER ATTIC AND STRAINED U PPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2006	Age: 52 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 decorations, Containers
LIFTING BOXES OF CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT HOME AND DEVELOPED RIB PAIN C HEST WALL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
PT WRAPPING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS /W SUDDEN CHEST PX DX: CHEST PX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/11/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
PT FELL ONTO A BOX OF CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS AN DINJURED UPPER TRUNK.DX UP EPR TRUNK CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
HANGING CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS ON HER OUTDOOR PINES AND SLIPPED AND STRUCK CHEST ON A GAS METER RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2005	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
PT C/O CHEST PAIN, ARM PAIN WHILE DOING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT APT. DX: CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/05/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations, Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS DECORATION. " CHEST WALL/FINGER CONTS/ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
CHEST PAIN - 42 YOM C/O CHEST PAIN AFTER PULLING OUT CHRISTMAS DECORATI ONS THIS MORNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2005	Age: 4 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: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
DX: ASTHMA PATIENT "TRIGGERED" AS SHE POSSIBLY SWALLOWED PART OF A CHRI STMAS ORNAMENT. SLIGHT WEEZING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations, Pipes
PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WHEN A STEEL PIPE HIT HER IN THE CHEST. DX-CONTUSION BREAST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2005	Age: 58 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 decorations
BACK PAIN 3 DAYS AGO MOVING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCI AL STRAIN, DORSAL LUMBAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2005	Age: 75 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: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
PT WAS TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATION , TWISTED AND BACK POPED DX BA CK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/14/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
PT WAS PUTTING UP XMAS DECORATIONS AND HAD CHEST PX. DX: CHEST PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2003	Age: 79 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: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
CHEST PAIN R/O MI, PUTTING DOWN, PACKING AWAY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WENT FOR A WALK, WENT TO BED AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 26 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 decorations
HURT BACK LIFTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. DX THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2002	Age: 27 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: Other
Product: Christmas decorations, Tables
ALLERGIC REACTION TO PINE CHRISTMAS DECORATION-ON THE TABLE-AT FRIEND'S HOUSE-DEVELOPED CHEST TIGHTNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations, Containers
24 YOFC WAS TAKING OUT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OUT OF DUSTY BOXES IN BASE MENT & HAD CHEST PAIN, SOB/ASTHMA ATTACK, REACTS TO DUST & MOLD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2001	Age: 51 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2001	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2001	Age: 30 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: Other
Product: Christmas decorations, Chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/1998	Age: 33 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 decorations
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/1998	Age: 59 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/1997	Age: 78 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Christmas decorations
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/02/1997	Age: 55 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 decorations, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/1997	Age: 52 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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