Accidents - Lighting equipment - 6-15 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,395
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	269	Head:	219
Finger:	190	Face:	136
Foot:	81	Mouth:	75
Lower Trunk:	71	Lower Leg:	69
Upper Leg:	69	Shoulder:	69
Lower Arm:	39	Ankle:	39
Knee:	22	Wrist:	16
Eyeball:	16	All Of Body:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT CUT LT THUMB ON A GLASS GLOBE YEST WITH BLEEDING, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT SLIPPED WHILE RUNNING AND RT FOOT HIT A LAMP SUSTAINED LACERATION TO RT ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
CUT HAND ON BROKEN LAMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lighting equipment
PT TRIPPED OVER LIGHTING, FOLLOW UP W/ DR IN 5 DAYS; ANKLE FRACTURE, ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON BROKEN LAMP GLASS - CUT WILL NOT STOP BLEEDING - 1 CM CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
TRIPPED AND FELL BACK ONTO FLOOR LAMP. DX. MINOR HEAD TRAUMA, 1.5 CM SC ALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2003	Age: 10 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
CUT FORARM ON LAMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	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, Light bulbs
PT C/O IT HEAD ON THE CHANDELIER AND BROKE LIGHT BULB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
PT SUS CONTUSION TO EYE BY A LIGHT FICTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2003	Age: 13 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: Lighting equipment, Outerwear
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS HAND FROM LIGHTING EQUIPMENT WHILE PUT TING ON HIS COAT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
KICKED A GLASS LAMP, LAC TO TOP OF RIGHT FOOT, NO OTHER INJURY; FOOT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	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
CEILING LIGHT FELL ON HEAD DX: LAC TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LIGHT FIXTURE FELL DX. KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment, Ceilings and walls
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LT WRIST AFTER LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM CEILING THIS PM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
DX LEFT ANKLE LACERATION: PICKED UP BY BROTHER, ANKLE HIT LIGHT FIXTURE AND CUT ANKLE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LIGHT FIXTURE FELL AND HIT PT. DX: 1.3 CM R SHOULDER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Lighting equipment
PT FELL ONTO FOOT WHEN JUMPING UP TO TURN OFF A LIGHT A HOME. D: CUBOID FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ONTO PT. DX: L SHOULDER LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 11 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
LACERATION FOREHEAD - PATIENT LACERATED FOREHEAD ON GLASS GLOBE FROM LI GHT - 2.5 CM LACERATION - AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2003	Age: 13 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
GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE IN APARTMENT FELL HITTING PATIENT ON HEAD; SCALP LA C.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
DX RIGHT ARM LACERATION: LIGHT FIXTURE BROKE, CUT ARM AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT DROPPED GLASS GLOBE FROM LIGHT ON TOP OF RT FOOT WHICH BROKE, LACER ATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT FELL ONTO A BROKEN LIGHT FIXTURE AND INJURED KNEE. DX KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT HAD OVERHEAD LIGHT FALL ON HEAD AND HAND, ABRASION TO SCALP, LACERAT ION L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2003	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: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment, Light bulbs
0.5 CM LACERATION OF SCALP, PLAYING WITH LIGHT FIXTURE, BULB CAME DOWN HIT TOP OF HEAD CAUSING INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2003	Age: 13 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 LACERATED HAND ON BROKEN GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE. D: HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
CUT BY GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE/ FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2003	Age: 14 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: Lighting equipment
CUT ON GLASS LAMP SHADE - LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT SUST LACERATION TO HAND ON LAMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PATIENT FELL ON PEICE OF BROKEN GLASS OF A LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME. DX: LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT CUT LEG ON BROKEN LAMP. DX LAC L THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
1 CM LACERATION LOWER LIP, REPAIRED. CUT ON GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
CUT LIP WHEN LIGHTING FIXTURE FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LAC TO ARM WHEN LIGHT GLOBE FELL AND STRUCK ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
FINGER LAC BY GLASS FIXTURE LAC L FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	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, Beds or bedframes
8-YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HER LOWER BACK AS A RESULT OF A LIGHT B REAKING WHILE JUMPING ON THE BED AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	Age: 12 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, Pillows
PT FANNING SMOKE DETECTOR WITH PILLOW WHEN SHE HIT LIGHT FIXTURE WHICH FELL AND HIT HEAD. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Lighting equipment
PT WAS BURNED ON LAMP IN *** ON 12/31. DX: SECOND DEG BURNS R 2/3 DIGITS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Lighting equipment
PATIENT WAS PLUGGING IN A LIGHT AND RECEIVED A SHOCK NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN HANDS/FEET. DX. ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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