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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,202
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| PT STATES DOG ATE CELL PHONE BATTERY, SHE STEPPED IN BATTERY ACIDE. DX . CHEMICAL BURN L FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Batteries, Desk supplies |
| 25YO WHITE MALE SWALLOWED 2 SMALL METAL CLIPS & 2 AAA BATTERIES YEST & TODAY, DX BATTERY INGESTION,PSYCHIATRIC HX OF PARANOIS/SCHIZOPHRENIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| PT WITH BURN TO FINGER FROM BATTERY ACID, TOUCHED A WET BATTERY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Batteries |
| 20 YOM CRUSHED A TOE BY DROPPING A CAR BATTERY AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| 24 YOM C.I EYE PAIN SPLASH OF BATTERY ACID GOT IN EYE 30 MIN AGO. DX-CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Batteries |
| 19YOM SUSTAINED AN ELECTRICAL BURN TO RIGHT HAND FROM AN UNSPECIFIED BA TTERY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Batteries |
| 17 YO M, DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED & W/ HX OF MULT. FB INGESTIONS, INGEST ED 4 AA BATTERIES. BLACK STOOL. D:FB INGESTION, GI BLEED, URI. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/26/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| 24 YOF INJURED RIGHT EYE FROM JUMPING BATTERY. DX-ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Batteries, Floors or flooring materials |
| HOLDIN BATTERY IN HAND FELL ON FLOOR INJURED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Batteries |
| 21YO HISP MALE AT HOME CUT HAND WHEN REMOVED A BATTERY FROM CAR DX L HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Batteries, Televisions |
| WATCHING TV, PLAYING W/REMOTE & TALKING ON PHONE 6 DA, PUT AA BATTERY IN MOUTH,SAW SOMETHING ON TV & GASPED SWALLOWING BATTERY; ABDOMIN PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Batteries |
| REPRORTS ACC GOT SPLASHED INTO EYE WITH BATTERY ACID WHILE ADDING TO BA TTERY>>EYE IRRITATOIN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/04/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| PT IN LINE AT ***, SLIPPED ON BATTERY ACIDE, NOW HAS BURNS TO INSIDE OF THIGHS. DX: BATERY ACID SKIN EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Batteries |
| HAD A BATTERY EXPLODE IN FACE DX: BLAST INJ, LT INNER EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Batteries |
| 19YO WHITE FEMALE STS L INDEX FINGER PAIN S/P BURN FROM A HOT ***BATTER Y, DXL 1ST DEGREE BURN R INDEX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Batteries |
| C/O RT SHOULDER PAIN AFTER LIFTING TRUCK BATTERY DX SPRAIN RT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| PT STATES PICKED UP A BATTERY AND RUBED EYE DX CHEMICAL BURN TO RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| PATIENT SPLASHED BATTERY ACID IN EYES DX; CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Batteries |
| KNOCKED TOOTH OUT WITH CAR BATTERY. DX TOOTH AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Batteries |
| ^PT CHANGING CAR BATTERY WHEN TOUCHED WRENCH TO BATTERY & PT WAS ELECTR OCUTED THRU METAL RING ON FINGER. D:2ND DEG. BURN, FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Batteries |
| 23 YOF, LIFTING BATTERY, BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| PT AT HOME HAD BATTERY ACID SPLASH IN L EYE/ DX L EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Batteries |
| PT WAS EATING @ RESTRAUNT & FOUND BATTERY IN PLATE OF FOOD SHE HAD BEEN EATING FROM DX ABD PAIN/BATTERY INFOOD* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Batteries |
| LIFTED A CAR BATTERY AND NOW HAS PAIN DX: BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| BURNED HAND 3 DAYS AGO WITH BATTERY ACID. DX. L HAND BURN.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2009 | Age: 18 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: Batteries, Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| 18YOM WHILE MOVING WIRES ON HIS BATTERY RECEIVED SEVERE SHOCK TO LT ARM,DEVELOPED EXTREME PAIN;ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| DX PUNCTATE KERATITIS/BATTERY ACID SALT TO EYES/EYE PAIN: W JUMP START'G CAR TODAY W HE BLEW THE WHITE POWDER ONTOP ON BATTERY INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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