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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 579
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/07/2002 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| CUT HEAD WHEN LIGHT FIXTURE FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| A GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PTS HEAD, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2002 | Age: 32 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 32 YO F CEILING LIGHT FAAL DOWN ON HEAD CONTUSION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ONTO PT'S HAND. DX: CONCUSSION W/LOC, CERVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2002 | Age: 41 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| CEILING GLOBE FIXTURE FELL ONTO HEAD LAC IT |
| 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: 09/02/2002 | Age: 37 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 |
| HEAD LACERATION - 37 YOM STRUCK ON TOP OF HEAD BY A GLASS DOME LIGHT FI XTURE THAT CAME CRASHING DOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 2 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 |
| CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE FELL DX. SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| CEILING LIGHT FELL AND HIT TOP OF HEAD LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| CUT HEAD WHEN CHANDELIER FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 |
| PATIENT HIT HEAD ON CHANDELIER. IS DIZZY, BLURRY VISION. D:CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2002 | Age: 37 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, Beds |
| HIT TOP OF HEAD ON LIGHT FIXTURE OVER BED,CUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| CHANDELIER FELL ONTO HEAD LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| STRUCK HEAD ON OVERHEAD LIGHT CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 5 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, Chairs |
| SCALP LACERATION, THREW A FOAM CHAIR STRIKING CHANDELIER WHICH FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2002 | Age: 41 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 |
| PT. WAS SITTING IN HER KITCHEN WHEN A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HER HEAD, R ESFULTING IN A BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| 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: 03/30/2002 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 |
| GRANDFATHER WAS TOSSING HER IN THE AIR AND SHE STRUCK CHANDELIER WITH H ER HEAD, MAY HAVE GOTTEN GLASS IN HER EYE. DX. ACUTE MINOR HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD AT CLUB SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | 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 |
| HEAD CT-@ STORE-HIT A HANGING LIGHT FIXTURE |
| 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: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 HIT HEAD ON HANGING LIGHT FIXTURE AT SCHOOL, SCALP LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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, Fans |
| HIT ON THE HEAD W/ LIGHT FIXTURE ON CEILING FAN. SMALL LAC TO AREA DX; SCALP CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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