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Accidents - Battery chargers - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 763
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1997:141
Year 1998:143
Year 2000:17
Year 2002:76
Year 2006:15
Year 2007:70
Year 2008:203
Year 2009:16
Year 2010:79
Accidents - Body Parts:
Foot:157Face:152
Lower Trunk:146Finger:67
All Of Body:66Upper Leg:63
Head:59Lower Leg:17
Lower Arm:16Unkown:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/10/2010Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Battery chargers
16 YOF DX RT FOOT LACERATION - C/O PAIN TO RT FOOT AFTER STEPPING ONTO BATTERY CHARGER AT HOME YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2010Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Battery chargers
20 YO M, C/O WOUND ONRIGHT THIGH, PT STATES HE BELIEVES IT'S FROM LAPTO P CHARGER THAT BURNED HIM, DX LEG WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Battery chargers, Computers
LAPTOP CHARGER EXPLODED IN HIS HAND AND SPARKS HIT FOREARM CAUSING ELEC TRIC BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Battery chargers
PT A BATTERY CHARGER FELL FROM 8 FEET ONTO HEAD AT HOME DX// SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Battery chargers
STEPPED ON A CELL PHONE CHARGER. LACERATION TO BOTTOM OF FOOT. DX: LEFT FOOT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Battery chargers
LEANED OVER TO PICK UP BATTERY CHARGER AT HOME; HURT LOW BACK. LOWER BA CK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2007Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Battery chargers
2 SMALL PUNCTURE WOUNDS BOTTOM L FOOT; STEPPED ON "PORTAVBLE CHARGER" ! @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2006Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Battery chargers
21 YOF BENDING OVER TO PLUG CHARGER IN LOST BALANCE AND FELL, LANDING I N SITTING POSITION, 14 WEEKS PREGNANT, EXAM PROVES NORMAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Battery chargers
HIT IN FACE BY BATTERY CHARGER CABLE 2CM LAC TO CHIN DX: CHIN LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2000Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Battery chargers, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/1998Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Battery chargers, Batteries
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/1998Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Battery chargers, Jewelry
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 09/04/1997Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire:
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Battery chargers, Doors
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/21/1997Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Battery chargers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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