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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,285
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| SPEAKER WIRE POKED EYE CORNEAL ABRASION # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Christmas decorations |
| PATIENT WAS MAKING WREATHS, ACCIDENTALLY STUCK LT 3RD FINGER WITH A WIRE AND IT STUCK IN FINGER. DX - PUNCTURE WOUND, FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Knives with replaceable blades |
| 29 YOM CUTTING ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH RAZOR KNIFE AND LACERATED LEFT THUM B |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| 49 YOM HIT HEAD ON ELECTRICAL BOX LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| ELECTRICAL BURN TO RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST INFECTION CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2008 | Age: 49 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 STATES POST ELECTRICAL BURN FOR 3 WEEKS AGO, HAS INCREASED PAIN IN R HAND, FROM NEW YORK VISITING AREA. DX. CELLULITIS OF R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| 27 YOM WAS POKED IN EYE WITH ELECTRICAL WIRE THIS MORNING CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 31 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 |
| PT CRAWLING UNDER HOUSE AND HIS HEAD HIT A WIRE AND PT GOT A SHOCK DX// ELECTRICAL INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| ACCIDENTLY CUT FINGER ON A VCR WIRE LACERATION LEFT THIRD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Ceilings and walls |
| FEW DAYS AGO, ABRADED ELBOW ACCIDENTALLY ON A SWITCH ON THE WALL, NOW C OMES WITH SWOLLEN, WORSENING REDNESS OF ELBOW>>CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 48 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: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| 48 YO F ELECTRICAL INJURY SHOCK TO HANDS FROM LIVE WIRE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT ACCIDENTLY MADE CONTACT WITH 220 VOLT ELECTRICAL LINE RESULTING IN B URN TO LEFT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 29 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 |
| 29 YO MALE TOUCHED A LIVE WIRE AND WAS ELECTROCUTED ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Knives with replaceable blades |
| 48YOF CHANGING BLADE IN HER RAZOR,SHE WAS USING TO CUT ELECTRIC WIRE ACCIDENTLY CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER;FINGER LACERATION2-CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 40 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, Camping equipment |
| DRIVING A METAL TENT STAKE INTO GROUND AND HIT UNDERGROUND POWER LINES DX ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| WHILE PLUGGING IN SURGE PROTECTOR, PT SUSTAINED ELECTRICAL BURN TO FING ER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| F'BODY FINGER- WIRE WRAPPED |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| C/O EYE PAIN, DECREASE IN VISUAL ACUITY AFTER STRUCK ONTO EYE WITH AN E LECTRIC SPARKS FROM ELECTRIC WIRE>>EYE INJUREY/LOSS OF VISION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 46 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 GOT A KMETAL SLIVER FROM A CABLE WIRE;STUCK IN LEFT RING FINGER. DX : FOREIGN BODY,LT RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Ladders |
| 50YOM WAS ON A METAL LADDER WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY HIT ELECTRICAL WIRES; RECEIVED 3 DEGREE BURNS TO THE FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT HAS H\O FINGER FX. PRESENTED TO ED STATING THAT HE REINJURIED IT TON IGHT WHILE STRIPPING PLASTIC COATING OF COPPER WIRE. DX. FINGER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT FLIPPING ON A SWITCH WHEN HE HEARD A POP IN BACK. FELT EXTREME PAIN. D: RIB FXS, ACUTE BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PULLING WIRE OUT OF CONDUIT AND WAS POKED IN EYE/ FB OD W/SUBCONJUNCTIV AL HEMORRHAGE AND ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2008 | Age: 35 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, Ladders |
| PT WAS FIXING SOMETHING IN ATTIC & AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM 229 VOLT WIRE & WAS KNOCKED OFF LADDER DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT CUT THUMB ON SOME ELECTRIC WIRES HE WAS HOOKING UP TO HIS STEREO/ LA C TO THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Floors or flooring materials |
| 46 YO MALE TRIPPED ON WIRE AND FELL TO FLOOR ACUTE LUMBAR SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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