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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,401
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/08/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| 45 YOM PT FELL OFF THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS . RIB FX, SCAPULA FX, PNEUMOTHORAX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2010 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Ladders |
| 41 YOM FELL OFF LADDER HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX: FX L 6TH RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2010 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| 38YOM FELL OFF ROOF WHILE TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS BACK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2009 | Age: 64 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: Electric Christmas decorations, Christmas tree lights |
| DX CHEST WALL PAIN: 64YOF 4D L CHEST PN & L ARM PN CONSTANT. OCCUR SPONTANEOUSLY SINCE SET'G UP X-MAS ORNAMENTS/LIGHTS 5D AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Ladders |
| RIB FX;SHOULD CONT/40YOM WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL APPRO X 15 FEET FROM LADDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2009 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| PT FELL 2 STORIES WHILE INSTALLING XMAS LIGHTS. DX: RIBS 1,7 FX, T2,3,4,6,11,L1 FX, STERNUM FX, PARASPINAL HEMATOMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/09/2009 | Age: 57 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: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Ladders |
| BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA R/O RIB FX OR PNEUMOTHORAX:HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS FELL 4 FT ONTO LADDER, CHEST STRUCK LADDER WHEN FELL, CHEST & RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Ladders |
| 65YOM FELL OFF A LADDER WHILE HANGING SANTA CHRISTMAS LIGHT APPROX 8 FT . C/O ROGHT SIDED CHEST AND BACK PAIN.DX: MULT.FACIAL FXS,MULT.RIB FXS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/11/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| PT FELL OFF ROOF WHILE PUTTING UP XMAS LIGHTS. DX: PULMONARY CONT, MULT RIB FX'S, ULNAR FX, MULT ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/31/2008 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| PATIENT TRIPPED & FELL LAST MONDAY AT HOME WHILE FIXING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS INJURING RT SIDED RIBS. DX-RIB CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 63 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: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| FX SPINE- FELL ROOF FIXING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| FELL PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, RIB PAIN DX: CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Poles |
| DX UPPER BACK STRAIN: FOR 3D, GRADUAL ONSET, STRIN'G UP HIS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS-FLAGPOLE W FALL'G OVER & HE HAD TO CATCH IT, PAIN START THAT EVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2008 | Age: 47 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: Electric Christmas decorations, Containers |
| CHEST PAIN: STARTED HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, MOVING HEAVY BOXES, CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| PT WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND EXPERIENCED SEVERE CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/27/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| HANGING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND FELL AT HOME. DX CHEST WALL SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2008 | Age: 47 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: Electric Christmas decorations |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL 20 FT OFF ROOF WHILE PUTTING UP XMAS LIGHTS. DX: CHEST CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| PT SUSTAINED CHEST PAIN AFTER FALLING (15 DAYS AGO) WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2007 | Age: 54 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: Electric Christmas decorations, Mountain climbing |
| PT WITH SIDE CHEST PAIN SINCE REACHING FOR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ONE WEEK AG O. INJURED SAME AREA WHEN ROCK CLIMBING IN OCT. D:CHEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2006 | Age: 42 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: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Chairs |
| PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS A WEEK AGO, AND FELL HITTING CHAIR, ON LEFT SIDE, RECIEVING RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, Ladders |
| 54 YOM ON LADDER REMOVING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS STRAINED UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2006 | Age: 66 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: Electric Christmas decorations, Tables |
| FALL: L 8TH RIB FX: PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AT HOME, GOT DIZZY, FELL BACK , HITTING L RIBS ON COFFEE TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2006 | Age: 34 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: Electric Christmas decorations, House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL FROM ROOF AND LANDED ON BACK, CONTUSION TO UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2005 | Age: 39 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: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| PT HAD 15-20 FOOT FALL OUT OF TREE & HIT BUSHES. WAS TRYING TO GET DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AT THE TIME. D: RIB FXS, CONTUSIONS, PELVIC MASS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2004 | Age: 72 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: Electric Christmas decorations |
| UPPER BACK PAIN, DID ALOT OF STRETCHING PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS DX: MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2004 | Age: 36 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: Electric Christmas decorations |
| 36 YO FELL HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2003 | Age: 39 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: Electric Christmas decorations, Christmas decorations |
| PT. DECORATING HER CHRISTMAS TREE AND FELL. DX. BLUNTCHEST TRAUMA, FX. RIBS 9 AND 10. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations, House repair or construction materials |
| HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, FELL BACKWARDS FROM ROOF, BRIEF LOC, LBP DX: FX RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/25/2001 | Age: 32 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: Electric Christmas decorations, Step stools |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2001 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2000 | Age: 68 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: Electric Christmas decorations |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2000 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Electric Christmas decorations |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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