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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 577
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/26/2010 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 67YOM INTOXICATED BAC 168 STANDING CHANGING A LIGHTBULB AND FELL DIRECT LY ONTO CHEST RIB FRACTURES WITH A PNEUMOTHORAX |
| 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 10/28/2005 | Age: 70 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, Telephones or telephone accessories |
| CONTUSION CHEST WALL - 70 YOF FELL LAST FRIDAY CHANGING A LIGHTBULB AND TRIPPING OVER A TELEPHONE CORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2005 | Age: 60 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, Counters or countertops |
| PT STANDING ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER PUTTING IN A LIGHT BULB AND FELL FR ACTURED UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2000 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/1998 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs, Bathtubs or showers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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