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Accidents - Light bulbs - Year 2008 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,836
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Date: 12/27/2008Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
TOUCHED LIGHTBULB. MILD BURN HAND#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2008Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
RT HAND LAC.PT LACERATED HAND WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2008Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
82YOM WHILE HOME WAS CHANGING LIGHT BULB,WHEN IT BROKE CUTTING LT HAND; HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
DX L HAND LAC: BIB FATHER C/O L HAND LAC X 1HR AFTER BUMP'G HAND ON POSS REMNANTS OF BROKEN LIGHT BULG IN BEDROOM @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2008Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
BURNED HAND ON A HOT LIGHTBULB. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2008Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
HISP MALE PUT L PALM DIRECTLY ON A LIGHT BULB, DX L PALM PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
TOUCHED HOT LIGHT BULB AT ***'S THAT WAS SPARKING AND BURNED HAND,TRANS F TO SHRINERS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 11/16/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT CUT RIGHT HAND WHEN LIGHT BULB BROKE IN HAND. D: LACERATION LEFT H AND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2008Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs, Floor lamps or table lamps
PATIENT TOUCHED HOT LIGHT BULB IN LAMP YESTERDAY, TODAY WITH BLISTERS O N HAND/FINGERS; 2ND DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
HAND LAC-CUT ON FLUORSCENT LIGHT BULB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2008Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
17MO OLD GRABBED LIGHTBULB BURN HAND BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2008Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT BURNED HAND ON LIGHTBULB LAST NIGHT, NOW W/LARGE BLISTER; BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2008Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT TOUCHED HOT LIGHT BULB X2 DAYS, NOW W/BURN AND BLISTER TO PALM OF HA ND; BURN TO HAND W/BLISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LACERATION LEFT HAND-SUS A 9CM LAC TO LEFT HAND WHEN HE FELL AND CUT IT ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Other toys
PT TOSSED BALL ONTO LIGHT BULB AND LAC RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A LIGHT BULB & IT BROKE IN HAND AT HOME DX: LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2008Age: 7 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs, Baby walkers or jumpers
IN A WALKER, REARCHED UP FOR A LAMP&GRABBED THE LIT LIGHT BULB BURNING HAND >> BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Light bulbs
PT CHANGING LIGHT BULB - GOT "SHOCKED" HAS BURN ON HAND, FROM, +NV INTA CT. SECOND DEGREE BURN L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2008Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
DX: THERMAL BURN TO R HAND WHEN ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED HOT LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
WHILE CHANGING LIGHT BULB COVERING SHATTERED WHEN SLIPPED OUT OF HAND. DX LACERATION R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2008Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
CHILD TOUCHED HOT LIGHT BULB DX: BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT DX LT HAND LACERATION - S/P DUE TO FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULB WHEN TRYING TO BREAK A FALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LAC HAND ON A LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
R HAND LAC;R 3RD FING LAC/22YOM STS AT HOME AT 2AM WAS GRABBING A BLACK LIGHT AT APPROX 2AM AND IT BROKE IN HIS HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs
PT CHNGED LIGHT BULB AND FELT STING. ECCHYMOSIS AND BROKEN BLOOD VESSE L R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs, Floor lamps or table lamps
1ST DEGREE BURN TO HAND, MOM AT HOME W/ HOT LAMP ON "DOING EYEBROWS" , LAMP KNOCKED OVER AND PT TOUCHED LIGHT BULB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PATIENT WAS UNLOADING FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS AT HOME AND CUT HAND. DX-LACERATION LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PATIENT CUT HAND ON PIECE OF BROKEN LIGHT BULB. DX-LACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT BURNED L HAND ON LIGHT BULB, BLISTER NOTED. DX. BURN L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT TOUCHED THE LIGHTBULB OF A FLOOD LIGHT AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A THERM AL BURN TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Day wear
70 YO MALE HIT LIGHT BULB WHILE CHANGING SHIRT LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2008Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs, Floors or flooring materials
TRIED TO PICK UP HOT LIGHT BULB FROM FLOOR DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2008Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT GRABBED HOT LIGHT BULB WHILE AT HOME BURNING HAND, NOW W/ERYTHEMA AN D BLISTERING TO PALM OF HAND; HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Other electric lighting equipment
CHANGING LIGHT BULB AND GLOBE BROKE AT HOME, LAC TO R HAND AND ABRAS TO L HAND. DX. LAC TO R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2008Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
PT HIT A LIGHT BULB WITH HAND AND GOT A PEICE OF GLASS STUCK IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2008Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO RIGHT HAND AFTER TOUCHING A HOT LIGHT BU LB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT BURNED RT HAND TOUCHING A HOT LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LAC HAND ON A LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2008Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT REACHED UP AND TOUCHED A HOT LIGHT BULB WITH HIS R HAND. HAS 2ND DEG REE BURNS TO FINGERS AND PALM OF R HAND. DX BURNS R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
2 YO F 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HAND AFTER TOUCHING HOT LIGHT BULB*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2008Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
TOUCHED A HOT LIGHTBULB, IN SISTER'S BEDROOM, RT HAND BURN DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RT PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2008Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs, Floor lamps or table lamps
PATIENT PULLED LAMP OFF TABLE AT HOME, PUT HAND OUT TO KEEP FROM HITTIN G HEAD, HAND CONTACT WITH LIGHT BULB; 1ST DEGREE HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT WAS TAKING DOWN A LIGHT BULB, IT BROKE LACERATING RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT HAND ON LIGHT BULB/HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LACERATION R HAND FROM GLASS LIGHTBULB#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2008Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Floor lamps or table lamps
16MONTH OLD MALE AT HOME PULLED LAMP DOWN,CUT HAND ON LIGHT BULB; HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT STS CHANGED LIGHTBULB - IT CAUGHT FIRE,BURNED PT R HAND UNKNOWN IF FIRE DEPT INVOLVED,DX 2ND DEGREE BURN R HAND
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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