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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 183
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs, Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT. WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB, WHICH WAS HOT, AND CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE METAL ON CHANDELIER LACERATING HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 58 Y/O W/F WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB WHEN IT BROKE AND LACERATED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs, Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT CHANGING A FLOURESCENT LIGHTBULB AT HOME WHEN HE CUT HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE LIGHT FIXTURE LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| HAND BURN. PT BURNED HAND ON A HOT LIGHT BULB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LT HAND LAC-CUT ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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