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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 845
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT. WAS LOOKING UP IN THE AIR AT A STROBE LIGHT & SHE RAN INTO ANOTHER CHILD'S HEAD WITH HER NOSE. DX: NASAL BRIDGE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2004 | Age: 11 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 |
| STATES LIGHT FIXER FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT C/O AN ALUMINIUM LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PATIENT'S HEAD AT SCHOOL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2004 | Age: 12 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 |
| WAS PLAYING WITH A SWING LIGHT FIXTURE WHEN IT SWUNG BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE. LACERATION TO LEFT EYE WITH REPAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2004 | Age: 10 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 |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD DX. SCALP ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2004 | Age: 10 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| L FOREHEAD LAC/10YOM WAS HIT BY A FALLING GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME. MOTHER WANTS HIM CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO GLASS IN WOUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2004 | Age: 7 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 chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| FACE LAC-HIT BY A FALLING LIGHT FIXTURE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2004 | Age: 13 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| STATES A LIGHT FIXTURE SHATTERED AND A PIECE OF GLASS FLEW AND CUT EYEB ROW DX RT EYEBROW LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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, Ceilings and walls |
| LIGHT FELL FROM CEILING AND HIT PT. DX: 3.5 CM R FOREARM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PATIENT WAS HAVING LEFT HAND PAIN, A CHANDELIER COVER FELL ON HIS HAND, DX-LEFT HAND ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2004 | 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: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LAC RT FOOT - LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON FOOT WHEN SHOWERING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2004 | Age: 13 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 chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| FRIEND BROKE CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE DX. SCALP ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| FOOT ABS-STEPPED ON A BROKEN LIGHT FIXTURE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON LT LOWER LEG. LAC LT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2004 | Age: 6 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, Ball sports |
| WAS PLAYING WITH BALL AND IT HIT LIGHT GLOBE SHATTERED AND CUT HEAD DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2004 | Age: 6 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, Bunk beds |
| JUMPED OFF BUNK BED, HIT CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE DX. SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2004 | Age: 7 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 |
| PT C/O LAC TO BACK OF HEAD. A PIECE OF GLASS FELL FROM CEILING LIGHTING FELL. DX 3CM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| PT C/O LACERATION R FACE WITH LIGHT FIXTURE, STRUCK IN CHEEK. BLEEDING CONTROLLED. DX: LACERATION FACE 4CM SIMPLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2004 | Age: 6 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 |
| CUT FACE ON A PEICE OF GLASS FROM A LIGHT FIXTURELACERATION RIGHT CHEEK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| STEPPED ON LIGHT FIXTURE WHICH HAD BEEN TAKEN DOWN DX. TOE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2004 | Age: 12 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 chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| CUT FACE AND NOSE BROKEN WHEN LIGHT FIXTURE FELL |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 03/06/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Stairs or steps |
| WRIST SPRAIN-FELL WHILE HELPING MOVE A LAMP DOWN STEPS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2004 | Age: 7 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 |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL, BROKE CUT PT HAND. DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Basketball |
| PT WAS THROWING A BASKETBALL IN THE AIR AND HIT LIGHT FIX,BREAKING IT A ND CUTTING HIS NOSE. DX: FACIAL LAC, BRIDGE OF NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | 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 |
| PLASTIC SHEET OVER FLOURESCENT LIGHT FELL AND STRUCK PATIENT ON TOP OF HEAD AND FACE AT SCHOOL, HEADACHE; HEAD INJURY, HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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