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Accidents - Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns - 50+ years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 217
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Unkown:79Toe:79
Foot:43Lower Trunk:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/02/2006Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
69YOM DROPPED FLASH LIGHT ON TOE FX DISTAL PHALND 1ST TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2006Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT PLACED FLASHLIGHT IN RECTUM. DX: ANAL FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2006Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Batteries
PT. DROPPED LARGE FLASHLIGHT W/4 BATTERIES ON FOOT. DX. CONT R FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2006Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Floors or flooring materials
~PT TRIPPED ON FLASHLIGHT ON FLOOR AND FELL , FOUND ON FLOOR BY NEIGHBOR PT IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS PER NEIGHBOR LOC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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