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Accidents - Electrical wire or wiring systems - Year 2007 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 539
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Date: 12/04/2007Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT HAD ELECTRICAL BURN TO L HAND FROM BAD WIRE @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2007Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LEFT HAND LACERATION-CUT HAND ON A NEW ELECTRIC BOX. SUS A 1.5CM LACERA TION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2007Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED OVER ELECTRICAL BOX ON FLOOR. DX: R FIFTH METACARPAL FX, L LEG CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2007Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Knives
51YOF WAS HOME CUTTING ELECTRICAL WIRING WITH A KNIFE,SLIPPED CUT HAND; HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2007Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LAC TO HAND FROM WIRE LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2007Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
HAND BURN-GRABBED A HOT COPPER WIRE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2007Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Ductwork for heating or cooling systems
PT WAS DOING SOME ELECTRICAL WIRING AND CAUGHT HAND IN JAGGED PC OF AIR DUCT,, DX: DEEP LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2007Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
41 YO INJURED HAND ON COPPER WIRE LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT STATES HE WAS HIT WITH SPARKS ONNHIS RT HAND.THE SPARKS RESULTED FROM AN EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2007Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
TOUCHED BARE WIRE IN RESTAURANT/HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2007Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
HAND STRUCK BROKEN LIGHT SWITCH PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2007Age: 44 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 CUT A 220 VOLT ELECTRICAL WIRE AND SUSTAINED AN ELETRICAL BURN TO HAND AND WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2007Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Ladders
CUT WITH COPPER WIRE WHILE ON LADDER FIXING HOUSE LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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