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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,221
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/13/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Desk supplies |
| 7YOF 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO HAND PUT PAPER CLIP IN ELECTRICAL OUTLET AT SC HOOL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Wire |
| PATIENT STUCK A PIECE OF WIRE IN A LIGHT SOCKET AND BURNED BOTH HANDS.2 ND DEGREE BURN HAND. 7 YOM* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2010 | Age: 6 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| 6 YR OLD MALE DX ELECTROCUTION AND NON FATAL EFFECTS OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT - S/P BURNED ON HIS RT HAND W/ELECTRICAL OUTLET AT SCHOOL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2010 | Age: 13 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| 13YOM WAS TRYING TO UPLUG SOMETHING WITH A WET HAND AND WAS SHOCKED, ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND RIGHT HAND PARESTHESIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| 6 Y/O WAS PLAYING WITH ELECTRICAL SOCKET AT CHURCH. DX-ELECTRICAL BURN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PT DX ELECTRICAL BURN TO LT HAND - PT TOUCHED A METAL PIECE ON A SOCKET AND BURNED HAND WHILE AT HOME JUST PTA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PT TRIED TO PLUG WIRE INTO SOCKET AND SPARKS FLEW. D: BURN LEFT HANDD ONE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| ELECTRICAL INJURY TO HAND AND FOREARM TOUCHED OBJECT STUCK IND ELECTRICAL OUTLET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | Age: 9 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PUT A PIPE CLEANER IN AN ELECTRIC OUTLET GETTING ELECTRICAL BURN TO HAN D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 7 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| STUCK HAND TO LIGHT SOCKET;DX ELECTRICAL BURNS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2008 | Age: 8 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 8 YO STUCK HAIR PEN IN ELECTRICAL SOCKET INJURED HAND ELECTRICAL BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Keys, key rings or key chains |
| ELECTRIC BURN TO HAND, PUT KEY IN ELECTRIC OUTLET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Desk supplies |
| STICKING A PAPER CLIP IN AN ELECTRICAL SOCKET AT SCHOOL BURNS TO RIGHT HAND 2ND DEGREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2006 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PT BURNED BY ELECTRICAL SOCKET; ELECTRICAL BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PT LAC HAND ON A WOODEN OUTLET.DX HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2006 | Age: 6 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Desk supplies |
| PUT PAPER CLIP INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLET/HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Electric baseboard heaters |
| PUNCHED A "METAL ELECTRIC BASE" VS "ELECTRIC BOX" AT HOME TODAY INJURIN G HIS HAND,NOW W/ SWELLING/DEFORMITY; RIGHT HAND BOXER'S FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| STUCK METAL IN OUTLET, BURN R HAND, ELECTRICITY WENT OUT DX: 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2005 | Age: 7 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PATIENT HAD METAL STICKS IN BOTH HANDS AT HOME, PUT STICKS INTO OULET; 1ST DEGREE HAND BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PT WAS PLUGGING A PLUG IN AND SUS AN ELECTRICAL BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2004 | Age: 10 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Power drills or accessories |
| PT IN BATHROOM PLAYING WITH A DRILL THAT EXPLODED IN HIS HAND, BLAST IN JURY TO RT HAND WITH ELECTRICAL BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/06/2004 | Age: 13 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: Fracture |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PT PUNCHED AN ELECTRICAL CABLE BOX ON 11/03. WAS SEEN AT URGENT CARE CL INIC. CONTINUED PAIN. D: BOXER'S FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Extension cords |
| PATIENT SHOCKED FROM EXTENSION CORD AT ELECTRICAL OUTLET AT HOME; ELECT RICAL BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2004 | Age: 12 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: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| CUT HAND IN PLUG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| ELECTRIC BURN TO HAND WHEN PLUGGED IN PROJECT AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2003 | Age: 10 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Floors or flooring materials |
| SHOCKED WHILE TIGHTENING A LIGHT SOCKET W/ RT HAND, COULDN'T LET GO FOR 5 SEC, THEN KNOCKED TO FLOOR DX:SUPERFICIAL BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PT DX SUPERFICIAL BURN - ELECTRICAL BURN BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER S/P PULLED OUTLET PLUG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 6 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| 6YOM-ELECTRICIAL BURN RIGHT HAND-2ND DEGREE-PLUGGED SOMETHING INTO OUTL ET AT HOME-SPARKED & BURNED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2001 | Age: 10 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2001 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2001 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2001 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2000 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2000 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2000 | Age: 9 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2000 | Age: 8 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2000 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/1999 | Age: 8 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/1999 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/1998 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Other toys |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/1997 | Age: 15 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Extension cords |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/1997 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Desk supplies |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/1997 | Age: 7 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: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Desk supplies |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/1997 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical outlets or receptacles, Safety pins |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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