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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,180
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| GREAT TOE TRAUMA LAMP FELL ON PT'S FT 4 DAYS AGO (RIGHT TOE) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment, Light bulbs |
| HIT HEAD AND FACE ON LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME AT 1145, GLASS GLOBE ON LIGH T BROKE AND CUT LEFT SCALP. DX LACERATION OF SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| PT IN APARTMENT BUILDING LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| PT HIT IN HEAD W LIGHT FIXTURE IN APARTMENT BUILDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| FX (L) FOREARM, VIA EMS, PT TRIPPED OVER A LAMP CORD AT HOME, C/O PAIN, ECCHYMOSIS & TENDERNESS, NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2002 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment, Tables |
| FELL WHILE TURNING OFF LIGHTSWITCH AND STRUCK FACE ON TABLE 1 HR PTA-D- X-ACUTE FACIAL CONTUSION, MINOR HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| PUTTING UP LIGHT FIXTURE PEICE FELL HIT IN HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| FOREHEAD LACERATION - 26 YOM WAS UNCREWING A LIGHT FIXTURE WHICH FELL O NTO HIS FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL OVER ON R HAND...LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2002 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| CHI WHEN LIGHT FIXTURE FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| CUT HAND ON LIGHT SWITCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| LAC (R) EYEBROW, PT SUST INJURY WITH A LIGHT HANDLE AT HOME, C/O PAIN, NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| HURT EYES WITH UV LIGHT DX: BURN TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| F.B. (L) EYEBALL, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH WHITE DUST FROM A BROKEN FLOURESCENT LIGHT AT HOME, C/O PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment, Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| IN BASEMENT @ H OME @ FUEL OIL TANKS, HOLDING ELECTRIC LIGHT, STANDING ON DRY CONCRETE FLOOR, FELT SHOCK THEN HEARD THUNDER. LIGHTNING VICTIM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment, Ladders |
| SLIPPED ON A LADDER, LACERATED LEFT THUMB AND RIGHT PALM ON LIGHT FIXTU RE. DX: LACERATION, LEFT THUMB AND RIGHT PALM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2002 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| 85 Y.O. W MALE W/FX HIP. PT WAS REACHING ABOVE HIS HEAD TO TURN OFF A L IGHT SWITCH & FELL @ HOME. PT ADM. E8889 |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/13/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD, HAS HEADACHE. DX: CONTUSION, BACK OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| PT.C/O RT.FOOT PAIN SUSTAIN WHEN DROPPED LAMP ON FOOTDX-CONTUSION RT.FO OT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE DID YO-YO EFFECT HITTING PT IN BACK OF HEAD.DX SCAL P LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| PT CUT FINGER ON A LAMP, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN STUCK FINGER IN LIGHT SOCKET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| WALKED INTO A LIGHT DX. FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| CUT RIGHT HAND ON GLASS, PLASTIC LIGHT COVERING. RIGHT THUMB FLAP LACE RATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| CUT LOWER LEG ON LAMP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| 37 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME WHEN HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN THE TRACK FOR TRACK LIGHTING FX HIS 4TH RT METACARPAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| STEPPED ON GLASS FROM BROKEN LAMP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| TRAUMA (R) EYELID, PT PUSHED BY A FRIEND INTO A LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| HEAD LACERATION - HAD PART OF LIGHTING FIXTURE FALL STRIKING HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment, Elevators or other lifts |
| LIGHT FELL FROM ELEVATOR CEILING, NOW WITH SOMETHING IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment, Ball sports |
| PATIENT FELL BREAKING A LAMP WHILE THROWING A BALL IN THE HOUSE. DX-LACERATION LIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| PATIENT CUT HAND ON METAL PIECE OF SHOP LIGHT AT HOME; HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN WORKING ON ELECTRICAL LIGHT AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2002 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric lighting equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| LOW BACK COMPRESSION FX/82YOWM TRYING TO PLUG IN LAMP & SLIPPED TO FLOOR AND NOW C/O LOWER BACK PAIN. HAPPENED AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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