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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 612
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2007 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Coaxial Cable |
| PT WAS CROSSING STREET IN *** AND TRIPPED OVER A CABLE AND FELL. DX: FACIAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Coaxial Cable |
| PT TRIPPED OVER HE CABLE WIRE AT HOME AND STRAINED RIGHT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Coaxial Cable |
| PT STATES HAD FIBER OPTIC CABLE ROLL ONTO R SIDE/FLANK AT SCHOOL, C/O I NCREASED PAIN X 2 DAYS DX: BACK CONTU, NEPHROLITHIAIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Coaxial Cable |
| PT PUTTING A CABLE TOGETHER AND A PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIM IN THE RIG HT HAND FB HAND (COAXIAL) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2007 | Age: 41 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: Laceration |
| Product: Coaxial Cable, Knives with replaceable blades |
| LACERATION HAND 1 CM: WORKING ON COMPUTER CABLE WITH SOME TYPE UTILITY KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED, LACERATION LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Coaxial Cable |
| PT SUST SPRAIN TO WRIST PULLING CABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2007 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Coaxial Cable, Knives |
| CUTTING CABLE WITH KNIFE, ACCIDENTALLY CUT WRIST DX WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2007 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Coaxial Cable |
| C/O ARM PAIN, TRYING TO PULL A CABLE UP, IT POPPED AND HIS HIS ARM. DX-LEFT FOREARM INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2007 | Age: 15 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: Coaxial Cable, Coal or wood-burning stoves |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK - 15 YO MALE GRABBED A COAXIAL TV CABLE & RECEIVED A SHO CK THAT KNOCKED HIM BACK 2' INTO WOODSTOVE - HITTING HEAD - NO LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2007 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Coaxial Cable, Gasoline cans |
| TRIPPED OVER CABLE AND FELL ONTO GASOLINE CAN, C/O L RIB PAIN, DX; RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Coaxial Cable |
| PATIENT HIT IN HEAD WITH CABLE CORD WHEN FIGHTING WITH SISTER AT HOME, H/O FACTOR XII DEFICIENCY; SCALP ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coaxial Cable |
| SWALLOWED A CABLE CONNECTOR, MR DX: HX FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Coaxial Cable |
| CONTUSION RIGHT THUMB-HAD CABLE WRAP AROUND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Coaxial Cable |
| 29 YOM HAD LAC TO BACK OF R HAND WHILE CUTTING CABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Coaxial Cable |
| PT C/O EYE PAIN AND BURRY VISION AFTER A CABLE PLUG HIT HIM IN THE EYE. DX. L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Coaxial Cable |
| HIT WITH CABLE WIRE DX: CONTUSION TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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