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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,362
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/03/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| WORKING ON FUSE BOX & LAC LT THUMB & WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2005 | Age: 32 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT WAS AT HOME WHEN THE POWER WENT OUT. HE WENT TO CHECK THE CIRCUIT BO ARD WHEN HE GRABBED THE MAIN LINE CAUSING AN ELECTROCUTION INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO HANDS AND ARMS WHEN BREAKER BOX EXPLOD ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| MULTI BURNS WHEN BREAKER BOX EXPLODED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT WAS WALKING AT HOME AND TRIPPED STRIKING RIGHT FOURTH FINGER AGAINST AN ELECTRICAL BOX LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| 4 YOM FRACTURES LOWER LEG WHEN JUMPED IN A TRUCK OF BUNDLED WIRE PANELS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| GLASS FUSE BROKE AND GOT IN PATIENT EYE AT HOME FB LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| CHILD HAD 3 FOOT FALL OFF ELECTRICAL BOX LACERATING LEG. D: LEG LACERAT ION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2005 | Age: 53 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 |
| TONIGHT DURING AN ELECTRICAL STORM HAD R HAND ON ELECRICAL BOX, THINKS SHE GOT SHOCKED, TINGLING, BURN MARKS ON R HAND & FINGER. DX ELEC SHOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters, Book bags or back carriers |
| PT BUMPED, CUT HEAD ON METAL SWITCH BOX WHEN PICKING UP BOOK BAG IN SCHOOL....LEFT BEFORE EVAL |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/28/2005 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT STRUCK LEFT HAND ON A PIECE OF METAL FROM AN ELECTRICAL BOX HE WAS W ORKING WITH AT HOME LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2005 | Age: 17 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| MINOR SMOKE INHALATION: HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE, FULLY INVOLVED, FUSE BOX BLEW,HARD TIME BREATHING, INHALED SMOKE OUTSIDE OF HOUSE,F.D @ SCENE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| 42 Y/O M INJURED L INDEX FINGER ON CORNER OF METAL ETECTRICAL BOX AT HO ME. DX; FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| ELECTICAL SKOCK WHEN TOUCHED PANEL BOX AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| ELECTRIC PANEL ARCED FLASH BURN TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| 1 CM FOOT LACERATION: STEPPED ON ROUND FUSE, LACERATION L FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT AT HOME HIT HEAD ON FUSE BOX DX CONTUSION R PARTIAL AREA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| 42 YO MALE HAD A SEIZURE AND HIT HEAD ON ELECTRICAL BOX CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| CUT HAND ON FUSE BOX EDGE. R 3RD AND 4TH FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| ELECTRICAL BURN TO WRIST -A CIRCUIT BREAKER BLEW UP WHEN HE FLIPPED IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| BREAKER PANEL BOARD EXPLODED DX. FACIAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT HAS AN ELECTRICAL BURN TO HAND WHEN WORKING ON PANEL BOX AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| SUST ELECTRICAL BURN FROM ELECTRICAL BOX DX: BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters, Basketball |
| PT CUT LEG ON ELECTRICAL BOX WHEN PLAYING BASKETBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT DROPPED A COVER TO A CIRCUIT BREAKER ON HIS RIGHT THIRD TOE FRACTURE D TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2005 | 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 |
| STATES HE WAS SHCOKED ABOUT 45 MINS AGO BY A CIRCUIT BOARD. ELECTRIAL SHOCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| MINOR FINGER LAC-CUT ON ELECTRICAL BOX-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT AT HOME LAST EVENING WHEN THE FUSE BOX CAUGHT FIRE THREW WATER ON IT STARTED TO SMOKE AND INHALED THE SMOKE COUGHING INHALATION- NS IF FD ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON AN ELECTRICAL BOX AT HOME LACERATION FINGE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| LACERATION HAND - 22 YOM LACERATED HIS RIGHT HAND ON AN ELECTRICAL CIRC UIT BREAKER BOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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