Accidents - Christmas decorations - 50+ years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,237
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Foot:	239	Finger:	231
Lower Trunk:	204	Head:	122
Wrist:	102	Lower Arm:	87
Shoulder:	80	Ankle:	61
Face:	59	Lower Leg:	15
Eyeball:	15	Hand:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2007	Age: 61 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
61YOF WAS TAKING DOWN THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT HOME,BENT OVER HEARD A POP:LOWER BACK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2007	Age: 62 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
PT TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND FELL FRACTURED LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations
PT WITH SPRAINED LEG WHILE HANGING XMAS DECORATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CUT FINGER ON CHRISTMAS TREE BULB/ LAC LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Christmas decorations, Power saws
SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA L THUMB-DRAINED: PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONSTHU MB CAUGHT ON ***CATING SAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PT'S L KNEE GAVE WAY WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. DX. LAC F ACE , CONT L KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations
59 YO HANGING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FELL INJURED FINGER FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
60YOF WAS HOME PUTTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS UP,HIT HEAD OFF A DECORATION;SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CUT HAND PUTTING UP XMAS DECORATION VS TREE >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
CONTUSION TO WRIST, FELL BACKWARDS WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations, Knives with replaceable blades
1 CM LACERATION DISTAL PHALANX: REPAIRING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS USING RAZOR KNIFE, CUT FINGER (LT 4TH)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2007	Age: 78 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, Chairs
FELL OFF A CHAIR HANGING XMAS ORNAMENT, FOOSH >> WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2007	Age: 54 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
GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT BROKE AND PIECE FELL INTO EYE FB RT EYE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2007	Age: 73 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations, Benches
PT STANDING ON A BENCH HANGING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND FELL ONTO LOWE R BACK CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
FELL PUTTING ORNAMENTS ON TREE/FACIAL CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2007	Age: 52 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, Furniture
MUSCLE STRAIN AND SPRAIN: PUTTUNG UP CHRISTAMS DECORATIONS, MOVING FURNITURE AT HOME, RT GROIN, UPPER RT LEG AND BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
PT A SANTA CLAUSE FELL ON PTS FOOT AT HOME TODAY DX/ CONTUSION LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	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
STEPPED ON CHRISTMAS DECORATION AND HAS FOREIGN BODY IN FOOT THAT IS IN FECTED NOW,ADMIT FOR OBS
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 03/28/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	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
INFECTED P.W. L FOOT/86YOF YESTERDAY STEPPED ON WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS PI ECE OF CHRISTMAS BULB.FREQUENTLY BAREFOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Christmas decorations, Doors
TRIPPED OVER CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, HIT HEAD ON DOOR DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns
DROPPED STATUE/CHRISTMAS MOOSE ONTO FOOT " SPRAIN/CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations
PICKING UP A CHRISTMAS BOW AND SLIPPED AND TWISTED ANKLE IN HER HOUSE A DMITTED ANKLE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/23/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations
WRIST SPRAIN-PAIN SINCE HANGING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations
RT SHOULDER STRAIN-SUS INJ TO RT SHOULDER WHILE LIFTNG AND PUTTING CHRI STMAS DECORATIONS AWAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
STEPPD ON GLAS XMAS TREE ORNAMENT/ LAC LT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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