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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 523
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2005 | Age: 14 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, Ceilings and walls |
| COVER FOR LIGHT FIXTURE FELL OFF CEILING HITTING PATIENT AT HOME; LIP L AC., CHIN LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2005 | 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 |
| WAS PLAYING WITH BROTHER AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT CHANDELIER WHICH FELL AND CUT HIS HEAD. LACERATION OF HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2005 | 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, Electric lighting equipment |
| PT C/O FINGER LAC. PT WAS SWINGING SHIRT AND HIT A LIGHT FIXTURE BROKE IT AND GLASS HIT PT IN FACE. DX LAC FACE LAC FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| GLASS FROM LIGHT FIXTURE BROKE AND CUT PT ON FOREHEAD. D: NO DX; LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/18/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| GLASS CHANDELIER FELL AND BROKE AT HOME, HIT ON PATIENT'S BICEP; ARM LA C. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2005 | Age: 8 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 HAD A CHANDELIER FALL ONTO HEAD. DX HEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| BROKEN CHANDLIER FELL ON PTS FACE, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN A LIGHT FELL AND STRUCK HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN TOUCHED LIGHT FIXTURE WIRES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT ARTISTIC FELL FROM CHANDLIER CUTTING MIDBACK, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2005 | Age: 6 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 |
| PT "A LAMP FELL FROM CEILING AND HIT HIS FOREHEAD AND LT ARM AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 |
| PATIENT CUT LEFT LOWER LEG ON A LIGHT FIXTURE. DX-LOWER LEG LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 7 YOM HAS LACERATION TO LEFT CALF FROM LIGHTING FIXTURE FALLING ONTO LE G. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK ON LIGHT FIXTURE AT DANCE CLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| OVERHEAD FLOURESCENT LIGHT FIXTURE FELL HITTING PATIENT ON ARM AT NEIGH BOR'S HOUSE; FOREARM/WRIST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 |
| PT'S BF KICKED A LIGHT GLASS FIXTURE OFF THE CEILING THAT BROKE&CUT PT' S F.ARM SUSTAINED" LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT PLAYING IN BASEMENT, FLUORESCENT LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM CEILIN G AND SHATTERED CUTTING PATIENT'S HAND; HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| CHI - 13 YOM WAS STRUCK WHEN A CEILING LIGHT FELL HITTING HIM ON THE HE AD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2005 | Age: 8 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, Baseball |
| SWUNG A BASEBALL BAT HIT LIGHT FIXTURE ON CEILING AND A PIECE OF GLASS FELL ON FOREHEAD DX: FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2005 | Age: 8 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 |
| EYEBROW LACERATION, CHANDELIER FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2005 | 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 |
| ABRA AND HEMATOMA TO HEAD AFTER A GLASS GLOBE FROM A LIGHT FELL ON IT.D X. LAC SCALP, CONT HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL DX. UPPER ARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2005 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | 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 HAD LIGHT FIXTURE FALL ON HEAD; LAC HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HER ANKLE AT SCHOOL LACERATING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Other ball sports |
| PT WITH BALL HITTING LIGHT COVER IN CEILING FALLING HITTING PT ON HEAD WITH GLASS SHATTERED GOING INTO LT EYE C/O BLURRED VISION, FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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