Accidents - Light bulbs - 50+ years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,312
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	378	Hand:	333
Upper Trunk:	278	Lower Trunk:	246
Lower Arm:	199	Wrist:	145
Head:	133	Shoulder:	132
Eyeball:	119	Ankle:	119
Elbow:	90	Lower Leg:	59
Unkown:	59	Knee:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/20/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
82YOM WHILE HOME WAS CHANGING LIGHT BULB,WHEN IT BROKE CUTTING LT HAND; HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Light bulbs, Chairs
PT WAS ON A "ONE STEP CHAIR" AND FELL OFF WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB F RACTURED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
C/O EYE PAIN&IRRITATION/FOREIGN BODY SESNATION S/P WAS IN THE AREA WHER E LIGHT BULB BURST>>RULE OUT EYE FOEING BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Light bulbs, Stools
79YOM AT HOME STOOD ON A STOOL TO CHANGE LIGHT BULB,FELL BACKWARDS HIT HEAD ON WALL OR REFRIGERATOR;CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Light bulbs
FELL WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE LIGHT BULB AT HOME. LEG FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/15/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Light bulbs
STRAIN UPPER BACK - 73 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH UPPER BACK PAIN - ONSET YESTERDAY WHEN REACHING TO PUT IN A LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs
PT BROKE A FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB A WEEK AGO AND A PIECE OF THE GLASS W ENT INTO ELBOW THAT GOT INFECTED ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Light bulbs
57 YOF WAS TIGHTENING A LIGHT BULB WHEN IT BROKE IN HER HAND PUNCTURING HER RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 60 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
PT LACERATED FINGER WITH A LIGHT BULB. DX: RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION, SIMPLE,2CM. REPAIRED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
51 YOM LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
PT WAS CHANGING LIGHT BULB WHICH BROKE, THINKS PIECE HIT EYE, CONTUSION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
FINGER LAC-LIGHT BULB BROKE IN HAND-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 61 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, Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
LACERATION HEAD - 61 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH SCALP LACERATION - SCRAPED S CALP ON LIGHT FIXTURE WHEN CHANGING LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
53 YOM GOT A PIECE OF LIGHT BULB IN LEFT EYE THIS MORNING WHEN THE LIGH T BULB BROKE SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT LACERATED WRIST WHEN A LIGHT BULB BROKE. DX: LACERATION 3 CM. WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
60YOM ACCIDENTLY BURNT LEFT FOREARM ON A LIGHT BULB WHILE AT HOME THREE DAYS AGO;FOREARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Light bulbs
PT SUSTAINED BACK STRAIN WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Light bulbs
CHEST WALL STR. PT STRAINED CHEST WHEN PICKING UP LIGHT BULBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 51 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 DX LT HAND LACERATION - S/P DUE TO FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULB WHEN TRYING TO BREAK A FALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
PT BROKEN LIGHT BULB FELL AND CUT PT ON THE ANKLE DX// LAC RIGHT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Light bulbs
PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AT HOME, STRAINED LWR BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LEFT ARM INJURY FROM GETTING CUT ON BROKEN LIFHT BULB. DX-LEFT FOREARM LACERATION 3 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
LIGHT BULB BROKE,BURNS TO CHEST,NO FIRE#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs
PT CHNGED LIGHT BULB AND FELT STING. ECCHYMOSIS AND BROKEN BLOOD VESSE L R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Light bulbs
PT FELL AT HOME WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AND TWISTED ANKLE PT UNABLE TO AMBULATE SOCIAL ADMIT DX// LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
ACCIDENTALLY CUT SHOULDER ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB, ?MECH >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
ACCIDENTALLY CUT SHOULDER ONTO A ?BROKEN LIGHTBULB,?MECH >>LAC
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/02/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT BURNED L HAND ON LIGHT BULB, BLISTER NOTED. DX. BURN L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
END OF LIGHTBULB STUCK IN FINGER. DX- FOREIGN BODY L THUMB #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	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 CUT LEFT HAND ON LIGHT BULB DX; LEFT 5TH FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 53 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
ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB TRYING TO CHANGE >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs, Floors or flooring materials
TRAUMA RT.SHOULDER.PT.REFERS WHILE CHANGING LIGHT BULB FELL DOWN ON FLO OR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 70 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, Day wear
70 YO MALE HIT LIGHT BULB WHILE CHANGING SHIRT LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 51 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, Animal induced injury
BACK PAIN: COCCYX INJ: CHANGING LIGHTBULB, STEPPED ON DOG'S BACK, FALLING BACKWARDS ONTO COCCYX, LOW BACK PAIN, COCCYX, NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2008	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
CUT THUMB WITH LIGHTBULB LACERATION THUMB #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs, Stepladders
PT ON A STEP LADDER CHNGING A LIGHTBULB AND LOST FOOTING AND FELL STRUC K CHEST AGAINST THE BATHTUB SUSTAINED A RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
PATIENT WAS AT CHURCH LAST NIGHT, THE LIGHTS WERE OUT, HAD A STUMBLE AND FALL HITTING HER RT KNEE TWISTING ANKLE. DX-RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2008	Age: 61 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, Beds or bedframes
FELL OFF OF BED WHILE CHANING LIGHT BULB LANDING ONTO BUTTOCKS, C/O LOW ER ABDOMINAL PAIN >> ABDOMINAL PAIN S/P FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Light bulbs
CHANGING LIGHT BULB LOST BALANCE AND FELL INJURING WRIST ..FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/03/2008	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
REMOVING LIGHT BULB AND IT BROKE CUTTING FINGER LACERATION FINGER #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Light bulbs
LT SHOULDER STRAIN.PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AND INJURED SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
PT BURNED RT HAND TOUCHING A HOT LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	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 WITH CONTUSION TO HIP IN FALL WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	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
CHANGING A BROKEN LIGHT BULB. SOME PIECES GOT IN EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRA SION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs
BURNED ON LIGHT BULB. DX- SECOND DEGREE BURN R FOREARM #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 52 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 WAS TAKING DOWN A LIGHT BULB, IT BROKE LACERATING RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs
PT SITTING AT HOME WHEN OVERHEAD LIGHT BULB FLEW OUT. HIT BY GLASS SHAR DS. SAW VISION WHITING OUT & HAD BLINDNESS. D;CONVERSION RXN, RESOLVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Light bulbs
HURT SHOULDER WHILE CHANGING LIGHT BULB ROTATOR CUFF STRAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Light bulbs, Chairs
CHANGING LIGHTBULB,FELL OFF OF CHAIR DX: SPRAIN DORSAL, CONTUSION DORS AL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2008	Age: 74 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, Chairs
PT WASD STANDING ON A CHAIR TRYING TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB WHEN HE FELL TO THE FLOOR. DX. HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 53 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
EYE FB-CAUSED BY UNKNOWN DEBRIS WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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