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Accidents - Electrical wire or wiring systems - Year 2005 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 419
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/26/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
ELECTRICAL BURN TO HAND AFTER HAND CAUGHT IN ?ELECTRICAL WIRE " HAND BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2005Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT. GRABBED ELECTRICAL WIRES AND BURNED BOTH HANDS. DX: ELECTRICAL BURN S TO BOTH HANDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
BURNS R HAND, PT SUST INJURY WITH A EXPOSED HOT WIRE IN A CLOSET AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
AT PARENTS FRIEND'S HOUSE CHILD GRABBED ELECTRICAL WIRE OUTSIDE IN YARD DX: ELECTRICAL BURN R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A PLUG ADAPTER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
37YMC PUNCHED WALL SWITCH CUTTING HAND/LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
WORKING ON ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AT HOME, WIRES TOUCHED, CAUSED FIRE BURN TO HAN DX: 2ND DEGREE ELECTRICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2005Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Electrical outlets or receptacles
PT PULLED ELECTRIC WIRES OUT FROM OUTLET BURNING RT HAND, THERMAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2005Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
BURNED HAND ON HOT CABLE DX BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STICKING HAIR PIN INTO ELECTRICAL SOCKETS LIGHT WENT OUT WITH PT TH ROWN BACK WITH LT HAND/FINGERS/KNEE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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