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Accidents - Batteries - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 189
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1997:66
Year 2001:16
Year 2002:15
Year 2003:69
Year 2004:15
Year 2009:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/04/2009Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT IN LINE AT ***, SLIPPED ON BATTERY ACIDE, NOW HAS BURNS TO INSIDE OF THIGHS. DX: BATERY ACID SKIN EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2004Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries, Day wear
23 YO MALE SPLASHED WITH BATTERY ACID AND IT WENT THROUGH PANTS FIRST DEGREE BURN RIGHT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries, Knives
18 YOWM WAS TRYING TO OPEN A PACK OF BATTERIES W/ A BUTCHER KNIFE WHEN THE KIFE SLIPPED AND INJURED THE PT. DX. LACERATION R THIGH >12 HRS OL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries, Musical instruments, not electric or not battery operated
PT HAD 2 BATTERIES IN POCKET AND MOUTH PIECE FROM TRUMPET WITH NECK CHA IR, C/O OF BEING "HOT" ON THIGH, PAIN, DX CHEMICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2001Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries, Day wear
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/1997Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries, Radios
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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