Accidents - Electrical wire or wiring systems - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,217
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	243
6-15 years old:	212
16-25 years old:	710
26-50 years old:	1,225
50+ years old:	824

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	736	All Of Body:	694
Hand:	419	Eyeball:	295
Head:	278	Face:	188
Lower Trunk:	99	Lower Arm:	98
Mouth:	83	Toe:	75
Foot:	68	Knee:	66
Neck:	59	Shoulder:	21
Lower Leg:	15	Unkown:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PATIENT WAS PLAYING WITH A CORD, SISTER LEG GO ACCIDENTALLY HIT PATIENT IN THE FACE AT HOME. DX-FACIAL LACERATIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
CUT R) INDEX FINGER LAST NITE ON SPEAKER WIRE. AWOKE W/STREEKING UP ARM DX: CELLULITIS/LACERATION R) INDEX FINGER *
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/07/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
WORKING WITH 12GAUGE ELECTRICAL WIRE THAT FELL 1 FT STRIKING EYE, PT WEARS CONTACTS DX: EPISCLERAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
@ HM-MAD & PUNCHED WALL, DIRECTLY HIT LIGHT SWITCH COVER WHICH CRACKED, LACERATION FINGER , COMPLICATED W/TENDON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
ELECTRICAL BURN TO HAND AFTER HAND CAUGHT IN ?ELECTRICAL WIRE " HAND BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Ceilings and walls
FLEXIBLE ELECTRIC WIRE COVERING POPPED OUT OF THE CEILING AND STRUCK EY E CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT. GRABBED ELECTRICAL WIRES AND BURNED BOTH HANDS. DX: ELECTRICAL BURN S TO BOTH HANDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
SCALP LACERATION-GOT UP TO ANSWER DOOR BELL AND FELL BACKWARDS. STRUCK HEAD. SUS A 4CM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LACERATION FINGER - 15 YOM STRUCK A LIGHT SWITCH IN ANGER LACERATING HI S LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PATIENT WAS PULLING ON COPPER WIRE AND PIECE RIPPED SKIN OPEN. DX-LACERATION FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Floors or flooring materials
WOUND FOREHEAD.PT.REFERS GOT TANGLE IN ELECTRIC CORDS,FALLING DOWN FLOO R AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT TRIPPED OVER AN ELECTRICAL CORD, FELL TO THE FLOOR AT HOME. DX-DISLOCATED SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WAS CLEANING UP TRAILER AND WAS CUTTING A COPPER WIRE WHEN HE CUT TH UMB. DX. THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
BURNS R HAND, PT SUST INJURY WITH A EXPOSED HOT WIRE IN A CLOSET AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT DX ELECTRICAL BURN TO LT ANGLE OF MOUTH - AFTER PT PUT ELECTRICAL CORD IN MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON METAL JUNCTION BOX AT HOME. DX: LACERATION SC ALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
AT PARENTS FRIEND'S HOUSE CHILD GRABBED ELECTRICAL WIRE OUTSIDE IN YARD DX: ELECTRICAL BURN R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A PLUG ADAPTER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2005	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LACERATION FACE - PATIENT REPORTS SHE TRIPPED AND FELL WHEN TRYING TO L OCATE LIGHT SWITCH IN DARK - SMALL LACERATION OVER LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2005	Age: 16 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
SHOCKED TOUCHING LIGHT SWITCH DX. ELECTRICAL SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2005	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
GOT UP TO GO TO BR,CAULDN' T GET TO LIGHT SWITCH, FELL ONTO HIP. " HIP FX"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/20/2005	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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
ELECTRICAL SHOCK - 26 YOF SUSTAINED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM A LIGHT SW ITCH WITHOUT COVER LAST NIGHT, POWER WENT OUT JUST AFTERWARDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2005	Age: 41 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT TURNED ON A WALL SWITCH AT HOME AND IT SPARKED, DX ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
BURNED W/ ELECTRICAL WIRE~250 DC TODAY. PARTIAL THICKNESS ELECTRICAL BU RN RT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WAS REWIRING HIS HOUSE WHEN A WIRE JAMMED INTO HIS RIGHT FIFTH FINGE R FOREIGN BODY FINGER ELECTRICAL WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2005	Age: 100 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PATIENT WAS REACHING FOR A LIGHT SWITCH, FELL & INJURED HIS FOREHEAD AND RIGHT EYE.PATIENT IS 100 YRS OLD. DX - RIGHT EYEBROW LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2005	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: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Fans
PT TOUCHED ELECTRIC WIRE 110V FROM BATHROOM FAN. DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 21 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: Electric Shock
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT SUST ELECTRIC SHOCK TO HAND ON A SWITCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
L THUMB LAC/16YOM AT HOME CUT THUMB ON METAL PIECE ON LIGHT SWITCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER WIRES IN FLOOR AT CHURCH DX RIGHT HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2005	Age: 14 months	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, GRABBED ELECTRIC WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WAS POKED IN EYE WITH ELECTRICAL WIRE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
ABRASION RT EYE-SUS INJ TO RT EYE WHILE FLIPPING A LIGHT SWITCH AND A S PARK STRUCK RT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
TRIPPED ON WIRES SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO UPPER LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
PT WAS BEHIND MONASTERY IN WOODED AREA , PULLING UP ELECTRICAL WIRING F OUND DOWN DX SYCOPE VS SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
37YMC PUNCHED WALL SWITCH CUTTING HAND/LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT RAN INTO ELECTRICAL LINE DX: 7" AB RT NECK, 3" AB LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
STEPPED ON POWER LINE WHICH WAS ACROSS HIS DRIVEWAY. ELECTRICAL BURN RI GHT FOOT. NO FIRE; NO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Eyeglasses
