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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 246
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 03/08/2009 | Age: 10 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: Electric heaters |
| 10 Y/O PLUGGING IN A HEATER WHEN IT SHOCKED HER AT HOME. DX-ELECTRICAL SHOCK, BURNS TO THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| SUSTAINED ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHILE TURNING ON THE SWITCH TO A HEATER AT S CHOOL. DX. ELECTRIC SHOCK, HEADACHE, CHEST PAIN.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| PT DX SMOKE INHALATION - ELECTRICAL HEATER CAUGHT ON FIRE AT HOME. FIRE DEPT ATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| BURNS ALL OF BODY, PT GOT BURNED, FAULTY ELECTRIC HEATER, HOME ALL ON FIRE, FD ATTENDED, DOA. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/16/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electric heaters, Other furnaces |
| PT IN HOUSE FIRE EXPOSED TO SMOKE FURNACE NOT WORKING ELECTRIC HEATER C AUSED FIRE 2 YOLD SIB EXPIRED IN FIRE. DX SMOKE INHALED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | 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: Electric heaters |
| ASLEEP IN BEDROOM WHEN ELECTRIC HEATER CAUGHT FIRE, FD INVOLEMENT NS SMOKE INHALATION & CARBOXYHEMOGLOBINEMIA COHB 2.7 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 10 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: Electric heaters |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN TOUCHED ELECTRIC CORD OF HEATER IN WATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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