Accidents - Light bulbs - 50+ years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,525
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	363	Eyeball:	209
Head:	207	Finger:	179
Lower Trunk:	170	Wrist:	139
Lower Arm:	78	Upper Arm:	61
Face:	33	Foot:	33
Shoulder:	16	Ankle:	16
All Of Body:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/20/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB - LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
PT.STATES HAD A LIGHT BULB EXPLOED IN FACE. DX; L.EYE F.B.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LAC HAND ON A LIGHT BULB THAT SHATTERED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT FINGER ON A LIGHT BULB LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER 1 1/2 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Light bulbs, Sinks
ELECTRIC SHOCK-CHANGING A LIGHT BULB OVER THE SINK-GOT SHOCKED-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT CUT ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB; LAC WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
FELL IN THE BATHROOM WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
BURN ARM ON A LIGHT BULB LEFT FOREARM BURN INFECTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
69 Y.O. W FEMALE W/THUMB LAC. PT INJ SELF WHILE CANGING A LIGHT BULB @ HOME. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs, Ladders
PT FELL OFF A LADDER AT HOME WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB CONTUSI ON RIGHT HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2003	Age: 65 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: Other
Product: Light bulbs, Containers
ACUTE LUMBAR SPINE BACK PAIN, MAY BE PULLED MUSCLE WHEN PICKING LIGHT BULB FROM BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT DROPPED A FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB ONTO LEFT HAND AT HOME LACERATION H AND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Light bulbs
LEFT ANKLE FX. PT REACHED UP TO PULL A LIGHT STRING AND TWISTED ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN. PT WAS REPLACING A LIGHT BULB AND FELL SIX FT ON TO SHOULDER IN GARAGE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT WAS HIT BY FALLING LIGHT BULB TUBE. DX: 3 CM SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
58YOM CUT FINGER ON A LIGHT BULB DX LT INDEX FINGER LAC SUPERFICIAL FLAP TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 57 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: Light bulbs
57 YOM HAD LIGHT BULB FALL ON HEAD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT HAD A FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB BREAK IN LEFT HAND LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
NEON LIGHT BROKE IN FRONT OF FACE DX: FOREIGN BODY BIL. EYES W/ CORNEAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CHANGING LIGHT BULB WHEN IT SHATTERED AND LAC HIS FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
PT SEEN FOR ABRASION TO THE FOOT AFTER STEPPING ON A LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER WHILE CHINGING LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT FINGER ON LIGHT BULB DX. FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Light bulbs
54 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CHI. PT WAS STANDING IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, CHANG ING A LIGHTBULB IN HER GARAGE @ HOME & FELL BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT HAND FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
FACIAL LACERATION.PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB IN CHURCH AND LIGHT BULB SHATTERED INTO PTS FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Light bulbs
PT WAS CHANGING LIGHT BULB & FELL. CLOSED FX MID SHAFT LT HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LACERATED HAND ON A LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Chairs
UP IN CHAIR, CHANGING A LIGHT BULB, FELL DX. SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2003	Age: 54 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: Light bulbs
FELL,CHANGING LIGHT BULB HIP & BACK CONTUSION INTRACTABLE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/08/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT INJURED FOOT STEPPING ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB DX:FOOT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2003	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT BURNED ARM ON A HOT LIGHTBULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
PT.INJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN CHANGING A LIGHT BULB & IT SHATTERED,GOT SOM ETHING IN EYE. DX; F.B. RT.EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PEICE OF BROKEN BULB LACERATION LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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