Accidents - Electrical wire or wiring systems - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,919
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	182
6-15 years old:	247
16-25 years old:	291
26-50 years old:	1,054
50+ years old:	1,144

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	560	All Of Body:	366
Finger:	325	Eyeball:	214
Face:	212	Lower Trunk:	200
Lower Leg:	177	Toe:	164
Lower Arm:	151	Shoulder:	146
Ankle:	75	Foot:	75
Knee:	62	Neck:	62
Head:	46	Upper Trunk:	30
Upper Arm:	16	Elbow:	15
Wrist:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2009	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM A LIGHT SWITCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
72YOF TRIPPED OVER WIRE CELLULITIS LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT PUNCHED AN ELECTRICAL BOX, NOW HAS PAIN IN HAND DX: HAND STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LAC RT CHEEK-SUS A 3CM LAC TO RT CHEEK WHEN HE FELL ON GROUND AFTER TRI PPING OVER WIRE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
TRYING TO GET DOOR BELL,TWISTED AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL FX HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/25/2009	Age: 61 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
PT RECIEVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN USING A DOOR BELL, ELECTRICAL SHOCK THROUGH RIGHT HAND INTO BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WAS GOING TO ANSWER THE DOORBELL, TURNED, LOST BALANCE AND FELL AT H OME, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
44YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT FOURTH FINGER ON AN ELECTRICAL BOX AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
73YOF WAS WALKING IN THE DARK AND WHILE REACHING FOR A LIGHTSWITCH SHE FELL SYSTAINED A CONTUSION TO UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
31YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER ON AN ELECTRICAL BOX AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2009	Age: 60 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, Manual scissors
60YO WHITE MALE WAS CUTTING 240 VOLT CONDUIT,HOLDING SCISSORS,240 VOLT WAS STILL ACTIVE WAS KNOCKED BACKWARDS,C/O CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/05/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PATIENT WAS DOING SOME WIRING, HAD TO BEND DOWN & CRAWL, C/O LOW BACK PAIN RADIATING DOWN LT LEG. DX-SCIATICA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
56Y/O,M,FEELS OFF BALANCE & NUMB L ARM, 2 WEEKS AGO WAS SHOCKED BY 120 LIGHT SWITCH, MULTILEVEL CERVICAL DISC DISEASE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WAS REACHING FOR A LIGHT SWITCH AND FELL FORWARD ONTO LEFT SHOULDER DISLOCATED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2009	Age: 32 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 HOT ELEC WIRE AT HOME ELECT SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2009	Age: 22 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 SUS ELECTRIC SHOCK AFTER TOUCHING ELECTRICAL WIRE IN BATHROOM WITH DAMP HANDS%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Electric heaters
HAS PUNCTURE WOUND FROM WIRE IN HEATER PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LAC TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON A LIGHT SWITCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT TRIPP OVER AN ELECTRICAL BOX , LEFT TOE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Floors or flooring materials
PT REACHED FOR LIGHT SWITCH, WENT TO SIT BACK DOWN ON BED, MISSED AND F ELL ON FLOOR, OCCURED AT HOME, CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT DROPPED AN ELECTRICAL PANEL COVER ONTO LEFT FOOT LACERATION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Light bulbs
PT DX ELECTRIC BURN RT HAND - S/P PT PULLED LIGHT BULB FROM SOCKET, LEAVING WIRE EXPOSED (AT HOME).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
34 YOM, TURNING ON ELECTRICAL BOX, BURST INTO FLAME, FIRST AND SECOND D EGREE BURNS, FACE, CHEST NECK AND ARMS NO FIRE DEPARTMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
TRIPPED&FELL LANDING ONTO A LIGHT SWITCH, THE PLATE CRACKED CUTTING HAN D>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
BURNED HAND ON HOT WIRE 2ND DEGREE BURN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT TURNED LIGHT SWITCH ON & WAS SHOCKED. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS ELECTRICAL BURN L FIRST DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
TRIPPED OVER WIRES AT CARNIVAL AND INJURED ANKLE ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
57YOM, STRIPPING ELECTRICAL WIRE, LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LACERATED R FOREARM ON PLASTIC WIRING WHILE REMODELING BATHROOM DX L FOREARM LACERATION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 5 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
ELECTOCUTRED WITH 110 VOLTS AFTER GRABBING EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRES. E LECTROCUTION BILATERAL HANDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
CUT FINGER ON ELECTRIC WIRE. LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
C/O PAIN TO HAND AFTER TWISTING ELECRTICAL WIRES AT HOME DX CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
TRIPPED OVER WIRE AT ***CONTUSION ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WAS MOVING TRANSFORMER AND FELT A "POP" IN (R) SIDE LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2009	Age: 12 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
