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Accidents - Electrical wire or wiring systems - Year 2007 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 188
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 10/09/2007Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
ELECTRIC WIRING/CURRENT BURN FOREARM 2ND DEG <10%BSA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
L ARM BURNED BY ELECTRICAL WIRE STICKING OUT OF AT ZOO DX: L ARM BURN/PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2007Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
23 YO MALE ACCIDENTALLY CUT LEFT ARM ON WIRE LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2007Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Knives with replaceable blades
PT CUT LOWER ARM WITH BOX CUTTER WHILE CUTTING PLASTIC COATING OFF COPP ER WIRING. UNKNOWN IF WORK RELATED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2007Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Motor vehicles or parts
35YOWM WITH ELECTRICAL BURNS TO LEFT FOREARM PT WAS IN BUCKET TRUCK NEA R POWER LINES AND RECEIVED HIGH VOLTAGE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 07/01/2007Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WRESTLING W/FREINDS AT NEIGHBORS HOUSE & ACCIDENTLY FELL OFF AN ELEC TRICAL BOX, DEFORMITY/TENDERNESS TO FOREARM; CLOSED FX OF RADIUS & ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2007Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
CAME IN CONTACT C EXPOSED WIRE IN AN OPEND ELECTRICAL BOX, ?MECH " ELECTRICAL BURN TO FA'
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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