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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 587
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2006 | Age: 39 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 |
| HAD 10 WIRE W/CURRENT IN LEFT HAND, COULD NOT GET LOOSE DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK L UPPER EXTREMITY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Mobile/Manufactured home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Air conditioners |
| SMOKE INHALATION - AWOKE TO FIRE IN RENTED TRAILER WITH ELECTRICAL PROB LEMS. WIRING NEAR AIR CONDITONER CAUGHT FIRE , FD++ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2006 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| FIRE @ SCHOOL, INHALED SMOKE FROM FIRE,THINK IT WAS ELECTRICAL,COUGHING & CHEST HURT SINCE, SMOKE INHALATION, FD?? |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2006 | 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 YOM SUSTAINED ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN GRABBED FRAYED ELECTRIC CORD.SLIGH T BURN TO FINGER.TROUBLE THINKING AND VERBALIZING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2006 | Age: 17 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 |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK.PT RECIEVED A 110 VOLTAGE WHEN UNPLUGGED SURG PROTECTOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2006 | Age: 39 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 |
| FIXING A WALL SWITCH ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/22/2006 | Age: 58 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 WAS ATTEMPTING TO STEAL COPPER WIRE FROM ABANDONED/VANDALIZED TRANSFORMER BOX. DX: ELECTROCUTION, L FOREARM LAC 2.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/18/2006 | 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: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| TURNING ON LIGHT SWITCH IN GARAGE AND GOT SHOCKED WITH LOW VOLTAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2006 | Age: 17 months | 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 |
| PT FELL AND GOT A HOLD OF A TORN WIRE; GOT SHOCKED. D: ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2006 | Age: 2 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 |
| GOT ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN STUCK FINGER INTO BREAKERBOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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, Beds or bedframes |
| SURGE PROTECTOR CAUSED FIRE IN BEDROOM, BED ON FIRE, WHEEZING, COUGH; S MOKE INHALATION,ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS, FD ON SCENE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT IS BEING SEEN FOR ELECTRICAL BURNS AFTER GRABBING A L;IVE ELECTRICAL WIRE AT CHURCH - BURN TO HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2006 | Age: 49 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 |
| 49 Y/O M LOC AFTER ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHILE WORKING ON ELECTRIC CABLE AT HOME. DX; ELECTRIC SHOCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 45 YO MALE HIT SHOULDER ON 277V WIRE ELECTROCUTION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/04/2006 | 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, Manual filing or sanding tools |
| PT. WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER TO WORK ON WIRING AND GOT SHOCKED ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| GARAGE FIRE SMOKE INHALATION MILD WIRES BETWEEN ELECTRIC BOX & METER IN BASEMENT CAUGHT FIRE. FD THERE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2006 | Age: 27 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: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT WAS SHOCKED BY A LOOSE HANGING ELECTRICAL WIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2006 | Age: 54 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, Soldering equipment |
| APARTMENT NEXT DOOR HAD FIRE. WAS TOLD ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE HIT BY SOL DERING GUN ..FIRE DEPT.RESPONDED C/0 SMOKEINHALATION SOB |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
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