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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 846
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2009 | Age: 36 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: Light bulbs, Ladders |
| HEAD TRAUMA.PT.REFERS WHILE LIGHT BULB,FELL DOWN FROM LADDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2009 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LAC TO HEAD FROM A LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LIGHT BULB WAS BROKEN AND PT HIT HIS HEAD ON IT. DX. SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2009 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 91 YO FEMALE, FELL AT HOME WHILE CHANGING LIGHT BULB. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/05/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT HAD FLOURESCENT BULB BREAK ON HER HEAD DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| CHI. PT FELL AND HIT HEAD WHEN CHANGING A LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/08/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| FELL WHEN CHANGING A LIGHT BULB;DX LACERATED SCALP,CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Light bulbs, Stools |
| PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB, ON A STOOL & FELL HITTING HEAD, HAS LAC & HEADACHE DX;# CONCUSSION W/ LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs, Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LAC TO HEAD, PT WAS PUTTING IN LIGHT FIXTURE AND STRUCK HEAD ON LIGHT BULB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 59 Y O M STOOD UP IN BASEMENT HIT HEAD ON A LIGHT BULB LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs, Basketball |
| BROKE LIGHTBULB WITH BASKETBALL AND IT HIT HIS HEAD;DX LACERATED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Light bulbs, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS HOME GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB WHEN LIGHT BULB BURST CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE FELL HITTING HEAD ON WALL. DX MINOR CHI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LIGHTBULB FEL ONTO HEAD ABRADING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs, Ball sports |
| GLASS GLOBE THAT COVERS BULB WAS HIT W/A BALL, SHATTERED AND FELL ON PT 'S HEAD AT HOME. DX. SMALL LAC TO SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2009 | Age: 60 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: Light bulbs |
| SCALP LAC/60YOM HIT A FLUORESCENT LIGHT IN BASEMENT WITH HIS HEAD SUSTA INING LACERATION TO SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2009 | Age: 10 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: Light bulbs |
| PT WAS AT HOME, HIT HEAD ON A LIGHT BULB CAUSING A LACERATION TO SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Light bulbs, Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| GLASS LIGHT BULB COVER OR LIGHT BULB FELL FROM CEILING AND HIT PT IN TH E HEAD, NO LOC; HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2009 | Age: 48 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: Light bulbs |
| REPORTS ACC STRUCK HEAD ONTO A FLUORESCENT LIGHT IN HIS BASEMENT >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2009 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT FELL WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AT ASSISTED LIVING AND HIT HEAD DX// HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2009 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs, Fans |
| HIT LIGHTBULB IN CEILING FAN AT HOME. DX 1ST DEGREE BURN TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| ON A PLATFORM DANCING MADE CONTACT W/ A LIGHT BULB (BROKE) AT THE*** L ACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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