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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,662
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2007 | Age: 8 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 |
| GLOBE FROM CEILING LIGHT FELL AND HIT PT IN HEAD DX- SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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, Ceilings and walls |
| CHI, LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM CEILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PT HEAD, .5 CM LACERATION SCALP, CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2007 | Age: 3 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ball sports |
| PART OF CHANDELIER FELL ON PTS HEAD OR PT FELL DOWN WHILE PLAYING BALL, NO LOC; SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2007 | Age: 25 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 |
| HIT HEAD ON GLOBE OF LIGHT DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2007 | Age: 62 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT HAD A LIGHT FIXTURE FALL ONTO HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/07/2007 | 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Floors or flooring materials |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL STRIKING PT. ON THE HEAD AND UPPER ARM, KNOCKED HIM TO THE FLOOR. DX-LAC. SCALP AND UPPER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2007 | Age: 60 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 |
| A LIGHT FIXTURE DROPPED, HIT PTS HEAD, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2007 | 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PATIENT'S HEAD.DX-LACERATION SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2007 | Age: 46 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, Ceilings and walls |
| PT STRUCK HEAD IN LIGHT FIXTURE ON LOW BASEMENT CEILING. DX: SUPERFICIAL SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| JUMPING UP AND DOWN & HIT LIGHT FIXTURE W/HEAD, LACERATION FOREHEAD/SHO ULDER, CONCUSSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2007 | 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, Ceilings and walls |
| 32 YO LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM CEILING STRUCK IN HEAD CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 19 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 HIT HEAD ON LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME. DX. SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2007 | Age: 5 months | Sex: Male | 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT'S FATHER WAS PICKING HIM UP AND HIT PT'S HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE. D X CHI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2007 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT DX ABRASION OF SCLP AND FINGERS - LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PT'S HEADBRO KE AFTER HITTING FLOOR TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT WAS STRUCK IN HEAD BY HANGING LIGHT FIXTURE @ HOTEL - CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2007 | Age: 10 months | 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 |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL/CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2007 | Age: 18 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LIGHT FELL FROM CEILING AND STRUCK HEAD DX MINOR CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIO NS# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT WAS STRUCK ON TOP OF HEAD WITH A 50 LB CHANDELIER AT HOME YESTERDAY DX: CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT WAS AT HOME, BROTHER WAS HANGING FROM A LIGHT FIXTURE, IT FELL ON HI S HEAD CAUSING A CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2007 | Age: 71 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: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 71 YO F MINOR HEAD INJURY 2CM SCALP LACERATION FELL IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON FRAME OF A LIGHT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2007 | Age: 17 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, Ceilings and walls |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM CEILING SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2007 | Age: 18 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 |
| 18 YO FELL STRIKING HEAD ON LIGHT FIXTURELAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2007 | Age: 50 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 WITH HEAD LAC FROM STRIKING LIGHT FIXTURE WITH HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 19 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 |
| PT DX HEAD CONTUSION - SUSTAIND DIRECT BLOW FROM LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2007 | Age: 22 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, Ceilings and walls |
| PT AT HOME WHEN A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL FROM THE CEILING AND STRUCK HER IN THE HEAD SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2007 | Age: 18 months | 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 |
| CUT SCALP, RAN INTO CHANDELIER |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/26/2007 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 80 YO MALE HIT HEAD ON LIGHT THAT FELL LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/23/2007 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT IN A RESTAURANT AND WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WAY OF AN ONCOMING WAITER AND STRUCK TOP OF HEAD ON AN OVERHANGING LAMP LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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, Ceilings and walls |
| 47 YO FEMALE HAD LIGHT FIXTURE FALL FROM CEILING AND HIT HEAD LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2007 | Age: 7 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 |
| LACERATION SCALP=CEILING LIGHT FELL AT HOME-STRUCK HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT RUNNING AFTER DAUGHTER, CAUGHT ONTO CHANDELIER & FELL 5-8 FT. TO CAR PETED FLOOR. HIT HEAD. +ON/OFF LOC PER WIFE. D:CHI, CONCUSSION, NECKSTR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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, Ceilings and walls |
| 48 YO MALE HAD LIGHT FIXTURE FALL FROM CEILING ONTIL HEADCLOSED HEAD IN JURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| GLASS FROM LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD/ SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2007 | Age: 35 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ceilings and walls |
| 35 YO MALE WAS HIT IN TOP OF HEAD WITH LIGHT FIXTURE AND CEILING TILECL OSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| PT C/O HEADACHE - REPORTS HITTING HEAD AGAIND CHANDELIER. DX CONCUSSION OF THE HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2007 | Age: 5 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 |
| LAC TO BACK OF HEAD, UNCLE THREW HER IN AIR PLAYING, HIT LIGHT FIXTURE DX: 1 CM SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2007 | Age: 59 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 |
| 59 YOM HIT HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE SUSTAINING A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2007 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 CONTUSION, MINOR HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PIECE OF CHANDELIER FELL & CUT TOP OF HEAD DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2007 | Age: 14 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 |
| 14YOM HIT HEAD ON METAL LIGHT FIXTURE HEMOSTASIS SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2007 | Age: 40 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| HAD CHANDELIER FALLEN ONTO HEAD, NO LOC, P/W VISUAL CHANGES " CHI" +" TR EYE INJ" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2007 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| DAD LIFTED PATIENT UP HITTING HEAD ON OVERHEAD HANGING METAL LIGHT FIXT URE; HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2007 | 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 |
| CHI, HIT WITH CHANDELIER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2007 | Age: 20 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| HEAD TRAUMA.PT,REFERS A HANGING LAMP FELL ON HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2007 | Age: 16 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 GLASS FROM CHANDELIER FELL AND HIT PT IN THE HEAD DX// SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 STRUCK ON HEAD WITH LIGHT FIXTURE, EMESIS X1 AFTERWARD, NO LOC; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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