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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 237
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT REACHING FOR A LIGHTBULB AND STRAINED CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| FELL WHILE CHANGING A HIGH LIGHT BULB. DX THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2008 | Age: 28 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: Light bulbs, Ladders |
| CONTUSION TO RIGHT CHEST AND ABDOMEN, HIP, AND RIBS - CHANGING A LIGHT BULB IN GARAGE WHEN SHE FELL FROM EIGHT FOOT LADDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs, Chairs |
| PT FELL STANDING ON CHAIR CHANGING LIGHT BULB C/O RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/29/2008 | Age: 30 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: Light bulbs, Beds or bedframes |
| 30YOF WAS STANDING ON HER BED CHANGING A LIGHT BULB,SLIPPED OFF, FALLING STRIKING BACK;BACK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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