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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,559
See also: Lethal accidents, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2010 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| 11 MO M MAY HAVE SWALLOWED GROUNDING PIECE OF A CORD WHICH BROKE OFF. DX: WELL CHILD EXAM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| 17YOF ELECTRIC SHOCK TO LEFT HAND AND FOREARM WITH PARESTHESIAS - GOT SHOCKED WHILE UNPLUGGING ELECTRICAL CORD OUT OF OUTLET IN DANCE CLASS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2010 | Age: 9 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: Cords, electrical |
| 9YOM WENT TO GRAB A CAR UNDER A PLUG AND HIT BACK OF HEAD ON GROUNDWIR E DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2010 | Age: 3 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: Cords, electrical |
| 3 YR F TOUCHED ELECTRIC EXPOSED WIRE AT STORE;DX ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2010 | Age: 14 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: Cords, electrical |
| 14 YR M PLAYING IN CREEK AND POWER LINE FELL ON HIM;DX ELECTRIC SHOCK, ICU ADMISSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/20/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| 3 YO MALE FOUND WITH A CORD AROUND NECK. DX STRANGULATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/11/2010 | Age: 20 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: Cords, electrical |
| 20 YOF WENT TO PLUG IN A CORD THAT WAS CHEWED BY HER DOG AND SHE SUF FERED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2010 | Age: 21 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: Cords, electrical |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK. 21 YOM* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/26/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| 12YOM FOUND HANGING FROM ELECTRICAL CORD AFTER HE JUMPED FROM CINDER BL OCKS IN GARAGE AT HOME,UNRESPONSIVE, POSTURING;ASPHYXIATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/23/2010 | Age: 16 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: Cords, electrical, Faucets or spigots |
| 16YOM ELECTRIC SHOCK WORKING ON FAUCET WHEN LIVE CORD DROPPED INTO WATE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2009 | Age: 17 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: Cords, electrical |
| MILD ELECTRIC SHOCK W/O SEQUELAE - COMPLAINS OF NUMBNESS TO LEFT UPPER EXTREMITY & CHEST DISCOMFORT AFTER SHOCK FROM FRAYED ELECTRIC CORD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2009 | Age: 20 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: Cords, electrical, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PT WAS TRYING TO SHOVE A ELECTRIC PLUG INTO A ELECTRICAL POWER STRIP AT HOME AND RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCK DX: ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| FALL-TRIPPED OVER A CORD-LOC R ARM & LEG DX FALL-ALCOHOL INTOXICATION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2009 | Age: 11 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: Cords, electrical |
| PULLED CORD FROM WALL ELETRICAL SHOCK HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PT PRESENTS TO ER C/O INJURY TO RT HAND S/P PLUG IN ELECTRICAL CORD AND GOT ELECTROCUTE WHILE AT SCHOOL-ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2009 | Age: 17 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: Cords, electrical |
| PT STEPPED ON AN ELECTRIC CORD AND HEARD A "POP" C/O FOOT BURN. DX: ELE CTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 13 months | 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: Cords, electrical |
| BIT AN ELECTRICAL CORD. DX ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2008 | Age: 11 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: Cords, electrical |
| PT PLUGGED IN ELECTRICAL CORD W/ HAND & SAW SPARK & WAS KNOCKED BACKWAR D.C/O TINGLING,NUMBNESS,SHOCK,RASH.DX:ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2008 | Age: 19 months | 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: Cords, electrical, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PLAYING ALONE ON ENCLOSED PORSH, LATER MOM HEARD HIM CRYING, FOUND HIM WITH ELECTRICAL CORD IN HAND FACING AN ELECTRIC OUTLET>>ELECTROCUTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PT AT *** PLUGING IN A PLUG; IT BROKE SENDING 110 VOLTS OFELECTRICITY I NTO HIM. DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/30/2008 | Age: 16 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: Cords, electrical |
| SHOCKED BY ELECTRIC CORD/ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2007 | Age: 57 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: Cords, electrical |
| PT SUSTAINED ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM A CORD* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2007 | Age: 37 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: Cords, electrical |
| 37 Y/O MALE INJURED WHEN SHOCKED BY ELECTRICAL CORD. DX: ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2007 | Age: 23 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: Cords, electrical |
