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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,006
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/19/2010 | Age: 36 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| 36YOWM PT STATES WAS CHANGING FUSE IN BREAKER BOX WHEN ACCIDENTALLY TO UCHED THE PANEL BOX & SHOCKED. DX. ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2010 | Age: 50 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters, Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| 50YOM INTOXICATED AND THE POWER WENT OUT IN HOUSE BAC 289 FLIPPED THE S WITCH OF THE DISTRIBUTION BOX AND THROWN BACK ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| 26 YOF SHOCKED ON R ARM FIXING BREAKER DX; ELECTRIC SHOCK R UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2009 | Age: 46 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK-GOT SHOCKED WHEN PT REACHED INTO FUSE BOX-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| 48YO HISP MALE STS ELECTROCUTION FROM WORKING ON A FUSE BOX-480VOLTS 1ST SHOCK FELT TO L ELBOW AREA, +LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 43 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters, Doors |
| GOT SHOCK PRESSING ID PAD ON DOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN WORKING ON PANELBOARD AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 37 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK-TURNED ON BREAKER BOX-GOT SHOCKED-KNOCKED ONTO KNEES-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2007 | Age: 30 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| KNOCKED DOWN AFTER TOUCHING FUSEBOX AT HOME,ACHING ALL OVER ELECTRO CUTON INJURY CH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2007 | Age: 36 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| ELECTROCUTION INJURY.PT WAS SHOCKED ON A FUSE BOX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| HIT SHIN ON CONTROL BOX OUTSIDE RESTAURANT, SAT DOWN,FELT NAUSEA,THEN F AINTED DX: VASODEPRESSOR SYNCOPE (SHIN SHOWS NO SIGN OF INJURY) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PAIN TO HAND AFTER GETTING SHOCK FROM BREAKER DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2006 | Age: 45 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK = ONSET LAST NIGHT - TOUCHED A OPEN BREAKER BOX AND RECE IVED A SHOCK THAT KNOCKED HIM DOWN - HAS HAD CHEST PAIN SINCE - OBSERV |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 11/13/2005 | Age: 32 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT WAS AT HOME WHEN THE POWER WENT OUT. HE WENT TO CHECK THE CIRCUIT BO ARD WHEN HE GRABBED THE MAIN LINE CAUSING AN ELECTROCUTION INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/17/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT AT HOME LAST EVENING WHEN THE FUSE BOX CAUGHT FIRE THREW WATER ON IT STARTED TO SMOKE AND INHALED THE SMOKE COUGHING INHALATION- NS IF FD ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| ARM PAIN. PT WAS SHOCKED WHEN TOUCHING AN ELECTRICAL BOX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2004 | Age: 26 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT WAS AT HOME WORKING ON THE BREAKER BOX WHEN HE WAS SHOCKED ALSO CAUS ING A FX TO HIS LT RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2003 | Age: 31 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| STATES SHE WAS SHOCKED WHEN SHE TOUCHED CICCUIT BREAKER DX ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2002 | Age: 26 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT TRYING TO CHANGE A FUSE IN THE FUSE BOX AT HOME SUSTAINED AN ELECTRI C SHOCK INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2002 | Age: 45 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| RT HAND ELECTRICAL SHOCK-CHANGING A FUSE IN AN OLD FUSE BOX-GOT SH OCKED-LOCALE NOT STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2001 | Age: 31 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2001 | Age: 26 years | 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2001 | Age: 49 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2001 | Age: 45 years | 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: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2001 | Age: 27 years | 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters, Footwear |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2000 | Age: 48 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/1999 | Age: 33 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/1999 | Age: 30 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/15/1997 | Age: 32 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/1997 | Age: 27 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: Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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