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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 669
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2002 | Age: 12 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 chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL OFF CEILING AND CUT LIP. DX. 4 CM L SIDED UPPER AND LOWER LIP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| NOSE LAC-HIT BY A FALLING CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE-AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| HANGING CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE GLOBE FELL DX. NOSE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| HIT FINGER ON BROKEN CHANDELIER DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 7 Y.O. B FEMALE W/LAC TO FOREHEAD. MOM STS A LIGHT GLOBE BROKE & FELL O NTO PT @ HOME. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| HANGING LIGHT FIXTURE FELL DX. FOREHEAD CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ball sports |
| PATIENT HIT ON HEAD WHEN CHANDELIER FELL AFTER A BALL HIT CHANDELIER AT HOME; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| CUT LEFT RING FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS FROM PORCH LIGHT. DX FINGER LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 15 YOWM LACERATED FOREHEAD AFTER A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HIM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT WAS LYING ON FLOOR DOING SIT-UYPS WHEN THE GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE FELL AND HIT HIS THUMB, LACERATING HIS THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| TAKING A GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE DOWN CUT FINGERLACERATION LEFT 4TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| GLOBE FROM HANGING LIGHT FELL ONTO RIGHT ARM, CUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls |
| PT CUT ON RIGHT LOWER LEG ON A BROKEN LIGHT FIXTURE WHEN IT WAS KNO.CK ED OFF THE CEILING. D: LACERATION RIGHT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT HIT ON HEAD 2 DAYS AGO WHEN GLOBE FELL FROM CELING, ALSO HIT HE AD ON STAIRS, PASSED OUT AT SCHOOL TODAY; SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 9 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 chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN LIGHT FIXTURE FELL AND STRUCK HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ball sports |
| DX RIGHT TOE AND THUMB LACERATION: BOUNCING BALL IN HOME, HIT LIGHT CO VER ON CEILING, IT BROKE AND PIECES OF IT CUT PT'S TOE AND THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| GLASS LIGHT COVER FELL & SHATTERED FACIAL & ARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2002 | Age: 12 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 12 YOM HIT LIGHT GLOBE W/ STICK GLOBE BROKE GLASS STRUCK HEAD LAC HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2002 | Age: 12 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 chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| HEAD TRAUMA, VIA EMS, PT SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME, C/O PAIN, NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2002 | Age: 15 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 chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Recording tapes |
| PLAYING VIDEOS AND GOT EXCITED SWINGING HANDS UP AND HIT LIGHT FIXTURE LAC HAND ON IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT LAC LT WRIST ON BROKEN GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME, LAC LT WRIS T |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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