Accidents - Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,628
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	474
6-15 years old:	620
16-25 years old:	66
26-50 years old:	303
50+ years old:	163

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	336	Mouth:	256
Head:	167	Finger:	153
Internal:	132	Upper Trunk:	113
Lower Trunk:	111	Toe:	104
Foot:	100	Wrist:	85
Eyeball:	30	Hand:	22
Upper Leg:	6	All Of Body:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/17/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
RIGHT THUMB LAC, PT CUT FINGER ON A SHARD FROM A FLASHLIGHT,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CUT HEAD WITH FLASHLIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
4 YO M DROPPED A FLASH LIGHT ON TOE LAC TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
HIT WITH METAL FLASHLIGHT BY ACCIDENT IN MOUTH, HAS LAC TO RT UPPER LIP DX: 2CM RT UPPER LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Batteries
PT WAS TAKING FLASHLIGHT APART AND BATTERY BLEW UP. DX: FB L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT UNDER THE LEFT EYE WITH A FLASHLIGHT AT HOME. DX-2.0CM LACERATION UNDER LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Amusement attractions
PT RAN INTO FLASHLIGHT IN CORN MAZE. DX: CONCUSSION, CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CUT FINGER ON A FLASHLIGHT DX: R INDEX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CUT FOREHEAD WHEN HIT WITH FLASHLIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
2 CM LAC UPPER LIP REPAIRED - PLAYING WITH HIS BROTHER, BROTHER HIT HIS UPPER LIP WITH A FLASHLIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT DROPPED A FLASHLIGHT ON FOOT; FOOT CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2003	Age: 19 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: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT SUS HEAD INJURY BY A FLASHLIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
FLASH LIGHT WAS THROWN BY CHILD AND HIT PT IN FACE DX: 1" RT EYEBROW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH A FLASHLIGHT DX: WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 43 years	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: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WIFE STATES PAT HAD A SEIZURE AT 2130 AND HIT HIS HEAD W/A FLASHLIGHT, HIT HEAD ON PORCH, THEN DOOR. DX. HEAD INJURY, HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CHI WHEN HIT WITH FLASHLIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
03YOM RUNNING PLAYING FLASHLIGHT TAG IN YARD FELL HIT CHIN DX/LAC CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Ladders
PT CLIMBING LADDER TO ATTIC, FLASHLIGHT FELLOUT OF ATTIC AND HIT PT ON HEAD D:SCALP LAC, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CONTUSED TOE WHEN DROPPED FLASHLIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT HAD A METAL LANTERN FALL ONTO HEAD. DX HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Batteries
PATIENT CARRYING * LANTERN AT HOME, * BATTERY ACID FROM BATERY CASI NG SPILLED ON PATIENT'S LEG; CHEMICAL BURN TO THIGH/LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
43 YO MALE WAS HIT IN WRIST WITH FLASHLIGHT CONTUSION LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
DROPPED A FLASHLIGHT ON TOE DX: L GREAT TOE FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT SEEN FOR CHI AFTER HIS TWIN BROTHER HIT HIM IN THE HEAD W/ A FLASHLI GHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
WAS HIT WITH FLSHLIGHT BY MISTAKE DX NOSE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PATIENT DROPPED A LARGE FLASHLIGHT ON TOP OF HER FOOT. DX-CONTUSION LEFT FOOT WITH SOFT TISSUE INJURY,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A LARGE FLASHLIGHT WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIMSELF IN THE EYEBROW AREA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
WHILE PUSHING A PLASTIC PIECE INTO A LANTERN, PT LACERATED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Floor lamps or table lamps
PATIENT STEPPED BACK ONTO BRASS LANTERN OR HOME LAMP; FOOT LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Heaters or heating systems
BRING FLASHLIGHT TO WORKER WHO WAS CHANGING FILTER IN HEATER, PT TRIPPE & FELL DX FX HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/11/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT WAS HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A FLASHLIGHT - LACERATION TO FOREHEAD D: FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT CUT FINGER ON METAL OF FLASHLIGHT, PT STATES SISTER FRIEND MADE HIM DO IT. LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Batteries
PT PUT FLASHLIGHT IN MOUTH AND PUT TONGUE ON BATTERY. DX: CHEMICAL BURN TONGUE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PLAYING WITH FLASHLIGHT, GOT HIT IN MOUTH;TOOTH FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Batteries
8 Y/O W/M WHEN HAD FLASHLIGHT IN MOUTH AND SWALLOWED BATTERY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2003	Age: 11 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: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CHILD HIT ON FOREHEAD WITH FLASHLIGHT BY NEPHEW. D: FOREHEAD LACERATION .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
RING PIECE FROM A FLASH LIGHT STUCK ON FINGER NON JEWELRY RING REMOVED FROM FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND CUT LEFT HAND WITH A METAL PIECE WHEN PT TOOK IT APART. D: LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CHILD SWALLOWED PIECE OF FLASHLIGHT LIGHT BULB THAT BROKE. GLASS IN GI TRACT. D: SWALLOWED FLASHLIGHT GLASS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CONTUSED TOES WHEN DROPPED HEAVY FLASHLIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2003	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
FLASHLIGHT FELL ON HEAD. LAC ON FOREHEAD. LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/29/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT DROPPED A FLASHLIGHT ONTO LEFT TOE. D: LEFT GREAT TOE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
FELL ON A FLASHLIGHT INJURING RIBS WHEN SLIPPED ON ICE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
05YOF SWALLOWED BATTERY OPERATED SMALL LIGHT AT HOME DX/SWALLWOED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT. WAS LEANING OVER CAR, FELL INTO FLASHLIGHT. DX. RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
SAT HARD ON FLASHLIGHT.R BUTTOCKS PAIN RADIATING TO LEG.DX BUTTOCK CONT SCIATICA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
43 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO RECTUM. PT STS HE WAS JUST PLAYING AROUN D & STUCK A FLASHLIGHT UP HIS RECTUM @ HOME. PT ADM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/17/2003	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PATIENT HIT ON HEAD WITH FLASHLIGHT BY 2 YR OLD 3 DAYS AGO, HAVING HEAD TWITCHING; POSSIBLE SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CUT HEAD WHEN SIBLING HIT WITH FLASHLIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2003	Age: 3 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: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
HIT IN HEAD WITH FLASHLIGHT BY BROTHER;CLOSED HEAD INJ NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 19 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: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT STATES HE WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A FLASHLIGHT DX HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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