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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 312
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/27/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Ceilings and walls |
| DX:NO INJURY. FELL STRIKING VACUUM CLEANER AND WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PATIENT SHORT OF BREATH AFTER VACUUMING AT HOME. USED SON'S *** NEBULIZ ER & NOW FEELS ANTSY-JITTERY. D:POSS. ALLERGIC RXN, HYPERTENSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT SHOCKED PLUGGING IN VACUUM, ELECTRICAL SHOCK L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE - FAINTED WHEN VACUUMING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT VACUUMING AT HOME WHEN HE WENT TO PULL THE CORD THERE WAS A SPARK AN D SMOKE FELT A STINGING SENSATION THROUGHOUT BODY- ELECTRIC SHOCK INJUR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PATIENT GOT AN ELECTRICAL BURN WHEN SHE PLUGGED IN THE VACUUM CLEANERAT HOME. DX-ELECTRICAL BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| WHILE VACUUMING DEVELOPED PALPITATIONS DX: PALPITATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| ELECTRICAL CORD SHOCK - HE WAS PLUGGING IN THE VACUUM AND RECEIVED A SHOCK/ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2002 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, First aid equipment |
| ? MERCURY EXPOSURE-@ HOME-MOTHER VACUUMED UP A THERMOMETER-WHICH BROKE- MOTHER CONCERNED ABOUT MERCURY EXPOSURE IN THE AIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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