Accidents - Batteries - 26-50 years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,925
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	641	Foot:	234
Finger:	172	Lower Trunk:	138
Upper Trunk:	132	Internal:	132
All Of Body:	77	Unkown:	70
Toe:	70	Lower Arm:	69
Shoulder:	62	Face:	53
Hand:	37	Pubic Region:	15
Mouth:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	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
42YOM, C/O WORSENING LBP THAT BEGAN 2-3D AGO WHILE LIFTING HEAVY BATTER IES >>MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2009	Age: 40 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
SPLASHED IN NECK/FACE & EYES WITH BATTERY ACID DX CHEMICAL EXPOSURE (BATTERY ACID) *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
33YOF HAD A 9-VOLT BATTERY FALL ONTO FACE TODAY @ A STORE DX;* NOSE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR SWALLOWING 2 DOUBLE A BATTERIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2009	Age: 33 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
33YOM LIFTED BATTERY OUT OF TRUCK AND PULLED BACK LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
48 YO MALE, *** RESIDENT, SWALLOWED 2 AA BATTERIES. DX INGESTEDFOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT WAS WORKING ON A GOLF CART BATTERY WHEN IT EXPLODED SPRAYING ACID IN HIS FACE, MOUTH AND CHEST, DX: CHEMICAL BURN IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PT DROPPED A CAR BATTERY ON )(R) FOOT DX;* (R) FOOT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
PT GOT A DROP OF ACID FROM AA BATTERY IN EYE. DX: R EYE ALKALINE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS, DECREASED VISION, PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2009	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
PT HAD BATTERY ACID SPLASH IN EYES, DX: CHEMICAL BURN TO LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PATIENT SWALLOWED A WATCH BATTERY, HAS HAD NO SYMPTOMS AFTERWARDS. DX-SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY, LITHIUM WATCH BATTERY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Batteries
CARRYING MULTIPLE CAR BATTERIES WHEN LID BURST AND INHALED TOXIC FUMES, COUGHING WITH HEMOPTYSIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT GOT BATTERY ACID IN EYES AT HOME. UNKNOWN HOW INCIDENT OCCURRED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2009	Age: 26 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, Lighting equipment
A BATTERY EXPLODED, ACID SPLASHED IN PATINET'S EYES, LIT A LIGHT AND IT EXPLODED. DX-BURN TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Batteries
PT W/ TINGLING IN MOUTH & LOWER LIP S/P LICKING SOMETHING STICKY OFF FI NGERS. HAD HANDLED BATTERIES FROM REMOTE PRIOR TO SYMPTOMS. LPTMS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/21/2009	Age: 33 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
33YO WHITE MALE REPLACING CAR BATTERY IN CAR,IT SPLASHED IN EYEC/O R EY E PAIN, DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries
PT SUST LUMBAR STRAIN LIFTING A CAR BATTERY#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
BATTERY ACID ON CONCRETE WHILE POURING ACID FROM ONE BATTERY TO ANOTHER WAS SITTING IN ACID CHEMICAL BURN TO PENIS *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PT WAS CARRYING BATTERIES AND INJURED FOREARM. DX: VASCULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
SPLASHED BATTERY ACID IN R EYE DX R CONJUNCTIVITIS ( CHEMICAL) *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT SWALLOWED A BUTTON BATTERY. DX: POSS FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
PT STATES BATTERY ACID SPLASHED IN EYE DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	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: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT C/O BATTERY EXPLODING IN FACE & GOT ACID ON FACE. DX - BATTERY ACID EXPOSURE, CHEMICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
PT INJURED HAND PUTTING BATTERY INTO A CAR DX;; (L) HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries
PT WAS LIFTING A HEAVY BATTERY & INJURED FINGER AT HOME DX: SPRAINED RIGHT LITTLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	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: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
EYE INJURY FROM BATTERY ACID GETTING IN LEFT EYE. LEFT BEFORE BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/07/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	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
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF A FOOT BY DROPPING A CAR BATTERY AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2009	Age: 44 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, Manual cleaning equipment
DX CHEMICAL CONJ: PT SCRAP'G ACID RESIDE F CAR BATTERY W/ WIRE BRUSH & WENT TO BLOW IT OFF, WASN'T WEAR'G EYE PROTECT'N & IT GOT IN R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT WAS AT MOTHERS HOUSE AND GOT BATTERY ACID SPLASHED IN EYE DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries
DX SPRAIN BACK/ BACK SPASM: LBP AFTER LIFT'G BATTERY OUT OF BOAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
DROPPED BATTERY ON FOOT CONTUSION FOOT #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Batteries, Powered riding toys
PT DROPPED A LARGE *** BATTERY ON (R) FOOT DX;; (R) FOOT CRUSH INJUR Y
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PT INJ RT SHOULDER LIFTING CAR BATTERY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PT WORKING ON BATTERY & IT BLEW UP. C/O BATTERY ACID IN R EYE TODAY. EYE INJURY BATTERY ACID TO R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries
LACERATION LT.FOOT 4TH TOE.PT.REFERS WHILE CARRYING CAR BATTERY FELL O N TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
PT WITH CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS FROM BATTERY ACID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2009	Age: 30 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 TO LEFT EYE CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO LT EYE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2009	Age: 30 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: Batteries
30YO WHITE MALE LIFTED HEAVY BATTERIES EARLIER TODAY,C/O LOW BACK PAIN DX ACUTE BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PT EATING @ RESTRAUNT & FOUND *** AA BATTERY IN PLATE OF FOOD DX BATTER Y IN FOOD*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
WAS WORKING ON FLOOR MACHINE WHEN A DROP OF BATTERY ACID SHOT UP INTOEY E. DX: LT EYE INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2009	Age: 31 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: Fracture
Product: Batteries
DX FX FINGER/LAC HAND-COMPLICAT: S/P FALL W CARRY 30LB BATTERY; BATTERY FELL ON FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries
DX LAC FOOT-COMPLICATED/CONTU FOOT: PT DROP'D CAR BATTERY ON FOOT-HAD BUNIONECTOMY 1MO AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER-SUS LAC TO FINGER WHILE PUTTING BATTERIES IN A GRINDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN:FELT LIKE LITTLE TINGLY SHOCK,AS IF BATTERY WAS PRICKING THROUGH SKIN WELL BELOW PACEMAKER,HAS HAD 10-15 SHOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries
LIFTING A CAR BATTERY ONTO SHOULDER THEN CARRYING CAR BATTERY BACK PAIN STRAIN LEFT UPPER BACO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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