Accidents - Electrical wire or wiring systems - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 763
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	89
Year 1999:	89
Year 2000:	75
Year 2001:	100
Year 2002:	15
Year 2003:	12
Year 2004:	6
Year 2005:	5
Year 2006:	76
Year 2007:	146
Year 2008:	75
Year 2009:	69

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 5 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
ELECTOCUTRED WITH 110 VOLTS AFTER GRABBING EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRES. E LECTROCUTION BILATERAL HANDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2008	Age: 3 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
UNSUPERVISED, STUCK FINGER INTO UNCOVERED JUNCTION BOX OF LIGHT SWITCH, +CHOCKED&CREAMED>> ELECTRIC SHOCK/HAND SWELLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT GRABBED A HOLD OF 2 POLES, 1 APPARENTLY ATTACHED TO A LIVE WIRE AND WAS ELECTRICUTED X 5 SECONDS. D: ELECTRICAL SHOCK 110 VOLTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2007	Age: 19 months	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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT MAY HAVE CHEWED ON ELECTRICAL CORD, REDNESS LOWER LIP/BURN INSIDE AN KLE (EXIT WOUND), BURN ANKLE/FOOT, ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/30/2007	Age: 17 months	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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PATIENT GRABBED ELECTRIC FENCE THAT MOM DIDNT EVEN KNOW WAS ON-ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2007	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
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, Ceilings and walls
FIRE DEPT++/CARBON MONOXIDE INHALATION SMOKE INHALATION/ELECTRICAL WIRI NG IN WALL CAUGHT FIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 FELL AND GOT A HOLD OF A TORN WIRE; GOT SHOCKED. D: ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2006	Age: 2 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
GOT ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN STUCK FINGER INTO BREAKERBOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2005	Age: 14 months	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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
ELECTRIC SHOCK, GRABBED ELECTRIC WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2004	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT HOME, CAME IN CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL CORD; QUEST IONNABLE ELECTROCUTION, CARDIAC ARREST, PT EXPIRED AFTER ADMIT TO PICU
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
STANDING IN PUDDLE OF WATER AT TIRE SHOP AND TOUCHED LIVE WIRE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
SHOCKED WHEN BIT INTO ELECTRICAL CORD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
PATIENT BURNED HIS HANDWHEN HE WAS SHOCKED BY AN ELECTRICAL WIRE, CLIMBED AGAINST HOUSE. DX-BURN RIGHT HAND, S/P ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2001	Age: 20 months	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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2001	Age: 15 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Playpens
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2001	Age: 6 months	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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2000	Age: 3 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2000	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/1999	Age: 3 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/1999	Age: 5 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Fences or fence posts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/1999	Age: 3 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/1997	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/1997	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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