Accidents - Cords, electrical - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,709
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2004:	89
Year 2005:	203
Year 2006:	517
Year 2007:	151
Year 2008:	227
Year 2009:	148
Year 2010:	370

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	139
6-15 years old:	241
16-25 years old:	198
26-50 years old:	741
50+ years old:	388

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2010	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical
53 YOM BURN RT HAND FROM ELECTRICAL CORD. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN PALMAR ASPECT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical
26YOM WITH BURNS TO HAND FROM AN ELECTRIC CORD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2010	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cords, electrical
64 Y/O/M TRIPPED OVER CORD IN NURSING HOME FELL AND INJURED HAND DX/ RT HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical, Riding power lawn mowers
17 YO F RAND OVER ELECTRIC CORD WITH RIDING MOWER, GOT SHOCKED. DX 3RD DEGREE ELECTRICAL BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2010	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cords, electrical, Mirrors or mirror glass
25YO HISP MALE AT HOME TRIPED OVER A CORD, GRAZED R HAND ON EDGE OF BROKEN MIRROR CUT PALM, DX COMPLEX LACERATION R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2010	Age: 26 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: Cords, electrical
RT HAND BURN.26YOM WAS CLEANING HOUSE AND PULLED ELECTRICAL CORD AND GO T SHOCKED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cords, electrical, Knives
26YOM WAS CUTTING CORD WITH A KNIFE AND CUT HAND DX RT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Cords, electrical
52 YO F WAS PULLING APART CORDS WHEN THEY SUDDENLY CAME APART AND PT HI T HAND ON CACTUS. DX:CACTUS THORN REMOVAL, CELLULITIS, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2010	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cords, electrical, Pet supplies
31YOF TRIPPED OVER A CORD AND HIT HAND ON DOG CAGE CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cords, electrical, Knives
25 YO STATES WAS CUTTING A CORD WITH KNIFE AND CUT HAND DX RT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2009	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical
BURNED HAND ON EXPOSED ELECTRIC CORD;DX ELECTRIC BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cords, electrical
LEFT HAND CONTUSION.PT TRIPPED OVER A CORD AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cords, electrical
DIRECT BLOW TO HAND W/ BIG CORD DX: HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical, Ceilings and walls
PT PRESENTS TO ER AFTER BURN TO HAND AFTER PLUGGING CORD IN WALL FLASH AND EXPLOSION AT HOME- DX- BURN TO LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/09/2009	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical
GRABBED ELECTRIC CORD;DX BURNED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 19 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: Cords, electrical, Electrical outlets or receptacles
DX FULL THICKNESS BURNS TO LOWER LEG/ PARITAL THICKNESS (DEEP) BURNS TO R HAND: AWOKE TO ELEC OUTLET ON FIRE GRAB'D & PULLED CORDS F OUTLET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cords, electrical
RIGHT HAND CONT. PT FELL WHEN TRIPPING OVER A CORD LANDING ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cords, electrical, Doors
UNTANGLING A CORD,PULLED IT WHEN IT CAME LOOSE HIT RT HAND ON DOOR. CO NTUSION RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cords, electrical
PT TRIPPED OVER POWER CORD AND INJURED HAND DX// RIGHT HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2008	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: Cords, electrical, Animal induced injury
ELECTRIC CORD HAD A BARE SPOT WHERE DOG HAD CHEWED PT GRABBED CORD HAS BURN TO PALM OF HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cords, electrical, Floors or flooring materials
76 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER A CORD AND FELL TO FLOOR LACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical
BURNED HAND WITH ELECTRICAL CORD;DX BURNED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cords, electrical
TRIPPED OVER A CORD AND FELL. DX STRAIN R HAND/WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cords, electrical
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A CORD DX: RT HAND INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2007	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical
ELECTRICAL BURN HAND WHEN GRABBED TAPED ELECTRICAL CORD.EMS CHECKED HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2007	Age: 7 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: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical
CHILD SUSTAINED BURN TO HAND FROM ELECTRICAL CORD 8 DAYS AGO. NO MED TR EATMENT UNTIL NOW. HAS PUSTULE ON HAND. D:HAND CELLULITIS W/ ELEC. INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cords, electrical
79 YO TRIPPED OVER CORD FELL INJURED HAND FX HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cords, electrical, Floors or flooring materials
HAND SPRAIN: TRIPPED OVER CORD, LANDED ON HARDWOOD FLOOR, RT HAND/ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cords, electrical, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PICKING UP CORD AT HOME AND CUT HAND ON NAIL LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical, Electrical outlets or receptacles
PLUGGING CORD INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLET AT HOME WHEN IT "EXPLODED" BURNING L HAND DX L HAND 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cords, electrical
PT PULLED ON ELECTRICAL CORD AND CUT HAND DX// LEFT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2006	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Cords, electrical
GRABBED ELECTRICAL CORD WITH WET HAND, MAY HAVE GOTTEN MILD SHOCK SMALL RED ABRASION, SORE PALM OF R HAND, DX; PUNCTURE WOUND/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cords, electrical
RIGHT HAND LA,C PT CUT HAND WHEN MOVING A CORD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical
PT ATTEMPTING TO PLUG ELECTRICAL CORD WITH WET HAND 2ND DEGREE ELECTRICAL BURN TO RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical, Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
WORKING ON ELECTRIC BOARD AT CAREER CENTER, PLUGGING IN 3 PRONG PLUG, SPARKED AND EXPLODED IN HAND, THINKS 120V AC; ELECTRIC BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical, Electrical outlets or receptacles
PT PLUGGED A FRAYED CORD INTO SOCKET. DX: RT HAND ELECTRICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cords, electrical
PT TRIPPED OVER CORD IN KITCHEN; HAND SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2005	Age: 45 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: Other
Product: Cords, electrical, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STEPPED ON A CORD, AND HIT HAND ON NAIL, HIT EYEBROW ON WALL, HAND P AIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2005	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical, Electrical outlets or receptacles
BURNED BY ELECTRICAL BALL THAT EXPLODED WHEN HE PULLED ELECTRICAL CORD FROM ELECTRICAL OUTLET. BURNS R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cords, electrical
MIDSHAFT SPIRAL FX 4TH METACARPAL - TRIPPED OVER CORDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cords, electrical
PT TRIPPED OVER A CABLE CORD AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2005	Age: 3 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: Cords, electrical
DAD HEARD A "BUZZ"FOUND PT ON FLOOR HOLDING ELECTRIC CORD AT SOCKET,COE RD HAS EXPOSED WIRES, DX ELECTRICIAL BURNS TO HAND/FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2004	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cords, electrical
PULLED ON PULL CORD OF MACHINE AND IT POPPED BACK, HITTING HAND AT HOM E. DX. FX L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical
PT TOUCHED AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE AND BURNED HAND.D X HAND BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Cords, electrical
PT FELL ON CORD AT SCHOOL, AVULSION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Cords, electrical, Electrical wire or wiring systems
PATIENT GRABBED EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRE, OR POWER CORD, OR ELECTRICAL S OCKET; ELECTRICAL BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/08/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cords, electrical
MC FX-FACE CT-TRIPPED ON ELECTRIC CORD-FELL-@ HOMOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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