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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 119
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/30/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Ladders |
| PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS & FELL OFF LADDER INJURING LEG ADMITTED TO OR DX: FRACTURED LEFT TIBIA AND FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/29/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Ladders |
| PT FELL FROM LADDER WHILE HANGING X-MAS LIGHTS,DOG RAN INTO LADDER,PT LANDED ON FEET,DX L TIB-FIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/26/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| PT STS OUTSIDE PUTTING X-MAS LIGHTS UP,WHEN PAIN BEGAN ,SOB,COUGH DX CONTUSION IN LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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