Accidents - Batteries - 50+ years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 906
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	207	Eyeball:	170
Internal:	102	Face:	100
Upper Trunk:	70	Knee:	70
Toe:	70	Shoulder:	69
Lower Leg:	15	Foot:	15
Ear:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/23/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PT STATES HE HAS LOW BACK PAIN WHILE LIFTING A CAR BATTERY AT HOME LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PT STS LIFTED GOLF CART BATTERY,DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN DX LOW BACK PAIN -NYD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries, Televisions
BATTERY ACID FROM TV REMOTE DRIPPED IN EYE AT HOME THIS A.M. DX-BURN RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
64 YO SWALLOWED HEARING AID BATTERY INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries, Tables
89 YOF WAS EATING LUNCH AND INADVERTENTLY SWALLOWED A SMALL HEARING AID BATTERY THAT WAS LAYING ON THE TABLE ALONG WITH HER PILLS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries
PT PICKED UP A CAR BATTERY. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
A 50# BATTERY FELL ON PTS LEG, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Batteries
A 53 Y OLD DOWNS SYNDROME MALE PUT BATTERIES IN RECTUM, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries, Motor vehicles or parts
LIFTING BATTERY OUT OF CAR PUTTING NEW BATTERY INTO CAR SHOULDER PAIN RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT ADVISES THAT BATTERY ACID FLEW INTO HER LT EYE. FLUSHED IMMEDIATELY WITH WATER. C/O BLURRY VISION, BURNING DX: CHEMICAL BURN, LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2007	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT SWALLOWED HEARING AID BATTERY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT INGESTED A BUTTON BATTERY BY ACCIDENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PATIENT GOT BATTERY ACID SQUIRTING IN EYES-CHEMICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries, Battery chargers
BIL CORN ABR. PT WAS CHARGING A BATTERY AND IT BLEW UP IN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Batteries
SMALL BATTERY IN EAR/FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Batteries
80 Y/O M INJURED L GREAT TOE WHEN DROPPED CAR BATTERY ON IT AT HOME. DX; L GREAT TOE FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Batteries
TRIPPED ON A BATTERY - FELL ONTO BACK IN DRIVEWAY COMPRESSION FRACTURE T-12
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2007	Age: 66 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: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT HAD BATTERY BLOW IN FACE AND GOT ACID IN EYE-EYE ABRASION-CHEMICAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Batteries
ALUMINUM CASE ON BATTERY BLEW UP IN PT'S FACE. DX: BILAT MANDIBULAR FX, MAXILLARY FX.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/13/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Batteries
LEFT HIP FRACTURE AND THIGH CONTUSION AFTER FALLING BACKWARDS OVER A BATTERY AT A LOCAL STORE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries, Motor vehicles or parts
L KNEE STRAIN; PUTTING NEW BATTERY IN CAR AND TWISTED LT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
FOOT CT-DROPPED A BATTERY ON FOOT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
THOUGHT HEARING AID BATTERY WAS A PILL AND SWALLOWED IT F.B. STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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