Accidents - Light bulbs - 50+ years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,046
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	602	Eyeball:	191
Knee:	166	Lower Arm:	159
Hand:	132	Head:	119
Lower Leg:	86	Face:	82
Wrist:	79	Elbow:	71
Upper Leg:	71	Foot:	71
Upper Trunk:	59	Ankle:	59
Neck:	59	Lower Trunk:	15
Unkown:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/22/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LAC TO HAND - CUT ON A LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
54 YOM CHGING LIGHT BULB BROKE LAC RT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs, Counters or countertops
CHANGING LIGHT BULB AT HOME AND FELL NEXT TO COUNTER INJURING KNEE. D X: CONTUSION KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs
89 YOF CHGING LIGHTBULB ACCUTE EXACERBATION CRONIC KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT LACERATED FOREARM ON A LIGHT BULB. DX: RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION, 8 CM. REPAIRED, SIMPLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
C/O CUT TO L MIDDLE FINGER ON LIGHT BULB, HX OF HEMOPHILIA, BLEEDING NOW, DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
BURN 2ND DEGREE L 1,2&3RD FINGERS, PT CHANGING A BULB AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, BLISTERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT CUT LEFT FOREARM ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB THROWING IT IN THE TRASH LAC ERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Ladders
CHANGING LIGHT BULB AND FELL OFF LADDER SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
PT DX LT HIP CONTUSION - FELL DOWN WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Light bulbs, Beds or bedframes
PT FRACTURED FEMUR WHEN TURNED OFF LIGHT TO GO TO BED AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/24/2006	Age: 55 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: Light bulbs
PT CUT FINGER ON CRACKED LIGHTBULB. DX: LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Floors or flooring materials
PT STEPPED ON A LIGHTBULB THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR AT HOME SUSTAINED A LAC ERATION TO RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT ARM ON LITE BULB PIN [TUBE] LAC. ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Chairs
FELL OFF CHAIR THAT HE WAS STANDING ON TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB. DX- LACER ATION NOSE, FOREHEAD, SKIN TEAR L FORARM, MILD CEREBRAL CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LACERATION ON LOWER LEG FROM A LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Light bulbs, Beds or bedframes
STANDING ON BED CHANGING LIGHT BULB, FELL, KNEE PAIN DX: KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2006	Age: 54 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 LACERATION LT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT DX FOREHEAD LACERATION - C/O DIRECT BLOW TO THE FOREHEAD,OBJECT FELL ON FOREHEAD WHILE CHANGINH A LIGTH BULB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
WOUND RT.FINGER.PT.REFERS WHILE CHANGING LIGHT BULB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 72 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: Light bulbs
PT BROKE A LIGHT BULB THEN HAD EYE PAIN. DX: FOREIGN BODY SENSATION, RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs
52 YO MALE WAS CHANGING LIGHTBULB AND IT FELL AND HIT FOREHEAD LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/07/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PATIENT CUT FINGERS ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB. DX-LACERATION FINGER, 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2006	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
FLUORESCENT LIGHT SHATTERED ON HEAD CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs, House repair or construction materials
HEAD CONTUSION.PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AND HIT HEAD ON A BOARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs
58YOM CUT THUMB ON BROKEN GLASS ON FLORESCENT LIGHT BULB INCISED WOUN D RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2006	Age: 84 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
PT CUT SELF WHILE CHANGING LIGHTBULB. DX: LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
HIT HEAD ON LIGHT BULB WHILE MOVING COUCH AT FRIEND'S. DX. LAC SCALP, L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2006	Age: 56 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: Light bulbs
GLASS LIGHT BULB EXPLODED AND FELT SOMETHING IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LEFT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Light bulbs
FELL WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB. DX. MINOR HEAD TRAUMA, CERVICAL SPRAI N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT FINGER WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB. DX. FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Light bulbs, Chairs
SPRAIN R ANKLE, PT FELL FROM A CHAIR WHILE CHANGING A BULB AT HOME, C/O PAIN, SWELLING, LIMPING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs, Ladders
CONTUSION R RIB AREA, PT CHANGING A LIGHT BULB, FELL FROM A LADDER AT HOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, NO SOB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PATIENT WAS HOLDING A LIGHT BULB WHEN IT BURST IN HIS HAND. DX-HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Light bulbs
FRACTURE RIGHT WRIST-CHANGING A LIGHT BULB FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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