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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,702
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/18/2005 | Age: 41 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries, Automotive chemicals |
| PT SPRAYED BATTERY CLEANER ON CAR BATTERY, WHILE CLEANING BATTERY W/ BR USH FELT SOMETHING GET INTO R EYE DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIUITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Batteries |
| LIFTING A CAR BATTERY YESTERDAY AT HOME. DX: ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| PT HAD BATTERY EXPLODE, GETTING BATTERY ACID IN EYES; CHEMICAL BURN TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: 25 - 50% Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| ACID BURNS ON LEGS & FEET FROM CAR BATTERY DX SECONDARY BURNS LEGS & FEET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| TRYING TO START CAR WHILE JUMPING OFF BATTERY--IT BLEW UP IN HIS FACE-- BATTERY ACID TO FACE DX CHEMICAL BURN EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/24/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Batteries |
| RIGHT HAND CONTUSION PUTTING BATTERY INTO CAR. CONTUSION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Batteries |
| PULLED LOWER BACK LIFTING HEAVY BATTERY LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| PT STATES SHE GOT BATTERY ACID ON LEG PT LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/28/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Batteries |
| RT RING FINGER FRACTURE.PT DROPPED A BATTERY ON FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Batteries |
| STRAIN LOW BACK - PATIENT COMPLAINS OF RADIATING LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LI FTING A BOAT BATTERY TODAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2005 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Batteries |
| PAIN AFTER LIFTING BATTERY 3 DAYS AGO. LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| FLASHLIGHT BATTERY SQUIRTED IN EYES CAUSTIC EYE EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2005 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Batteries |
| NAUSEA INHALING FUMES FROM HOT CAR BATTERY INHALATION INJURY CO -OK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Batteries |
| BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING CAR BATTERY THIS AM LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Batteries |
| CONTUSION LT FOOT: DROPPED 50# CAR BATTERY ON FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Batteries |
| DROPPED CHILDRENS RIDE BATTERY ON FOOT-BLUNT FOOT TRAUMA(BIG WHEEL) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2005 | Age: 28 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 |
| PT WAS CLEANING A CAR BATTERY AND +ETOH PT STATES FEL ASLEEP AND DID NO T WASH ANDS AND RUBBED EYES W/ BATTERY ACID DX CHEMICAL IRR TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Batteries |
| SWALLOWED A SMALL BATTERY DX. INGESTED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2005 | Age: 39 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Batteries |
| PT WORKING ON THEIR CAR AND ACCIDENTALLY GOT BATTERY ACID IN BOTH EYES AFTER WIPING FACE W/ HANDS DX: BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Batteries |
| HIT IN FACE WITH BATTERY PACK [ACCIDENT] FX NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| BATTERY BLEW UP IN HAND DX: CHEMICAL BURN L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| STANDING NEAR CAR WHEN BATTERY EXPLODED. CHEMICAL CORNEA BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| DX CAUSTIC TO EYES: BATTERY ACID TO EYES AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2005 | Age: 28 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| PT HAD A BATTERY FLUID/?ACID SPLASHD ON THE EYE SUSTAINED " CHEMICAL CONJ" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Batteries |
| PT STEPPED ON BATTERY AND TWISTED RT FIOOT C/O PAIN RT FOOT SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2005 | Age: 34 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 |
| PT SWALLOWED BATTERIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Batteries |
| PT THINKS SHE GOT BATTERY ACID IN EYES. THINKS IT WAS ACCIDENTALLY PUT IN HER MAKE-UP REMOVER WHICH SHE USED. D: PUNCTATE KERATITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2005 | Age: 34 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 |
| PT SWALLOWED A BATTERY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| BATTERY BLEW UP IN FACE, HAS BATTERY ACID IN EYES/ CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVI TIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| BATTERY ACID SPLASHED INTO PT'S EYE. DX: CHEMICAL BURN BILAT EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| WORKING ON A BATTERY AT HOME WHEN IT SPLATTERED AND WENT INTO EYES...BA TTERY FLUID EYE BURN TO BOTH EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Batteries |
| 38 YOM LIFTING CAR BATTERY OUT OF CAR, CAUSING LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| ACCIDENTALLY SPLASHED BATTERY ACID IN EYES DX ACID EXPLOSIVE TO BOTH EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Batteries |
| 38 YOM WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE BATTERY ON CAR AND GOT ACID IN RT EYE C AUSING CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2005 | Age: 41 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 |
| PT BATTERY EXPOLDED AND GOT IN EYE; EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2005 | Age: 26 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 |
| BATTERY ACID SPLASHED ON TO HAND/ BURN LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Batteries, Computers |
| 49 YO SHOCKED BY BATTERY IN LAPTOP COMPUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Batteries, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS CARRYING A CAR BATTERY SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO FLOOR DX PARTIAL A MPUTATIOM R 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/10/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| SORE ON LIP AFTER TOUCHING AA BATTERY TO LIP DX: CHEMICAL BURN TO LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Batteries |
| BATTERY BLEW UP IN FACE ACID IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| HAD TO MOVE HER CAR BATTERY YESTERDAY, BELIVES GOT BATTERY ACID ON WRIS T DX BURN TO WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Batteries, Knives with replaceable blades |
| CUTTING BATTERY CABLE W/UTILITY KNIFE, CUT L HAND. DX. LAC L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Batteries |
| PT DROPPED POWER BATTERY ON RT TOES OF RT FOOT; TOES ARE SWOLLEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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