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Accidents - Electrical wire or wiring systems - 16-25 years old - Year 2009

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 291
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Ankle:75Shoulder:69
Lower Arm:69Lower Trunk:30
Head:16All Of Body:15
Finger:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/05/2009Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PATIENT WAS DOING SOME WIRING, HAD TO BEND DOWN & CRAWL, C/O LOW BACK PAIN RADIATING DOWN LT LEG. DX-SCIATICA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2009Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT SUS ELECTRIC SHOCK AFTER TOUCHING ELECTRICAL WIRE IN BATHROOM WITH DAMP HANDS%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2009Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LAC TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON A LIGHT SWITCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
TRIPPED OVER WIRES AT CARNIVAL AND INJURED ANKLE ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2009Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LACERATED R FOREARM ON PLASTIC WIRING WHILE REMODELING BATHROOM DX L FOREARM LACERATION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2009Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT STATED HE GRABBED ONTO AN ELECTRICAL WIRE AND IN WAS LIVE NO SIGNS O F BURNS TO PT C/O SHOULDER PAIN DX RT SHOULDER PAIN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
ELECTROCUTION TO L AND AND R FA, IN BUCKET CUTTING TREES, HIT HIGH WIRE UNCLE DEAD ON SCENE DX: ELECTROCUTION, 2ND DEGREE BURN, CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/09/2009Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT GRABBED AN ELECTRICAL WIRE AS HE WAS FALLING, FELL MORE THAN 20 FT, SUSTAINED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK, C/O LOW BACK PAIN. DX-PELVIC FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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