12Y/M WALKED INTO A LIGHSWITCH WHILE WEARING GLASSES AND LACERATED HIS EYELID TODAY,BLEEDING CONTROLLED; .5CM RIGHT EYELID LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 28 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 DOING HOME ELECTRICAL WORK UNDER HOUSE WHEN ELECTROCUTED ELECTROCUTION PSVT
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/17/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
CHEST PAIN,HOUSE POSSIBLY OLD WIRING IN HOUSES, FUSES BLEW OFTEN, FIRE, FD ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2005	Age: 25 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT SUSTAINED ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO ARM YESTERDAY WHEN PLACING A SURGE PRO TECTOR. D: MUSCLE INJURY, TRICEPS, POSSIBLE ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WORKIGN WITH ELECTRICAL WIRING THREE DAYS AGO AND SUSTAINED AN ELECT RIC BURN TO FINGER NOW IT IS INFECTED CELLULITIS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
CRUSHED FINGER WORKING ON ELECTRICAL WIRING IN HIS HOUSE STRUCK BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL LACERATION NAIL BED FINGER & FINGERNAIL REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
WORKING ON ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AT HOME, WIRES TOUCHED, CAUSED FIRE BURN TO HAN DX: 2ND DEGREE ELECTRICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2005	Age: 23 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT C/O ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN REACHING FOR LIGHT SWITCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2005	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Electrical outlets or receptacles
PT PULLED ELECTRIC WIRES OUT FROM OUTLET BURNING RT HAND, THERMAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN METAL AND SWITCH SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LACERATION TOE - 61 YOM TRIPPED OVER A CABLE WIRE LACERATING HIS LEFT G REAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2005	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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
ELECTRICAL SHOCK - 33 YOF RECEIVED A SHOCK WHEN TOUCHING A FAULTY LIGHT SWITCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
CUT LIVE WIRE AT FATHERS HOUSE,SHOCKED BY 110 VOLTS-MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN(ENTIRE BODY)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
FELL WHILE TURNING ON LIGHT SWITCH-FX HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/14/2005	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: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Pipes
ACCIDENTAL ELECTRICUTION: FIXING WATER PIPE AT HOME 1 HR AGO HIT WIRE L SIDE OF HEAD, THINKS 110 VOLTS, POSSIBLE 220 VOLTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT INTOXICATED, TOUCHED 277 DC VOLT WIRE, NOW HAS CHEST DISCOMFORT AND NUMBNESS IN LT HAND, ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	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
TOUCHED 110 VOLTS WIRE W/HANDS, DIZZY, HA DX: DIZZINESS POST ELECTRICAL SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2005	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE SCALP FROM STRIKING A LIGHT SWITCH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT CUT FINGER ON A SHARP METAL SWITCH SUSTAINED " FINGER LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LACERATION TO THE RIGHT KNEE AFTER HE FELL ON A BROKEN ELECTRICAL PLUG IN CORD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT USING ELECTRICAL WIRE THINKS HE HAS A PIECE OF WIRE IN FINGER @HOME FB RT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2005	Age: 24 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
24 YO MALE WAS SHOCKED BY 480V WIRE ELECTRICAL SHOCK LEFT UPPER EXTREMITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2005	Age: 36 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
SHOCKED BY 220 V CONNECTION + ETOH, R HAND PAIN / NUMBNESSDX ETOH INTOX ICATION, POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL SHOCK WITHOUT BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
48 YO MALE CRAWLED UNDER HOUSE TO FIX ELECTRICAL WIRE ABCESS RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT RUNNING AT HOME STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST AN ELECTRICAL BOX THAT WAS IN HIS YARD LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
BURNED HAND ON HOT CABLE DX BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STICKING HAIR PIN INTO ELECTRICAL SOCKETS LIGHT WENT OUT WITH PT TH ROWN BACK WITH LT HAND/FINGERS/KNEE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A LIGHT SWITCH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
CUT FINGER WHILE INSTALLING LIGHTS LACERATION LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/11/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
CUT ON BEDROOM LIGHT SWITCH OR SWITCH COVER AT HOME; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LAC L 3RD TOE, PARENTS ST PT WALKED OVER AN ELECTRICAL BOX AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, NO DEFORMITY, ROM LIMITED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2005	Age: 29 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems
ELECTRIC SHOCK - PATIENT RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM LIGHT SWITCH - PR ESENTS WITH SLURRED SPEECH AND RIGHT SIDED NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
"DOG JUMPED UP ON ME AND I HIT THE BACK OF MY HEAD ON LIGHT SWITCH" DX: SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
RIGHT RING FINGER BENT BACKWARDS AS SHE RANG DOORBELL DX: SPRAINED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2005	Age: 44 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Floors or flooring materials
ELECTRIC SHOCK - PATIENT TOUCHED LIVE CIRCUIT (120 V) WITH BOTH HANDS- FELL TO FLOOR - BECAME DAZED - TOUCHED LIGHT SWITCH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT REACHED BACK TO TURN OFF LIGHT SWITCH & DISLOCATED R SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
CUT FINGER WHILE STRIPPING ELECTRICAL WIRE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
BURNS ON FACE-@ NIGHT CLUB-AN ELECTRICAL WIRE THREW SPARKS @ PT'S FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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