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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 953
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 18 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 |
| LAC TO FACE AFTER LIGHT FIXTURE FELL AND STRUCK HIM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| NASAL FX.PT FELL AND HIT NOSE ON A LIGHT FIXTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 11 months | 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 |
| LIGHT FIXTURE HIT PT IN THE HEAD, GLASS SHATTERED. RT FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2008 | 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT HIT BY GLASS WHEN GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE HIT THE FLOOR AFTER FALLI NG FROM THE CEILING; FACIAL LACS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LIGHTING FIXTURE FELL ONTO HER HEAD. NASAL BONE CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2008 | Age: 51 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 |
| PT STATES SHE WAS OPENING A CEILING VENT AND A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HER FACE.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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, Football |
| PT THROWING FOOTBALL IN HOUSE-HIT LIGHT FIXTURE -FELL AND CUT FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 28 YOM WAS LOOKING UP AT RECENTLY REPLACED LIGHT FIXTURE WHEN IT FELL H ITTING HIM IN THE FACE SUSTAINING A LACERATION TO FOREHEAD AND EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PTS. HEAD AT HOME DX: FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| 2 YO MALE RAN INTO LIGHT FIXTURE WHILE PLAYING LACERATION FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 5 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 |
| PT.INJ.RT.SIDE HEAD AT HOME WHEN LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HEAD. DX; LAC.RT .TEMPORAL REGION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO NOSE AFTER A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT C/O PAIN TO NOSE AFTER BEING HIT BY LIGHT FIXTURE THAT FELL FROM CLOSET, NLOC, DX FACIAL CONTUSION, FACIAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 69 YO HIT FACE ON LIGHT FIXTURE CONTUSION FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 4 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, Manual cleaning equipment |
| HIT CEILING LIGHT W/END OF MOP, LIGHT BROKE, LAC TO FACE DX; FACE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 HIT FACE ON LIGHT FIXTURE LAC FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2008 | Age: 7 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 |
| PLAYING IN THE HOUSE HIT LIGHT FIXTURE, BROKE AND CUT FACE. DX-LAC. FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2008 | Age: 23 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 DX LACERATION DEEP TO LT LID - PIECE OF GLASS FROM A CHANDELIER FELL ON HIS FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT WAS FIXING A LIGHT FIXTURE WHEN IT FELL AND HIT PT ON NOSE. D: LAC ERATION NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PATIENT JUMPED AND HIT A LIGHT FIXTURE; NOSE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| A ROUND LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HER NOSE FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2008 | Age: 11 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, Ceilings and walls |
| LIGHT FELL OFF WALL AND STRUCK PATIENT ON FACE; CHEEK LAC., EYELID CONT USION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2008 | Age: 28 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 |
| PT WALKED INTO A LIGHT FIXTURE AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 2 SUPERFICIAL LACS TO L CHEEK, CUT W/A PIECE OF GLASS FROM A LIGHT FIXT URE. DX. LAC L CHEEK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 16 months | 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, Manual cleaning equipment |
| FOREHEAD LAC-PT IN HIGH CHAIR-AUNT HIT HANGING LIGHT W/A BROOM-CAUSED L IGHT TO SHATTER FALLING ON PT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2008 | Age: 59 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 |
| FACIAL LAC, PT FELL INTO A METAL LIGHT FIXTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2008 | Age: 22 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 |
| LLIGHT FIXTURE FELL OFF CEILING FAN FELL HIT FACE AND SUSTAINED A LACER ATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2008 | Age: 24 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 |
| LACERATION LEFT TEMPLE-SUS SMALL LACERATION TO LEFT TEMPLE WHEN A GLASS LAMP GLOBE BROKE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 39 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 |
| LT FOREHEAD LACERATION.PT LACERATED FOREHEAD ON A BROKEN LIGHT FIXTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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, Doors |
| OPENING DOOR LIGHT FIXTURE FELL LAC TO NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| TAKING DECORATIONS OFF A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL OFF HITTING NASAL BRIDGE >> LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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