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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 941
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK ON LIGHT FIXTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PT'S HEAD, SUSTAINED" CERVICAL STRAIN"+" CLOSED HEAD INJURY'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON TOP OF HEAD BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT HIT HEAD ON LIGHT FIXTURE; LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| CHI, PT FELL BACKWARDS WHEN TURNING LIGHT OFF HITTING HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| HEAD PAIN. PT INJURED HEAD WHEN HITTING IT ON A LIGHT FIXTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN LIGHT FELL ON HIS HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PATIENT HIT HEAD ON LIGHT OR PLUG AT GRANDMA'SHOUSE; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH A PLASTIC COVER FROM LIGHT FIXTURE, HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| GOT HIT IN HEAD WITH FALLING LAMP DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| STATES A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL AND CUT HIS HEAD DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2004 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT HAD GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE FALL ONTO LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD. CRIED IMMEDIATELY. SLEEPY. DX. CLOSED HEAD INJURY; ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT HIT LIGHT FIXTURE WHILE WALKING, LACERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| HEAD INJURY LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2004 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT STATES THAT METAL PORTION FROM LIGHT FIXTURE HIT BROW. D: CLOSED HEA D INJURY, LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| CHILD PULLED HEAVY GLASS LAMP DOWN ONTO HEAD. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, HE AD LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| CUT HEAD WHEN LAMP FELL OVER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2004 | Age: 39 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: Lighting equipment |
| CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK BY A LIGHT FIXTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment, Light bulbs |
| HEAD LAC, VIA EMS, FATHER STS PT SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING GLASS COVER LIGHT BULB, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, HX OF ASTHMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2004 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT WITH GLASS GLOBE FALLING HITTING PT ON TOP OF HEAD, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| HEAD CONTUSION-C/O HEADACHE AFTER PART OF A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PATIE NT'S HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT SUSTAINED SCALP LACERATION FROM LIGHT FIXTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2004 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| SCALP LACERATUION.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT WITH BATHROOM LIGHT FIXTURE FALLING ON HEAD @HOTEL WHILE ON SCHOOL T RIP, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment, Light bulbs |
| CUT SCALP WHEN CHANGING LIGHTBULB AND LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2004 | Age: 75 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: Lighting equipment |
| HEAD CONTUSION, VIA EMS, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING LIGHT FIXTUR E, C/O PAIN, DIZZINESS, NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2004 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT FELL HITTING BACK OF HEAD ON LAMP BASE, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT. STATES LIGHT FELL AND STRUCK PT OVER L SCALP AT SCHOOL (ELON). DX CONT HEAD SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| LIGHTING FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD - SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lighting equipment, Skating |
| CHILD ON SKATES ACCIDENTALLY PULLED DOWN LAVA LAMP WHICH FELL ON HEAD. D: SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2004 | Age: 33 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: Lighting equipment |
| CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK ON LIGHT FIXTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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