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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,284
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/13/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT WAS MOVING A SHEET METAL FLOURESCENT LIGHT FIXTURE AND IT FELL ONTO HEAD SUSTAINED A SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| TRIPPED FELL TURNING OFF THE LIGHT BACK PAIN SCIATICA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT STATES SHE WAS OPENING A CEILING VENT AND A LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HER FACE.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LIGHT FELL FROM CEILING HIT PT IN HEAD. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| CUT L MIDDLE FINGER WHEN INSTALLING FLOURESCENT LIGHT FIXTURE. LAC L 3 RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| R LAC WRIST/HAND CHANGING LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME IT FELL AND CUT PATIENT AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| SHOULDER STRAIN-PAIN SINCE INSTALLING AN OVERHEAD LIGHT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Chairs |
| CHI,CS.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR WHEN A L IGHT FIXTURE FELL AND HIT PT IN HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| CUT FINGER WHILE PICKING UP BROKEN GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE AT HOME. DX; LA CERATION FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT STS ACCIDENTLY HIT HEAD WITH PLASTIC LIGHT COVERING,C/O HEADACHE DX HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT SUSTAINED INJURY TO THE HEAD AFTER BEING HIT IN THE HEAD BY A LIGHT FIXTURE.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT C/O HEADACHE AFTER LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HER HEADDX CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT HIT HEAD ON LIGHT FIXTURE. DX: CONCUSSION W/BRIEF LOC, BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, CERVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 89 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Ladders |
| LACERATION HEAD.PT.REFERS WHILE GOING UP LADDER TO FIX CEILING LAMP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 69 YO HIT FACE ON LIGHT FIXTURE CONTUSION FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | Age: 69 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT AT HOME STRETCHING TO FIX A LIGHT FIXTURE PAIN IN BACK/DX LS STRAIN LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2008 | Age: 97 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT TRYING TO TAKE OFF LIGHT GLOBE, GOT WOBBLY AND FELL. DX. HEMATOMA R TEMPLE AND CHIN, BRUISE R UPPER ARM, HEAD INJURY, CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT STATES WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB INTO LIGHT FIXTURE LACERATION TO LE FT HAND DX LEFT HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT FIXING AN ALUMINUM LIGHT FIXTURE AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM- CEILING LIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT WAS REPLACING A FLOURESCENT CEILING LAMP AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND ON THE METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| 55YOF WAS HOME A LIGHT FIXTURE BROKE,INJURING LEFT EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 67 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: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures, Lighting equipment |
| 67 YO PUTTING LIIGHT BULB INTO LIGHT FIXTURE FELL STRIKING HEAD LAC HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| DROPPED A TRANSFORMER BOX CONNECTING TO A LIGHT FIXTURE CONTUSION RIGHT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PATIENT WALKED INTO THE FRONT PORCH LIGHT FIXTURE CUTTING HIS RIGHT FRONTOPARIETAL SCALP. DX-RT FRONTAL SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LEFT ELBOW LAC. PT CUT ELBOW ON A PIECE OF METAL FROM A LIGHT FIXTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/29/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| LIGHT FIXTURE FELL ON HER HEAD IN STORE CAUSING 4 CM SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| PT REMODELING BATHROOM SUST LAC TO FINGER ON LIGHT FIXTURE# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| FACIAL LAC, PT FELL INTO A METAL LIGHT FIXTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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