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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 168
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/25/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | 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: Light bulbs, Sinks |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK-CHANGING A LIGHT BULB OVER THE SINK-GOT SHOCKED-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | 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: Light bulbs |
| 48 YO F CHANGING LIGHT BULB WAS SHOCKED 48 YO F LT AMA |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/28/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 25 YO MALE CHANGED LIGHT BULB AND GOT ELECTRIC SHOCK ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2003 | 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: Light bulbs |
| PT CAME IN CPR IN PROGRESS. PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AND RECIEVED A N ELECTRICAL SHOCK. DX ELECTRICAL SHOCK INJURY. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/08/2003 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Light bulbs, Electric lighting equipment |
| 12 MON OLD W FEMALE W/ELECTRIC SHOCK. PT INJ SELF ON BROKEN LIGHT BULB IN THE LIGHT SOCKET @ HOME. E9259 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2003 | Age: 35 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: Light bulbs, Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures |
| CHANGING LIGHT BULB IN CHANDELIER,SPARKS FLEW OUT,GOT LOW WATT ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2003 | Age: 41 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: Light bulbs |
| RT ARM ELECTRICAL CURRENT EXPOSURE.PT WAS TURNING ON A LIGHT BULB AND W AS SHOCKED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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