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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 351
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT FELL OVER WHILE UNPLUGGING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS DX: SHOULDER CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/BRANCH WHILE HANGING XMAS TREE LIGHTS. DX: R CONJUNCTIVAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Chairs |
| ROTATOR CUFF TEAR WITH AVULSION FX GREATER TUBEROSITY, HANGING LIGHTS TWISTED STANDING ON A CHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT PLUGGED IN WET XMAS LIGHT CORD AND WAS BURNED. DX: R THIRD DIGIT SECOND DEG THERMAL/ELECTRICAL BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders |
| FELL OFF LADDER PUTTING UP ELECTRIC TREE LIGHTS DX. LS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS BECAME DIZZY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/28/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| LEFT SIDED CHEST PAIN STARTED 2 WEEKS AGO WHILE REACHING FOR CHRIS TMAS LIGHTS. CHEST WALL PAIN, M/S, ACUTE EXACERBATION BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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