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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,306
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Asian |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 51YOF DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT HOME ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2010 | Age: 74 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, Ceilings and walls |
| 74 Y/O FEMALE TRIPPED OVER CHRISTMAS DECORATIVE SLEIGH & HIT HEAD ON A WALL AT RELATIVES HOUSE TRANS TO TRAUMA DX: HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 12/24/2010 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: American Indian/Alaska Native |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 56YOF HAD SPARKLE FROM CHRISTMAS DECORATION FALL ONTO EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2010 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 59 YOF SUSTAINED LUMBAR STRAIN PULLING OUT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2010 | Age: 66 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 |
| 66YOF, SUDDEN ONSET OF LBP WHILE DOING THE X-MAS DECORATION LAST PM>>MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2010 | Age: 77 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 |
| 77 YOF STRAIN TO LOWER TRUNK S/P PUTTING UP DECORATIONS AT HOME$ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2010 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 67 Y/O/F TRIPPED OVER CHRISTMAS DECORATION ON LAWN AND FELL INJURED SHO ULDER DX/ LEFT SHOULDER DISLOCATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2010 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 72YOF HAS CHEST PAIN AFTER LIFTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2010 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 85YOF HAS BACK STRAIN AFTER PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2010 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 57YOF DROPPED A GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT AND IT SHATTERED A PIECE WENT INTO RIGHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2010 | 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, Pipes |
| CHI 2ND TO FALL: 4 CM OCCIPITAL SCALP LAC, REPAIRED; 76YOF GETTING OUT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS,SLIPPED,FELL,HITTING HEAD OFF PIPE,HEADACHE,LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2010 | Age: 69 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 |
| 69YOM TWISTED BACK WHILE PUTTING UP DECORATIONS AT HOME DX: LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2010 | Age: 56 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 |
| 56YOF, FELT A POP IN THE LOWER BACK WHILE PUTTING UP X-MAS TREE VS PUTT ING ON X-MAS DECORATION>>MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2010 | Age: 87 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 |
| CHI. 87 YOF FELL WHENHANGING A CHRISTMAS WREATH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2010 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 80 YOF PUTTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS UP;STEPPED BACK,SLIPPED & FELL C/O LOW BACK PAIN. DX**: BACK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2010 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 89 YOM LAC TO FINGER WHEN PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2010 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Christmas decorations, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED OVER CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ON THE FLOOR AND FELL. FRACTURE ANKL E, TRIMALLEOLAR, LEFT, CLOSED. 56 YOF* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/08/2010 | Age: 67 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 |
| 67YOF BRINGING IN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FELL ONTO L HIP DX- HIP FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/17/2010 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | 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 decorations |
| 63YOF TAKING DOWN HER CHRISTMAS ORNMAMENTS AND POKED SELF IN THE EYE CO RNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2010 | Age: 87 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 |
| 87 YOF, FX HIP, PT WAS AT HOME PUTTING AWAY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/09/2010 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 75YFC REMOVING A CHRISTMAS ORNANMENT FELL HITTING BREAST/CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2010 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 77 YOM, TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, HURT HAND, CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Christmas decorations |
| 54YOM WHILE PUTTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AWAY ACCIDENTLY TWISTED LT ANKLE;ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2010 | 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 decorations, Containers |
| 51YOM PUTTING AWAY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND LIFTED A HEAVY BOX STRAINE D LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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