PT WAS PLUGGING IN CHARGER TO ELECTRIC FENCE, LEANED ON METAL WALL WHILE TOUCHING LEADS & WAS ELECTROCUTED. DX: ELECTROCUTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT REACHED TO TURN ON LIGHT SWITCH AND FELT HER LEFT SHOULDER DISLOCATI ON C/O PAIN THAT IS WORSE W/ MOVEMENT. DX: LEFT SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT STATED HE GRABBED ONTO AN ELECTRICAL WIRE AND IN WAS LIVE NO SIGNS O F BURNS TO PT C/O SHOULDER PAIN DX RT SHOULDER PAIN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
EYE INJURY FROM JABBING ELECTRICAL WIRE IN EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
WALKED INTO A METAL SWITCH BOX & FELL. FORHEAD CONT. LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2009	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Outdoor antennas
PT WAS STRINGING SOME WIRE FOR HIS SATELLITE DISH WHEN LADDER MOVED. DX: L TIBIAL PLATEAU FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/14/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
89 YOM WENT TO BATHROOM AND REACHED FOR LIGHT SWITCH AND FELL SUSTAININ G A FRACTURED HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/11/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
ELECTRICAL BURNS TO HANDS, CAME IN CONTACT W/POWER LINES TRYING TO GET ON ROOF DX: SEVERE ELECTRICAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/08/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
GOT NECK CAUGHT ON WIRES DOWN FROM STORM. DX CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
REPORTS A PIECE OF METAL ATTACHED TO LIGHT SWITCH STRING STRUCK RT EYE, ?MECH>>CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT HIT EYE WITH ELECTRIC WIRING AT HOME YESTERDAY HAS PAIN DX// LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
REACHING FOR AN ELECTRIC SWITCH, LOST BALANCE&FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST A CORNER OF A SHELF>>CHI/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT HAD FLASH BURN TO EYES FROM AN ELECTRICAL BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT DRIOPPED DOOR BELL WITH LONG CHIMES ON TOE AT HOME DX: FRACTURED LEFT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT TRIPPED ON CABLE WIRES AT HOME AND FELL INJURED HAND DX// LEFT HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
52Y/O,M,BURN TO HAND FROM ELECTRICAL WIRES AT HOME, 3RD DEGREE BURN L H AND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2009	Age: 44 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 TOUCHED ELECTRIC WIRE AND BURNED FINGER. DX ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WAS FLIPPING OFF SWITCH FOR A FAN ON THE WALL AND SMOKE AND SPARKS C AME OUT, BURNING HIS HAND. DX BURNS HAND. NO FD CALLED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT LAYING ON THE COUCH WATCHING TV WHEN THE DOORBELL RANG HE GOT UP QUI CKLY TO ANSWER IT AND FELL ONTO LEFT SHOULDER FRACTURED UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/15/2009	Age: 34 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 STEPPED ON A LIVE ELECTRICAL WIRE IN BACKYARD. DX: DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
ELECTROCUTION TO L AND AND R FA, IN BUCKET CUTTING TREES, HIT HIGH WIRE UNCLE DEAD ON SCENE DX: ELECTROCUTION, 2ND DEGREE BURN, CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/10/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LOW BACK STRAIN: INSTALLING LIGHT SWITCH AT HOME YESTERDAY, FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN HIS LOW BACK, PAIN LOW BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE STANDING IN WATER WORKING ON AN ELECTRICAL PANEL BURNS TO HANDS/ DX ACUTE 2ND DEGREE BURNS L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2009	Age: 56 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 FLIPPED ELECTRIC SWITCH, FELT PAIN TO HAND, ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT HIT A METAL LIGHT SWITCH WITH HAND. R HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT HAS A LEFT HIP PROSTHETIC DEVICE WAS BENDING DOWN FIXING AN ELECTRIC AL BOX AND IT POPPED OUT OF PLACE DISLOCATED HIP PROSTHESIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT GRABBED AN ELECTRICAL WIRE AS HE WAS FALLING, FELL MORE THAN 20 FT, SUSTAINED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK, C/O LOW BACK PAIN. DX-PELVIC FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/09/2009	Age: 31 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
31 Y/O WAS IN A STORE WENT TO THE BATHROOM, TOUCHED HOT WIRES IN BATH ROOM, WAS SHOCKED. DX-ELECTROCUTION NON FATAL, SHOULDER PAIN.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/07/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WAS LAYING WITH HER CAT WHEN THE DOORBELL RAN SHE GOT UP QUICKLY TO ANSWER THE DOOR BELL AND STARTLED THE CAT SUSTAINED A LEG AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT FELL OUTSIDE OF HOME ON ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND INJURED KNEE DX// LEFT KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Floors or flooring materials
PT VISITING FAMILY AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN ON A LIGHTSWITCH AND FELL TO THE FLOOR ONTO CHEST ADMITTED FOR CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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