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Accidents - Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters - 16-25 years old - Year 2007 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 116
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Date: 11/18/2007Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
WHILE WORKING ON AN ELECTRICAL BOX, THERE WAS A SPARK, AND PT SUSTAINED BURN TO FACE AND HAND.-ELECTRICAL BURN WITH SPARK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2007Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED/HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2007Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
PT LACERATED L PALM NEAR THUMB ON METAL CIRCUIT BOX DX R HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2007Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
PATIENT HAS AN AREA ON HIS AND WHERE HE RAN INTO AN ELECTRICAL PANEL BO ARD. DX; CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND, ALSO UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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