Accidents - Lighting equipment - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,719
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	240
6-15 years old:	186
16-25 years old:	531
26-50 years old:	398
50+ years old:	362

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	284	Lower Arm:	198
Lower Trunk:	193	Face:	186
Eyeball:	179	Head:	118
Wrist:	89	Elbow:	81
Upper Trunk:	73	Internal:	59
Toe:	48	Shoulder:	45
Ankle:	45	All Of Body:	43
Finger:	36	Unkown:	29
Mouth:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lighting equipment, Stairs or steps
64 YOF GOT UP TO TURN LIGHTS OFF AND FELL DOWN FULL FLIGHT OF STAIRS SU STAINING A FRACTURED CLAVICLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
ALUMINUM YARD LIGHT FELL ON HER HEAD;DX LACERATED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment
CHI-HIT A CAST IRON LAMP-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
REACHING TO TURN ON LIGHT AND FELL. DX PELVIS CONTUSION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment, Ceilings and walls
WENT TO SHUT OFF LITE AND WALKED INTO WALL LAC FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Lighting equipment
S/P EXPOSURE TO UV LIGHT 2 HRS AGO. PT STATES HE HAS A FOREIGN BODY SE NSATION IN EYE. RADIATION KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2008	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: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
GLASS FIXTURE FELL ONTO HEAD AND BROKE ABRADING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN HANGING WALLPAPER WHEN TAKING A LIGHT DO WN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT RAN INTO CORNER OF LAMP AT HOME, LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lighting equipment
ANKLE STR. PT TWISTED ANKLE WHEN REACHING UP TO TURN ON LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
CUT HAND WITH LAMP;DX LACERATED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Lighting equipment
PT WAS SHOCKED WHILE TRYING TO PLUG IN A NIGHTLIGHT DX: ELCECTRICAL BURN RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
RIGHT HAND INJURY FROM HITTING LIGHT. DX-LACERATION,CONTUSION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
PATIENT WAS WALKING INTO A BATHROOM AT NIGHT, TRIED TO FLIP THE LIGHT ON, TRIPPED AND FELL BACK LANDING ON LT ELBOW. DX-LEFT ELBOW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Lighting equipment
PT SWALLOWED A FEW FIBEROPTICS STRANDS FROM A LIGHT DX: FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
ACCIDENTALLY CUT WRIST/HAND ON/WHILE ADJUSTING A CERAMIC LIGHT, ?MECH >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PLASTIC LAMP FELL;DX LACERATED FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment, Ball sports
PT WAS KICKING A BALL IN THE ROOM AND BROKE A LIGHT ; LIGHT FELL ONTO PT ; CUT LEFT HAND. D: LEFT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lighting equipment
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL WHILE TRYING TO TURN OFF A LIGHT. DX: L DISTAL RADIUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lighting equipment
PT STOOD UP TO TURN ON LIGHT, ONSET OF LBP, LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 17 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: Lighting equipment
PT C/O BACK PAIN AND CHEST PAIN. INCRESES IN SEVERITY WITH INSPIRATION . FELT PAIN START INSTALLING LIGHT, MUSCLE STRAIN CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 2 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
REPORTEDLY, TRIPPED&FELL HITTING FOREHEAD AGAINST A LAMP >> CLOSED HEAD INJUREY/FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lighting equipment
FB TO HAND. PT WAS WALKING DOWN HALLWAY AND JUMPED UP STRIKING A LIGHT FIXTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 2 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, Tables
PATIENT PULLED GLASS LIGHT OR 5# GLASS BLOCK OFF TABLE ONTO HIS HEAD AT HOME; CLOSED HEAD INJURY, EYELID LAC., PARTIAL TRISOMY 21 DOWN SYNDROME
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
CUT TO ARM ON GLASS FROM BROKEN LAMP DX: ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lighting equipment
27 YO FELL FROM LIGHT POLE INJURED ANKLE FX ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PLAYING IN THE ROOM WITH SISTER&ACCIDENTALLY HIT FACE ON THE BOTTOM OF GLASS LIGHT CEILING FIXTURE>>LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Lighting equipment
RT SHOULDER DISLOCATION.PT REACHED ARM BACKWARDS TO TURN OFF A LIGHT AN D FELT A POP IN SHOULODER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT CUT ARM ON BLACK LIGHT AT HOME DX// LEFT FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Lighting equipment
LAMP FELL AND HIT FACE;DX DENTAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LAC TO HAND, GLASS FELL FROM CEILING WHEN TRYING TO FIX FIXTURE, GLASS STABBED HIM IN HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
FELL INTO LAMP AND LAC BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment, Garage doors
PTA PT IN GARAGE,LIGHT WENT OUT AND PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR . DX. LAC L EYEBROW W/BRUISING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT'S FATHER STATES PT STEPPED ON ACCENT LIGHTING APPROX 11:30 TODAY. L AC UNDERNEATH R MIDDLE TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Lighting equipment
TOUCHED LIGHT SOCKET;DX ELECTRICAL BURN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT INJURED RT ELBOW AFTER CUTTING IT ON A BUILDING LIGHT AT SCHOOL. DX: RT ELBOW LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
HIT ELBOW ON LAMP;DX LACERATED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lighting equipment, Floors or flooring materials
PT REACHED TO TURN OFF LIGHT AND FELL TO FLOOR. DX: SYMPTOMATIC ANEMIA, LARGE RETROPERITONEAL MASS, PUBIC RAMUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/08/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT SUS LACERATION TO FINGER AFTER LIFTING HAND AND HITTING LIGHT FIXTURE%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Lighting equipment
REACHING OVERHEAD TO SWITCH ON LIGHT AND DISLOCATED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Lighting equipment
PT WITH KERATITIS TO EYES FROM EXPOSURE TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lighting equipment
PT WITH NO INJURIES FROM EXPOSURE TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lighting equipment
PT WATCHING STROBE LIGHT DEVELOPED SEIZURE AT FRIENDS HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lighting equipment
PT WITH NO INJURIES AFTER EXPOSURE TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Lighting equipment
PT WITH SUPERFICIAL INJ TO EYES FROM EXPOSURE TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT CUT HAND ON A LAMP SHADE, LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lighting equipment, Stairs or steps
67YOF WAS HOME HAD BEEN WATCHING TELEVISION,TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS, TRIPPED DOWN FOUR STEPS,FELL INJURED WRIST;WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
21 YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO NOSE WHEN A LIGHT ABOVE HIM SHATTERED AND GLASS FELL INTO HIS FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
GLASS LAMP GOT PUSHED OVER AND HIT PT ON TEMPORAL AREA. NO LOC. D: LACE RATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
PT RAN INTO A LOW HANGING LIGHT DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT FELL AND LACERATED FOREARM ON A BROKEN BLACK L IGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
RIGHT EYE CORN ABR. PT DROPPED A BOOK LIGHT ONTO EYE WHEN READING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
DX L HAND LAC: RUBBED BACK OF HAND AGAINST LIGHTING FIXTURE CONTAINING BROKEN GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Lighting equipment
REACHING FOR A LIGHT, FELL LANDING ONTO T'D ANKLE >> SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment, Other ranges or ovens
2 CM LACERATION FOREHEAD REPAIRED: WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT HE TRIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON STOVE, LACERATION ABOVE BRIDGE OF NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FROM NH, GOT UP TO BATHROOM W/O TURNING LIGHT ON, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON DRESSER. DX. CONT FACE, SKIN TEAR L ARM, L HAND TEARS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
BROKE A ***/PLASTIC LIGHT COVER C HAND >> LAC >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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