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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 818
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/21/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Coins |
| PATIENT GRABBED ELECTRICAL CORD AS A PENNY FELL FROM SOCKET, SHOCKED PT AND DROPPED CORD; NORMAL EXAM AFTER ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2002 | Age: 52 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Tractors |
| 52 YO WM - POSSIBLE ELECTRIC SHOCK - WAS "***" & LIVE WIRE H IT TRACTOR - TIRE BLOWN OUT - C/O NUMBNESS & WEAKNESS - NO BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2002 | Age: 44 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK X 270 WATTS DX: S/P ELECTRICAL SHOCK; PT ADMITTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/04/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT WAS DIGGING IN HIS BACKYARD IN HIS BAREFOOT & HIT WIAHT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A ONE TON ELECTRIC WIRE LINE , HE WAS THROWN BACK , CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2002 | Age: 43 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT EXPOSED TO AN ELECTRICAL WIRE AT HOME 110 VOLTS EXPERIENCED NECK PAI N AND DIFFUSE MUSCLE CRAMPS ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 32 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PRUNING A TREE WHEN BRANCH FELL AND HE LOST BALANCE AND GRABBED WIRE AN D BRANCH GETTING AN ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2002 | Age: 61 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Knives with replaceable blades |
| 61 Y.O. W MALE W/ELECTRIC SHOCK. PT WAS DOING SOME WORK AROUND HIS HOUS E, CUTTING SOME INSULATION W/A BOX CUTTER & ACC CUT ELECTRIC WIRE. PT A |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| LOW VOLTAGE SHOCK. PT WAS AT A FESTIVAL AT FAIR GROUNDS AND AN ELECTICA L WIRE FELL ONTO PT'S BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 30 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| S/P ELECTRICAL SHOCK POSS LOC JUMPED IN WATER 220V LINE WAS IN WATER WA S PULLED FROM WATER W/AID OF TREE LIMB DX: ACUTE ELECTRICAL INJURY W/ T |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PATIENT BURNED HIS HANDWHEN HE WAS SHOCKED BY AN ELECTRICAL WIRE, CLIMBED AGAINST HOUSE. DX-BURN RIGHT HAND, S/P ELECTRICAL SHOCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Manual cleaning equipment |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK - WAS WASHING WALL WITH WET SOAPY SPONGE AND WASHED A N LIGHT SWITCH AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT.C/O PAIN,WEAKNESS & SHOCK AFTER TREE FELL ON WIRE NEAR HER,PT.HAS HX OF ETOH & COCAINE USE. DX- SUSPECTED ELECTRICAL INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 45 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| ELECTROCUTION WITH SEIZURE.PT WAS ELECTROCUTED WITH 220 VOLTS AFTER PIC KING UP AN ELECTRICAL CORD THAT HAD WATER ON IT AND HAD A SEIZURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2002 | Age: 13 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT CLIMBED TREE TO SAVE BIRD AND GRABBED ELECTRICAL WIRE.DX: ELECTROCU TION, R HAND BURN, FALL 10 FT. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/01/2002 | Age: 46 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Ceilings and walls |
| PT STATES REMODELING KITCHEN, DID NOT REALIZE WIRE HANGING FROM CEILING WAS NOT DEAD, AND TOUCH IT WITH HER FOREARM (ELECTRIC SHOCK) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| SHOCKED BY LOW VOLTAGE POWER LINE AROUND ZOO CAGE DX: ELECTRICAL INJURY WITHOUT BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2002 | Age: 19 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| SHOCKED SELF ON LIGHT SWITCH DX. ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| NURSING HOME RESIDENT GETTING HAIR DONE IN BEAUTY SHOP & RANG BELL, ACUTELY SOB FROM FUMES. DX ACUTE SOB, RESPIRATORY FAILURE, COPD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM ELECTRIC WIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2002 | Age: 28 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT PICKED UP AN ELECTRICAL CORD THAT HAD A SHORT IN IT AND WAS SHO CKED PAIN LT FINGERS UP TO SHOULDER DX: RUE PAIN S/P ELECT SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2002 | Age: 39 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK - FLIPPED ON A LIGHT SWITCH AND RECEIVED A SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT TOUCHED TWO LIVE ELECTRICAL WIRES TOGETHER AT SCHOOL, ACUTE ELE CTRIC SHOCK L HAND WITH NERVE IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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