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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 555
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2004 | Age: 72 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 |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK-SHOCKED WHILE WORKING ON ELECTRICAL WIRE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2004 | Age: 43 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 |
| PT TOUCHED AN ELECTRIC WIRE AND FELT A SHOCK GO THROUGHOUT BODY ELECTRI C SHOCK INJURY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 10/28/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| WHILE RIDING IN TRUCK HIT BY LIVE ELECTRICAL WIRE DX: ELECTRICAL SHOCK, NO EVIDENCE OF INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/30/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| SMELL OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AT SCHOOL SMOKING MADE HER ILL AND HAD DIFFI CULTY BREATHING, STABLE AT D/C- |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 WALKING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THERE WAS AN ELECTRIC POWER WIRE STREWN A CROSS THE ROAD AND STEPPED ON IT FELT A SHOCK THROUGHOUT BODY- ESI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2004 | Age: 30 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 |
| TOUCHED EXPOSED WIRE DX. ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | 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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT WAS IN AN OUTDOOR ELECTRICAL BOX ON HER PATIO AND GRABBED SOMETHING W/ WET HANDS , FELT SHOCK SENSATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2004 | Age: 13 months | 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 |
| FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT HOME, CAME IN CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL CORD; QUEST IONNABLE ELECTROCUTION, CARDIAC ARREST, PT EXPIRED AFTER ADMIT TO PICU |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/15/2004 | Age: 42 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 |
| 42 YO MALE GOT ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM 110 V WIRE ELECTROCUTION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/23/2004 | Age: 34 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, Lawn mowers |
| PATIENT WAS ELECTROCUTES WHEN A WIRE TOUCHED THE LAWN MOWER WHILE SHE WAS MOWING, FELT A JOLT. DX-CHEST PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| WAS @ CARNIVAL 2 DAYS AGO TOUCHED A SOCKET W// NO BULB AND FELT SHOCK FELT JOLT TODY FEELING ILL DX MINOR ELECTRICL SHOCK, FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2004 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| SMOKE INHALATION/28YOF AT HOME WAS AWAKENED BY SMOKE. PT HAD ELECTRICAL FIRE IN HOUSE. FIRE DEPT IN ATTENDANCE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2004 | Age: 7 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: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Desk supplies |
| 7 Y.O. B FEMALE W/ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO HAND. PT TURNED ON A LIGHT SWITCH @ THE ***** THAT SOMEONE HAD PUT A PAPER CLIP IN & WAS SHOCKED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2004 | 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: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT UNPLUGGED A CORD FALLING FORWARD + LOC WOKE UP FACE FIRST WITH TINGL ING ALL OVER BODY + ETOH ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2004 | Age: 21 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 |
| ELECTROCUTED, BURN TO FINGER ON LIGHT SWITCH. DX ELECTRIC SHOCK R FINGE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 BACK SEAT PASSENGER WHEN LIVE WIRE FELL ONCAR FELT SHOCK C/O NECKPAI N FROM TURNING HEAD LEF ANKLE PAIN ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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