Accidents - Electrical wire or wiring systems - Year 2003 - All Of Body

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 939
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	12
6-15 years old:	149
16-25 years old:	179
26-50 years old:	483
50+ years old:	115

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/17/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PATIENT PICKED UP EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRE AT SCHOOL, SHOCKED ON HAND;EL ECTRICAL SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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, Clothing accessories
ELECTRIC SHOCK - SHOCKED WHEN ELECTRICAL WIRE HIT HAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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, Light bulbs
ELECTRIC SHOCK - PATIENT REPORTS LAST EVENING HE TOUCHED A 120 VOLT LIN E WIRE ON TOP OF HEAD WHEN CHANGING LIGHT BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
GRABBED RED WIRE, UNABLE TO LET LOOSE, COLLAPSED IN YARDDX; ELECTRIC S HOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 SUSTAINED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM ELECTRICAL WIREING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
STANDING IN PUDDLE OF WATER AT TIRE SHOP AND TOUCHED LIVE WIRE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 37 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
GRABBED AND TOUCHED PRIMARY ELECTRICAL WIRE BY ACCIDENT DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
TOUCHED THE SIDE OF AN ELECTRIC SOCKET ELECTRICAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 28 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, Other power garden tools
USING POWERED POST HOLE DIGGER, HIT ELECTRICAL LINE DX. ELECTROCUTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
CARDIOPULMONARY UNSUCCESSFUL RESUSCITATION-FOUND HANGING W/ ELECTRIC CORD AROUND NECK-IN BASEMENT-@ HOME-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 GRABBED ELECTRICAL WIRE. DX: ELECTRICAL INJURY R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT TOUCHED OUTSIDE ELECTRICAL LINE ELECTRICUTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 17 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 IN A TREE AT HOME WHEN HE TOUCHED THE POWER LINE AND SUSTAINED AN EL ECTRIC SHOCK- PULSELESS AND APNEIC TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
PUT A 12 V ADAPTER IN MOUTH - LOW VOLTAGE WELL CHILD EXAM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	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
PLUGGING IN A POWER CORD / GOT AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2003	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WAS ELECTRICUTED ON 7/5 WHILE TRYING TO FIX THE BRAKE BOX WITH A STICK. DX ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	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
ELECTRICL SHOCK TO RIGHT HAND, TOUCHED CORD THAT RABBIT HAD BITTEN THROUGH. DX ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND BURN RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 18 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, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT. SUSTAINED ELECTRIC SHOCKKK WHEN HIT A 220 VOLT POWER LINE WITH A PAIR OF PLIERS CAUSING CHEST AND HEAD PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
56 YOMC WAS WORKING ON HIS BASEMENT WITH THE WIRING AND SUDDENLY FELT D IZZY WITH EPIGASTRIC AND ABDOMINAL PAIN/ ABDOMINAL PAIN & DIZZY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2003	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Ladders
ELECTRICAL SHOCK-GRABBED 220 CURRENT CONDUIT W/ BOTH HANDS-KNOCKED HIM OFF 10 FT *** LADDER-PT UNEMPLOYED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2003	Age: 46 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
PT'S BACK HIT A 22O VOLTAGE WIRE. DAIGNOSIS WAS EXAM AFTER ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
C/O ELECTRIC SHOCK AFTER WASHING HANDS AND TOUCHING AN UNCOVERED LIGHT SWITCH. DX; ELECTRICAL INJURY/ PARESTHESIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
SHOCKED WHEN BIT INTO ELECTRICAL CORD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Cabinet or door hardware
ELECTRICAL SHOCK - 40 YOF VISITING FROM CANADA, STEPPED OUT OF SHOWER I N HOTEL ROOM, TOUCHED WALL SWITCH AND DOORKNOB, WAS SHOCKED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2003	Age: 71 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 FELL 12 FT FROM LADDER AFTER TOUCHING 220V ELECTRICAL GROUND LINE AT HOME. DX: ELECTRICAL INJURY, ABR R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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