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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,009
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2004 | Age: 68 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 decorations |
| PT WAS TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND INJURED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2004 | Age: 66 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 decorations |
| LOW BACK PAIN PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS LS STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2004 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| LEFT FOOT SPR. PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A CHRISTMAS BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2004 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| CUT ON BROKEN X-MAS ORNAMENT - LACERATION THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| FELL OVER CHRISTMAS TREE FELL ON CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT ETOH INTOXICATION CONTUSION ABRASION FACIAL RADIAL NERVE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Christmas decorations, Ladders |
| PT STATES WAS TRYING TO PUT A STAR ON THE TOP OF CHRISTMAS TREE, LOST B ALANCE, FELL OFF LADDER INJURING WRIST, SUSTAINED''WRIST FX'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2004 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| TRIPPED / FELL OVER CAT LANDED ON A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT DX: ABD. LAC. / R FOREARM ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| TRIPPED PUTTING X-MAS DECOR OUTSIDE FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 56 Y/O F INJURED L EYE WHEN SOMETHIING GOT INTO I T WHILE GOING THRU C HRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT HOME. DX; L CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2004 | Age: 77 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: Christmas decorations, Stairs or steps |
| CLOSED HEAD INJURY, WHILE CARRYING CHRISTMAS WREATHS UP STAIRS, LOST BALANCE AND FELL DOWN 10-12 STEPS, WHEN GOT UP DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/12/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| HIP CT-@ HOME-PUTTING UP OUTSIDE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS-FELL-HIT CAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2004 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| RT WRIST STRAIN.PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF LIFTING AND WRIST BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2004 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas decorations, Christmas tree lights |
| RT SHOULDER SRAIN.PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATION AND LIGHT AND SHOULDER BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2004 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT FELL WHILE TRYING TO HANG CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS 3 DAYS AGO DX HIP CON TU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2004 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| DROPPED HEAVY WOODEN REINDEER ON FOOT CONTUSION RT FOOT/TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2004 | Age: 71 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: Other |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT TWISTED LEG WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS 10 DAYS AGO AND C ONTINUES TO HAVE LEG/BACK PAIN. D: SCIATICA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2004 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| FOOT FX-TRIPPED OVER CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT-FELL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/05/2004 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND LACERATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2004 | Age: 52 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 decorations, Computers |
| PULLING OUT CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS, FELT PAIN, WORSE AFTER CARRYING SCHOOL BOOKS AND COMPUTER DX. STRAIN LUMBAR, SACRAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2004 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 68 YO M CUT FINGER ON CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2004 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 64Y/O W/FM RECEIVED CORNEAL ABRASION WHEN PUTTING CHRISTMAS GLASS ORNAMENT TREE AND DROPPED ORNAMENT AND IT EXPLODED AND HIT EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| WAS WASHING HIS CAR BAREFOOT, STEPPED ON A RUSTY METAL CLIP USE TO HANG CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX PUNCTURE / ABR TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION.PT HAD A CERAMIC CHRISTMAS TREE BREAK AND LAC ERATE LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2004 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| PAIN AFTER TAKING DOWN X-MAS DECORATIONS - DJD THIRD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2004 | Age: 91 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 decorations |
| 91 YOF TAKING OUT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FX HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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