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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 808
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT PRESENTED WITH LACERATION TO INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND FROM BROKEN CHRISTMAS LIGHT AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders |
| PT INJURED NECK WHILE ON A LADDER HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHT 2 WEEKS AGO DSX// CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Floors or flooring materials |
| STEPPED ON A BROKEN CHRISTMAS TREE BULB THAT WAS ON THE FLR " TOE PW" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| 51YOM INJ BACK WHILE PUTTING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS STRAIN DORSAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT PUTTING HUP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AND POKED IN THE LEFT EYE WITH TH E TREE BRANCH ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| DECORATING A BUSH WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND SLIPPED WITH FOOT IN A HOLE ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT PASSED OUT WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FELL STRIKING HEAD SUS ETAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| FELL 20 FEET WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. DX- 3 CM ELBOW LACERATI ON, PELVIC CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2006 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| 87YOF FX HIP BEND OVER TO PLUG IN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/26/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Stairs or steps |
| TURNING ON CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AND MISSED A STEP AND INVERTED ANKLE S PRAIN ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2006 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Ladders |
| TRIPPED OVER LADDER WHILE HANGING XMAS LIGHTS. PAIN ON LEFTSIDE OF CHES T. XR NEG. DX: SOFT TISSUE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT SPRAIN KNEE WHEN WALKING ACROSS GRASSY AREA AND TRIPPED OVER CHRISTMAS LIGHTS FELL ONTO CONCRETE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Christmas tree lights, Desk supplies |
| FINGER FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL: + ETOH: PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND STAPLED L 4TH DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2006 | Age: 71 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 |
| TRIPPED &FELL, TRYING TO TAKE DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX: CONTUSION SHOU LDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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