Accidents - Light bulbs - 50+ years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,685
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	468	Hand:	319
Lower Arm:	248	Shoulder:	100
Lower Leg:	80	Head:	80
Wrist:	70	Face:	70
Eyeball:	70	Neck:	70
Upper Arm:	30	Ankle:	15
Upper Leg:	15	Upper Trunk:	15
Foot:	15	All Of Body:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2007	Age: 61 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
61 YO MALE CUT RIGHT THUMB ON LIGHTBULB AT HOME LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs, Counters or countertops
PT WITH CONTUSION TO ANKLE, FELL OFF A COUNTER WHILE CHANGING A LIGHTBULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2007	Age: 85 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 FELL CHAINGING LIGHT BULB. DX: R HUMERAL NECK FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2007	Age: 74 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
FINGER LAC ON BROKEN LIGHTBULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CHANGING A LIGHTBULB LACERATION RIGHT 3RD FINGER LACERATION RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PATIENT WAS CHANGING A BROKEN LIGHT BULB AT HOME TODAY CUT HIS HAND. DX-3 CM LEFT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2007	Age: 60 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 TO ARM ON GLASS FROM BROKEN LIGHT BULB DX: ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
CUT BY BROKEN FLUORESCENT BULB, DX; L HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2007	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Light bulbs
CHANGING A LIGHT BULB FELL AND FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/22/2007	Age: 62 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: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
HAS LAC TO (L) FOREARM FROM A BROKEN LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs, Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT WAS REACHING INTO A RECESSED LIGHT TO CHANGE THE LIGHTBULB AND THER E WAS A HORNETS NEST SUSTAINED MULTIPLE BEE STINGS TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
PROGRESSIVE OVERALL WEAKNESS: FREQUENT FALLS:RECENT FALL CHANGING LIGHTS AND PICTURES, SUPERFICIAL ABRASIONS R SCAPHOID
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/13/2007	Age: 72 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
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND ON A BROKE LIGHTBULB LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LOST BALANCE CHANGING A LIGHTBULB, FELL ON PORCH/ FOREHEAD LAC,CONTUSIO N, RT KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2007	Age: 64 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
64 YO MALE CUT RIGHT THIRD FINGER ON LIGHT BULB LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Light bulbs
FELL CHANING LIGHT BULB, L ARM PAIN DX; RADIUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB WHICH BROKE. DX: FLEXOR TENDON LAC R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Light bulbs
PATIENT SLIPPED AND FELL TODAY WHILE REPLACING A LIGHT BULB, INJURING HER CHEST WALL. DX-RIGHT RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
A LIGHT BULB BROKE AND PT'S FOREARM WAS LAC BY A PIECE OF GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
PATIENT C/O FOOT PAIN, STEPPED ON LIGHT BULB. DX-FOREIGN BODY FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT WAS CUT W/BROKEN LIGHT BULB. DX: L DISTAL THUMB LAC 6 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
RIGHT FOREARM BURN. PT BURNED ARM ON HOT LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2007	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: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LIGHT BULB FELL AND HIT POSTERIOR PART OF NECK. DX: TINY CUT POSTERIOR NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2007	Age: 55 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
R IND FING LAC/55YOM AT HOME LAC FINGER ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Light bulbs
PATIENT WAS HOLDING ONTO AN ELECTRIC FIXTURE FOR FLUORESCENT BULBS & DEVELOPED A SHOCK IN HIS LEFT HAND. DX-ELECTROCUTION-LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
51 YO MALE CUT LEFT FOREARM ON LIGHT BULB LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Light bulbs
56 YOF WAS REACHING UP TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB AND FELT A PULL AND PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER, DX: STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
FELL ONTO FA WHILE TRYING TO REACH FOR A LIGHTBULB "CONTS''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PATIENT DROPPED LIGHT BULB AND BROKE AND LACERATED LEG ON IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2007	Age: 60 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 CUT HIS LEFT HAND ON A BROKEN NEON LIGHT BULB THAT WAS IN HIS GARAGE LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs, Floor lamps or table lamps
70 YOF, STATES THAT HER BEDTIME LAMP FELL OVER, THE GLASS OF THE LIGHT BULB BROKE AND LEFT EYE BOTHERING PT. DX: FORIEGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Light bulbs
PAITENT C/O SHOULDER PAIN, ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE A LIGHT BULB AND FELL FROM STANDING POSITION. DX-DISLOCATED SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHTBULB AND IT BROKE CUTTING FINGER AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT C/O BURN TO FOREARM FROM LIGHT BULB LEFT BEFORE EVALUATION
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/30/2007	Age: 52 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 ON LITE BULB LAC. FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2007	Age: 57 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: Light bulbs
LACERATION SCALP-HIT ON LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Light bulbs, Washing machines
PT ON A WASHER CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AND FELL FRACTURED SHOUDLER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	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/FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
FB L&R HANDS, PT GOT PIECES OF GLASS FROM A BROKEN BULB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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