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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 74
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/10/2002 | Age: 26 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT TRYING TO CHANGE A FUSE IN THE FUSE BOX AT HOME SUSTAINED AN ELECTRI C SHOCK INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2002 | Age: 20 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PATIENT WAS ON A CIRCUIT BREAKER, TOUCHED AN OPEN SWITCH, RECEIVED ELECTRICAL SHOCK. DX-ELECTRICAL SHOCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| ELECTRICALLY SHOCKED BY FUSE BOX- EARS RINGING AND FEELS LETHARGIC. DX MINOR ELECTRIC SHOCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| SMOKE INHALATION.PT HAD A HOUSE FIRE DUE TO A CIRCUIT BREAKER CATCHING ON FIRE.FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | Age: 17 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN TOUCHED ELECTRIC BOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| RT HAND ELECTRICAL SHOCK-CHANGING A FUSE IN AN OLD FUSE BOX-GOT SH OCKED-LOCALE NOT STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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