Accidents - Lighting equipment - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,345
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	75
Year 1998:	347
Year 1999:	300
Year 2000:	156
Year 2001:	160
Year 2002:	176
Year 2003:	311
Year 2004:	106
Year 2005:	149
Year 2006:	61
Year 2007:	146
Year 2010:	353

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/14/2010	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment
53 YOF PRESENT TO ER WITH INJURY TO HEAD AFTER HITTING IT ON LIGHTING E QUIPMENT- DX- BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2010	Age: 76 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: Lighting equipment
76YOF REACHING FOR A LIGHTSWITCH AND FELL TO THE GROUND ONTO HEAD SUBDU RAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/23/2010	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment, Floors or flooring materials
86YOF THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN THE HOUSE ACCIDENTLY TRIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON THE FLOOR STRIKING HEAD;CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment
52 Y/O F C/O LIGHT FALLING FROM CEILING NOW C/O HEADACHE DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2010	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment
60Y/O F C/O LIGHT FALLING ONTO HER HEAD, C/O HEAD AND BACK PAIN.DX CLOS ED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2010	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment
FELL TURNING OFF LIGHT 95 YO F MINOR HEAD INJURY #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LOST BALANCE TURNNING OFF THE LIGHT&FELL HITTING HEAD >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment, Beds or bedframes
LAMP SHADE FELL ON HEAD WHILE IN BED @ NURSING HOME DX CHI, DEMENTIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
HIT HEAD ON LIGHT POST IN HIS GARAGE. DX SCALP LACERATION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT WAS WALKING FAST IN A STORE AND STRUCK HEAD ON A "LOW LYING" LIGHT F IXTURE SUSTAINING LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
PT C/O LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HER HEAD AT HOME TODAY - DX HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
PT HIT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE WITH POSSIBLE LOC CONTUS ION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Lighting equipment, Escalators
PATIENT HIT HIS HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE YESTERDAY WHILE COMING DOWN AN ESCALATOR SUSTAINING POST-CONCUSSIVE SYMPTOMS & SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT. FELL BACKWARDS WHILE CHANGING LIGHT AT HOME. DX. LAC SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
54 YOM STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON LIGHT FIXTURE CAUSING LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment, Doorsills or frames
SCALP LACERATION-WHILE TURNING ON A LIGHT SWITCH, SHE LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON DOOR FRAME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
52 YO FEMALE HAD LIGHT FIXTURE FALL ON FOREHEAD AT *** CONTUSION HEAD CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment
A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON PT'S HEAD, SUSTAINED" CERVICAL STRAIN"+" CLOSED HEAD INJURY''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lighting equipment
HEAD PAIN. PT INJURED HEAD WHEN HITTING IT ON A LIGHT FIXTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2004	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
SCALP LACERATUION.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
HEAD CONTUSION, VIA EMS, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING LIGHT FIXTUR E, C/O PAIN, DIZZINESS, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
PT DX HEAD CONTUSION - S/P HIT HEAD IN LAMP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
TRYING TO SHUT OFF LIGHT IN KITCHEN AND FELL. DX. 0.5 CM LACERATION R F RONTAL SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
PT DX HEAD CONTUSION/WRIST CONTUSION - AFTER LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON LT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
P SEEN FOR CONTUSION AND HEAD LAC AND FALLING IN THE BATHROOM STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE LIGHT SWITCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
PT FELL REACHING FOR LIGHT SWITCH. DX: R KNEE CONT, HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
DX:HEAD LAC. FELL OVER A LIGHTING FIXTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
HIT HEAD ON LIGHT FIXTURE/BRACKET DX: LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A LIGHT CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
HIT HEAD STANDING UP HIT HEAD ON LIGHT FIXTURE SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
HEAD CONT. PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
LAC TO HEAD WHEN LIGHT EQUIPMENT FELL AND STRUCK HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
HIT HEAD ON LIGHT FIXTURE STANDING UP DX: LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2001	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/06/2001	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2001	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2001	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2000	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: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Not recorded

Date: 08/28/2000	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2000	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/1999	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/1999	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/1999	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: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lighting equipment, Ceilings and walls
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/1999	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/1999	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/1999	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/1998	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/1998	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment, Ladders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/1998	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/30/1998	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/1998	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: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lighting equipment, Ceilings and walls
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/1998	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/1997	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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