Accidents - Electrical wire or wiring systems - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,678
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	383
Year 1998:	6
Year 1999:	125
Year 2000:	12
Year 2001:	227
Year 2002:	219
Year 2003:	204
Year 2004:	35
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	159
Year 2007:	105
Year 2009:	177
Year 2010:	5

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	126
6-15 years old:	153
16-25 years old:	334
26-50 years old:	462
50+ years old:	601

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 03/09/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
8 YOM WALKING HOME FROM THE BUS WHEN HE KICKED AN ELECTRICAL BOX, IT SP ARKED AND CAUSED A BURN. DX: BURN, LOWER LEG, SECOND DEGREE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
72YOF TRIPPED OVER WIRE CELLULITIS LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2009	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Outdoor antennas
PT WAS STRINGING SOME WIRE FOR HIS SATELLITE DISH WHEN LADDER MOVED. DX: L TIBIAL PLATEAU FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/07/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WAS LAYING WITH HER CAT WHEN THE DOORBELL RAN SHE GOT UP QUICKLY TO ANSWER THE DOOR BELL AND STARTLED THE CAT SUSTAINED A LEG AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2007	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Floors or flooring materials
PLAYING ON FLOOR AT DAYCARE, NOTICED HOLE IN FLOOR W/ELECTRICAL WIRES STICKING OUT, BURNS TO PANTS W/SMALL AREA BURN LOWER LEG <10%BSA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LT LEG DUE TO FALL OVER ELECTRICAL WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
26YOM ACCIDENTLY CUT HIMSELF ON A PIECE OF COPPER WIRE; 2.5-CM LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Power lawn mowers
PATIENT WAS MOWING HER YARD WHEN STRUCK 3 COPPER WIRES WITH RIGHTLOWER LEG. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WORKING AT HOME, HIT LOWER LEG ON PIECE OF ELECTRICAL WIRE, PW LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
48YOF R LEG INJ IN STEEL WIRE R LEG INJ
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: 06/15/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Swimming pools
LACERATION LOWER LEG - 12 YOF RAN INTO AN ELECTRICAL BOX OUTSIDE OF A S WIMMING POOL SUSTAINING A LACERATION TO HER RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
LEFT LEG CONT. PT TRIPPED OVER A CORD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT REACHED OVER IN THE DARK TO TURN ON THE LIGHT SWITCH AND STUMBLED ST RIKING LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT OUT IN A FIELD STRUCK RIGHT LOWER LEG AGAINST A METAL ELECTRICAL BOX LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT C/O POSS FX ANKLE. PT TRIPPED OVER ELECTRICAL CORD. DX FRACT RT TIBI A DISTAL AND FIBULA DISTAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2003	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
TIBIA FX-TRIPPED ON ELECTRICAL CORD-AT AUNT'S HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Kerosene or oil heaters
PT DX ELECTRIC BURNS TO RT LOWER LEG - BIB PARENTS WITH BURNS TO LOWER LEG FROM ELECTRIC CORD FROM OIL HEATER WHICH SPARKED TONIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Floors or flooring materials
HEMATOMA R LEG - TRIPED OVER CORDS, FELL TO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
GETTING ON BOAT CAUGHT ON POWER CORD HIT SIDE OF BOAT LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
SEVERE ABRASION R LEG - TWISTED LEG WHEN STEPPING BACKWARDS INTO AN ELE CTRICAL BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Bicycles or accessories
13 Y/O MALE WAS CAMPING AND RIDING HIS BIKE WHEN HE RAN INTO AN ELECTRI CAL BOX CAUSING AN OPEN FX OF HIS TIBIA AND FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/28/2001	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2001	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2001	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2001	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2001	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2000	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2000	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/1999	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/1999	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/1999	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/1998	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/1997	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/1997	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/1997	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/1997	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/1997	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/1997	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/1997	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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