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Accidents - Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 538
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1997:66
Year 2000:17
Year 2005:122
Year 2007:116
Year 2009:138
Year 2010:76

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/06/2010Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
21YOM ANGRY AT HOME SO HE PUNCHED A METAL BREAKER BOX AND FRACTURED RIG HT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2009Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
20 YO M GOT IN FIGHT WITH MOM AND DID A HOOK PUNCH INTO A FUSE BOX. DX: METACARPAL FXS, FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
LACERATION HAND - 16 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND - S USTAINED AT SCHOOL WHEN HE WENT TO CATCH A METAL FUSE BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2007Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
WHILE WORKING ON AN ELECTRICAL BOX, THERE WAS A SPARK, AND PT SUSTAINED BURN TO FACE AND HAND.-ELECTRICAL BURN WITH SPARK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2007Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED/HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2007Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
PT LACERATED L PALM NEAR THUMB ON METAL CIRCUIT BOX DX R HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2007Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
PATIENT HAS AN AREA ON HIS AND WHERE HE RAN INTO AN ELECTRICAL PANEL BO ARD. DX; CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND, ALSO UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
1ST, 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO HANDS AND ARMS WHEN BREAKER BOX EXPLOD ED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2005Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
PT HAS AN ELECTRICAL BURN TO HAND WHEN WORKING ON PANEL BOX AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2005Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
SUST ELECTRICAL BURN FROM ELECTRICAL BOX DX: BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
LACERATION HAND - 22 YOM LACERATED HIS RIGHT HAND ON AN ELECTRICAL CIRC UIT BREAKER BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2000Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/1997Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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