Accidents - Christmas decorations - 50+ years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,325
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	469	Eyeball:	142
Elbow:	79	Ankle:	75
Upper Trunk:	74	Shoulder:	71
Face:	71	Internal:	59
Lower Arm:	59	Neck:	59
Hand:	40	Finger:	30
Knee:	30	Wrist:	15
Head:	14	Foot:	14
All Of Body:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations
PT PUTTING AWAY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND FELT A PULL IN CHEST STRAINE D CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
HEAD LAC, PT FELL WHEN PUTTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AWAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations
COMP FX. PT FELL WHEN PUTTING AWAY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 85 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 decorations
FELL AT HOME TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND HURT SHOULDER. *DX: CONTUSION/SPRAIN OF SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas decorations
GLASS FROM AN ORNAMENT STUCK IN FOOT F'BODY FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations, Containers
PT REPORTS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND BOX FELL ON HIM. DX. L AC L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
53 YO PUTTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AWAY INJURED BACK BACK PAIN(LOW BACK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2006	Age: 71 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: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
CHRONIC BACK PAIN: PUTTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AWAY, PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
LOW BACK PAIN AND HX POSSIBLE DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR: FELL DOING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND INJURED LOW BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations
LOST BALANCE AND FELL WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. DX. DISTA L RADIAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations
PT HANGING UP CHRISTMASS DECORATIONS AND FELL ONTO LEFT ELBOW FRACTURED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 89 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations
PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS YESTERDAY AND FELL. PAIN BECAME PROGRE SSIVELY WORSE. CAME TO ER TODAY WITH CC: LOWER BACK PAIN. XR NEG.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations, Stairs or steps
GETTING DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND MOVED A PLANTER AND WHEN PUTTING PLANTER BACK MISSED A STEP AND FELL ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Christmas decorations
PT C/O HIT HEAD WITH STOCKING HOLDER CHRISTMAS DECORATION. DX CONT HEMA TOMA FOREHEAD ABRASION FOREAHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	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 decorations, Ceilings and walls
HANGING A WREATH ON THE WALL&CAUGHT A FISH HOOK INTO FINGER " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
PT INJURED BACK TAKING OUT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS TODAY DX// ACUTE SCIATICA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
LOW BACK PAIN-SINCE GETTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OUT OF SHED-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Christmas decorations
PT STATES WAS IN ATTIC GETTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND FELT A POP IN HIP, DX; DISLOCATION TO RIGHT HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas decorations
WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATI8ONS AND GOT GLITTER FROM THE DECORATI ONS IN HER EYE. FOREIGN BODY, LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations, Containers
PT C/O SHOULDER AND NECK PAIN AFTER MOVING BOXES OF CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS DX: STROKE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/17/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
HABIT OF PLACING INANIMATE OBJECTS IN MOUTH AND TODAY BIT DOWN ON CHRIS TMAS ORNAMENT BALLS INJESTED ORNAMENTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2006	Age: 69 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: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
LOW BACK PAIN: TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WHICH WERE EXTENSIVE, LOW BACK PAIN X 3 DAYS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations, Containers
LIFTING BOXES OF CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT HOME AND DEVELOPED RIB PAIN C HEST WALL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations, Containers
LIFTING AND THROWING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS INTO A BOX AND DEVELOPED SHO ULDER/CERVICAL SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations
FELL WHILE TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT GOT UP ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF BED, TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN WITH GLASS ORNAMENTS CUTTING HIS RT HAND. DX - RT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2006	Age: 54 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
PT TAKING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS DOWN AT HOME AND POKED SELF IN THE LEFT EYE ABRAISON EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations
ANKLE FX-TRIPPED IN YARD WHILE TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
CHRISTMAS STAND FELL OUT OF PT'S TRUNK ONTO KNEE. DX: L KNEE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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