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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 710
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| CUT R) INDEX FINGER LAST NITE ON SPEAKER WIRE. AWOKE W/STREEKING UP ARM DX: CELLULITIS/LACERATION R) INDEX FINGER * |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/23/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT. GRABBED ELECTRICAL WIRES AND BURNED BOTH HANDS. DX: ELECTRICAL BURN S TO BOTH HANDS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PATIENT WAS PULLING ON COPPER WIRE AND PIECE RIPPED SKIN OPEN. DX-LACERATION FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2005 | Age: 16 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| SHOCKED TOUCHING LIGHT SWITCH DX. ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT SUST ELECTRIC SHOCK TO HAND ON A SWITCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2005 | Age: 16 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| L THUMB LAC/16YOM AT HOME CUT THUMB ON METAL PIECE ON LIGHT SWITCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| ABRASION RT EYE-SUS INJ TO RT EYE WHILE FLIPPING A LIGHT SWITCH AND A S PARK STRUCK RT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| STEPPED ON POWER LINE WHICH WAS ACROSS HIS DRIVEWAY. ELECTRICAL BURN RI GHT FOOT. NO FIRE; NO FIRE DEPARTMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2005 | Age: 25 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: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT SUSTAINED ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO ARM YESTERDAY WHEN PLACING A SURGE PRO TECTOR. D: MUSCLE INJURY, TRICEPS, POSSIBLE ELECTRIC SHOCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2005 | Age: 23 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: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT C/O ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN REACHING FOR LIGHT SWITCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT USING ELECTRICAL WIRE THINKS HE HAS A PIECE OF WIRE IN FINGER @HOME FB RT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| 24 YO MALE WAS SHOCKED BY 480V WIRE ELECTRICAL SHOCK LEFT UPPER EXTREMITY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| BURNED HAND ON HOT CABLE DX BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2005 | Age: 24 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| CUT FINGER WHILE INSTALLING LIGHTS LACERATION LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/01/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| BURNS ON FACE-@ NIGHT CLUB-AN ELECTRICAL WIRE THREW SPARKS @ PT'S FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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