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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 495
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/12/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| STOOD UP IN HER ATTIC AND HIT HEAD ON AN ELECTRICAL BOX LACERATION SCAL P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2006 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PATIENT WAS REACHING TO TURN ON THE LIGHT SWITCH AND REACHED TOO FAR AND FELL INJURING HER FACE. DX-FACIAL CONTUSION/ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| R CORNEAL ABRASION PT STRINGING WIRE FLEW BACK AND HIT R EYE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2006 | Age: 58 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO STEAL COPPER WIRE FROM ABANDONED/VANDALIZED TRANSFORMER BOX. DX: ELECTROCUTION, L FOREARM LAC 2.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/06/2006 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Ceilings and walls |
| CHI - 93 YOF WAS WALKING INTO SPARE BEDROOM AND WENT TO TURN LIGHT SWIT CH ON AND TRIPPED, FELL HITTING HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT WORKING AT HOME, HIT LOWER LEG ON PIECE OF ELECTRICAL WIRE, PW LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| GARAGE FIRE SMOKE INHALATION MILD WIRES BETWEEN ELECTRIC BOX & METER IN BASEMENT CAUGHT FIRE. FD THERE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2006 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| CONTUSION HEAD - 93 YOM WAS GOING TO BR AT NURSING HOME AND MISSED THE LIGHTSWITCH AND FELL HITTING HIS HEAD, CHIN (LACERATION) |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/22/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PATIENT STABBED WHILE SKINNING ELECTRICAL WIRE. NO DETAILS ON WHAT DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO UPPER ABDOMEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Soldering equipment |
| APARTMENT NEXT DOOR HAD FIRE. WAS TOLD ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE HIT BY SOL DERING GUN ..FIRE DEPT.RESPONDED C/0 SMOKEINHALATION SOB |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
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