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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,671
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2009 | Age: 72 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 LIGHT BULB WHEN IT SHATTERED HAS LAC TO INDEX FINGER OF R HA DN PT IS ON *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2009 | Age: 91 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 |
| 91 YO FEMALE, FELL AT HOME WHILE CHANGING LIGHT BULB. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/09/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| FELL AT HOME CHANGING A LIGHT BULB CHEST CONTUSION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2009 | 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, Ceilings and walls |
| 79 YOF, LITE BLEW OUT ON PORCH, WENT REACHING FOR WALL, FELL DX: LAC BROW, SHOULDER & HIP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT HAD FLOURESCENT BULB BREAK ON HER HEAD DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT. STEPPED ON PIECE OF LIGHT BULB AT HOME-ALSO FELL AND HIT CHEST DX: FOOT LACERATION, CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2009 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs, Chairs |
| 66YOF CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB STANDING ON A CHAIR FELL LANDED ON BACK; BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2009 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Light bulbs, Step stools |
| HELPING HUSBAND TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB & HUSBAND FELL OFF STEP STOOL & KNOCKED HER DOWN-R HIP PAIN DX R HIP FX * |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/07/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| FELL ONTO LIGHT BULB AND HURT RIGHT HAND ABRASION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2009 | Age: 52 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 ON A FLORESENT BULB DX: RT RING FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2009 | Age: 67 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, Ceilings and walls |
| FOREARM LAC-LS STRAIN-FELL WHILE CHANGING LIGHT BULB-HIT A WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 59 Y O M STOOD UP IN BASEMENT HIT HEAD ON A LIGHT BULB LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2009 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| FX LEFT RIBS-WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AND LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, L ANDING ON LEFT RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2009 | Age: 66 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 |
| TRYING TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB THAT BROKE CUTTING FINGER >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2009 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT WAS CHANGING LIGHTBULBS 2 DAYS AGO, LOST CONTROL OF BULB, IT FELL TO GROUND, PT ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON IT, C/O OF LEG SWELLING, FOOT INFEC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2009 | Age: 52 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, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 3 CM SIMPLE LAC. TO ARM: 52YOM LACERATED LOWER ARM ON PIECE OF BROKEN BULB ON A CANDLE THAT WAS SITTING ON WINDOW SILL @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT DX LACERATION RT RING FI NGER - S/P WHILE CHANGING LIGHT BULB AT HOME PTA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2009 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Light bulbs, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL ON FLOOR WHILE CHAING LIGHT BULB AND FRACTURED UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2009 | Age: 56 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 |
| WAS TWISTING A LIGHT BULB&GLASS BROKE CUTTING HAND >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2009 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT STEPPED ON A LIGHT BULB AND INJURED FOOT. DX: FOREIGN BODY, RIGHT FOOT.. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2009 | Age: 51 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 CHANGING A LIGHTBULB LAST EVENING AND IT EXPLODED SUSTAINED A LACERA TION TO LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2009 | Age: 70 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 |
| PT FELL 2 FT WHILE CHANGING LIGHTBULB, DX: HIP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| HAND LAC-CUT ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2009 | Age: 60 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 |
| SCALP LAC/60YOM HIT A FLUORESCENT LIGHT IN BASEMENT WITH HIS HEAD SUSTA INING LACERATION TO SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| CORNEAL AB-DUST FELL INTO EYE WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2009 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 AND IT BROKE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FIN GER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Light bulbs, Stairs or steps |
| WHILE STANDING ON STAIRS TO CHANGE LIGHTBULB, PT FELL, SPRAINED LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2009 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT WAS CHANGING LIGHT BULB AT HOME, IT BROKE & WHEN HE PULLED HAND AWAY, TORE SKIN ON LT HAND. DX - SKIN TEAR, LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT DX POBABLE FOREIGN BODY (RESOLVED) OS - S/P PT C/O "BULB SPLASHED ALL OVER ME,I'M FEELING SOMETHING IN IN MY EYES". |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2009 | Age: 78 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 |
| GOT FB IN EYE AT HOME, POSSIBLY GLASS FROM LIGHT BULB. HAS SCLERA ABRA SION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Light bulbs, Chairs |
| PT WAS TRYING TO SCREW A LIGHT BULB IN AND FELL OFF OF CHAIR. DX: L HIP STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2009 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 73 YOM, CUT HAND ON LIGHT BULB, HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2009 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT FELL WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AT ASSISTED LIVING AND HIT HEAD DX// HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN - FELL WHILE CHANGING LIGHT BULB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2009 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT DX RT SHOULDER DISLOCATION - WAS REACHING UP TO FIX LIGHT BULB AND INJURED HER SHOULDER JUST PTA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2009 | 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 HAS LAC TO PALM OF HAND FROM A FLUORESCENT BULB DX; LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2009 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| RT HAND LAC.PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AND IT BROKE AND LACERATED HAN D. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LIGHT BULB BROKE, POSSIBLE PIECE IN EYE/ CONEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2009 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| WORKING WITH FLORESCENT TUBE IN GARAGE , LIGHT BROKE, POWDER CONTACT TO FACE/ FACIAL CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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