| RT HAND NUMBNESS.PT WAS SHOCKED WITH A ELECTRICAL CORD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2007 | Age: 11 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: Cords, electrical |
| 11 YO FEMALE GRABBED A CORD AND WAS SHOCKED LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2007 | Age: 9 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: Cords, electrical |
| PT RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCK AFTER STUCK LIVE ELECTRICAL CORD INTO METAL BOLT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Cords, electrical, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PULLED 110V CORD FROM RECEPTACLE FLAMES SHOT AND JOLT TO (R) ARM PT HAS BURN TO (R) THUMB NO FIRE DEPT. INVOLVMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2007 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| SHOCKED ON ELECTRICAL CORD/ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2006 | Age: 20 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: Cords, electrical |
| ELECTRICUTION FROM ELECTICAL CORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2006 | Age: 12 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: Cords, electrical |
| PT HAD 120 VOLT ELECTROCUTION DX - ELECTRICAL INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2006 | Age: 57 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: Cords, electrical |
| PT WAS DIGGING AROUND WATER LINE AND RECEIVED ABOUT 240 VOLT ELECTRIC S HOCK TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2006 | Age: 16 months | 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: Cords, electrical |
| DX ELECTRICAL SHOCK: PUT 9V/200M AMP POWER CORD IN MOUTH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2006 | Age: 84 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: Cords, electrical, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS IN TARGET DEPT STORE, BENT OVER TO PICK UP CORD ON THE FLOOR AND HAD A SYNCOPE EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2006 | Age: 14 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: Cords, electrical |
| BIT INTO ELECTRICAL CORD, SHAKEY & COULDN'T TALK FOR A WHILE D-ELECTRIC AL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2006 | Age: 55 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: Cords, electrical |
| PT WORKING ON ELECTRICAL CORDS AT HOME AND GOT SHOCKED THROUGH WHOLE BO DY NUMBNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/23/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| HUNG BY AN ELECTRICAL CORD IN BASEMENT (PLAYING "CHOKING GAME") ACCIDENTAL ASPHYXIATION |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/12/2006 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH A 24 VOLT ELECTRICAL CORD AND PUT IT INTO HIS MOUTH ; GOT SHOCKED. D : NO OBVIOUS BURN INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2006 | Age: 20 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: Cords, electrical |
| 20 Y/O F RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM POWER CORD AT HOME, WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HER PREGNANCY. DX; ELECTRIC SHOCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2006 | Age: 36 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: Cords, electrical |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK-@ HOME-UNPLUGGED A "HOT" CORD-RECEIVED LOW VOLTAGE SHO CK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2005 | Age: 8 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: Cords, electrical |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK, CHEWING ON ELECTRIC CORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2005 | Age: 20 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: Cords, electrical, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| TOUCHED CORD AT ELECTRIC OUTLET DX ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2005 | Age: 9 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: Cords, electrical |
| STEPPED ON AN ELECTRICAL CORD FOOT ELECTRICAL SHOCKED RIGHT FOOT ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | 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: Cords, electrical |
| PT. STATES THERE WAS A FIRE AT HER HOME, ELECTRICAL CORD CAUGHT FIRE AN D BURNED. DX. SMOKE INHALATION, HYPERVENTILATION, NS IS FD ATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2004 | Age: 55 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: Poisoning |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PT ATTEMPTED TO STRANGULATE SELF W/ CORD AROUND NECK LAST NIGHT. NO SOB NECK PAIN OR TRAUMA NOTED. +THC. D: SI, ATTEMPTED STRANGULATION. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/14/2004 | Age: 3 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: Cords, electrical |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK, CUTTING POWER CORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2004 | Age: 23 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: Cords, electrical |
| PT WAS GRABBING ELECTRICAL CORD, GOT A SHOCK AND WAS THROWN TO GROUND. SUSTAINED "MINOR ELECTROCUTION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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