Accidents - Batteries - 6-15 years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,671
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	532	Internal:	524
Face:	146	Lower Trunk:	141
Foot:	137	Hand:	75
Head:	62	Ear:	30
Upper Leg:	15	Mouth:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
13 YR OLD MAILE BANGED FOOT AGAINST A BATTERY AT HOME DX: CONTUSION RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
11YOF PUT A DISC BATTERY IN HER MOUTH, & SWALLOWED IT, MOM WAS CHANGING THE BATTERY IN AN ELECTRONIC CANDLE. DX: SWALLOWED DISC BATTERY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/29/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries
11YOF ; LACERATION TO LEFT SIDE OF FORHEAD WHEN YOUNGER SIBLING THREW A BATTERY AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT PT. D: LACERTION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT SWALLOWED A BATTERY, FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
BATTERIES EXPLODED FROM CAMPFIRE;DX CONTUSED, BURNED EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Batteries
PUSHED A BUTTON BATTERY INTO LT EAR WHILE PLAYING >>FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
SWALLOWED BATTERY;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
8YOM STATES AT HOME WHEN FOUND A BUTTON BATTERY & PUT IN MOUTH,ACCIDENT LY SWALLOWED IT. DX; F.B. INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
14 YO M WAS TRYING TO JUMP START TRUCK WHEN MIXED UP POLARITY OF JUMP ER CABLES & GOT BATTERY ACID IN EYE. DX:CHEM CONJUNCTIVITIS, BATT. ACID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT IS DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED AND SWALLOWED TWO AA BATTERIES FB INGESTI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries, Kitchen gadgets
PATIENT WITH H/O MULT MEDICAL PROBLEMS, VOMITING AT SCHOOL W/DIARRHEA. VOMITED UP SMALL BATTERY OR PLASTIC MAGNET IN ED; FB INGESTION, HYPOTHE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/06/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT SWALLOWED A BATTERY. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT HAS HX OF ASPERGERS SYNDROME. INGESTED 2 AA BATTERIES. NO SYMPTOMS. HX OF INGESTIONS. DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries
GOT HIT W BATTERY. SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
SWALLOWED A DISC BATTERY, ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, PT HAS RADIATING CHEST PAIN. DX; DISC BATTERY IN ESOPHAGUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/13/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries, Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
* BATTERY INGEST.:13YOM OPENED FLASHLIGHT W/HIS TEETH,SWALLOWED* BA TTERY(LIKE BATTERY OUT OF WATCH)LIKES TO PUT THINGS IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
DX: SWALLOWED A NICKEL WATCH BATTERY-- NO F.B. ON XRAYS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PATIENT FELL ASLEEP LAST NIGHT WITH 2 *** BATTERIES IN MOUTH AT HOME, W OKE WITH JAW SWELLING, BURNS INSIDE MOUTH; CHEMICAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
DX CORNEAL INJ/CONJ - CHEMICAL/OCULAR ACID EXPOSURE: BATTERY ACID SPLAHSED TO FACE. REDNNESS, PERIPHERAL BLURRNESS, FLUSH W H2O @HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL WATCH BATTERY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
PT PLAYING WITH A CAR BATTERY AT HOME AND IT EXPLODED AND FLUID GOT INT O PTS EYES DX// BILAT EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Batteries
SISTER STUCK BUTTON SIZE BATTERIES IN PT'S EARS WHILE HE SLEPT DX- F/B IN EARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
CHEMICAL INJURY BOTH EYES: 12YOM OPENED "SIZE D" BATTERY AND ACID FLEW INTO HIS EYES, BURNING OF EYES, @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries, Golf
9YOM, BATTERY EXPLODED AFTER HITTING IT WITH GOLFCLUB, CHEMICAL TRAUMA TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT SUS CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE AFTER BATTERY FLUID GOT INTO EYE%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
9YOM, BATTERY ACID IN EYE, CHEMICAL EXPOSURE EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT SWALLOWED A BATTERY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
SWALLOWED BATTERY STABLE AT D/C
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
BATTERY LEAKED ON HAND AND MOUTH DX: EXPOSURE TO BATTERY CORROSIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
BATTERY ACID BURN TO R THIGH DX: ALKALINE BATTERY BURN 2ND DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT WENT TO SLEEP WITH 3 SMALL BUTTON BATTERIES IN MOUTH - NOW 2 MISSING . DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2009	Age: 10 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: Batteries
LACERATION FACE - 10 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH CUT ABOVE HER UPPER LIP - WAS HIT WITH AA BATTERY THROWN BY BROTHER - INTENT NS - 6 MM CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries, Floors or flooring materials
STEPPED ON A BATTERY THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR. DX. FOOT LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
WORKING ON CAR BATTERY ACID GOT IN FACE CAUSED ACID BURN CONJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
SWALLOWED ROUND BATTERY;DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
SWALLOWED A BUTTON BATTERY DX: BUTTON BATTERY INGESTION- IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT SMASHED OPEN A *** BATTERY AND GOT ACID IN EYES CHEMICAL BURNS TO EY ES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT SWALLOWED BATTERY 1 HR PTA. MOM TOLD BY POISON CONTROL TO BRING TO ER. SWALLED BATTERY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
INGESTED BUTTON BATTERY;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PT EATING @ RESTRAUNT & FOUND *** AA BATTERY IN PLATE OF FOOD DX ABD PA IN BATTERY IN FOOD*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PT EATING @ RESTRAUNT & FOUND *** AA BATTERY IN PLATE OF FOOD DXABD PAI N BATTERY IN FOOD*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
SWALLOWED BUTTON BATTERY;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT HAD A WATCH BATTERY IN MOUTH WHILE AT SCHOOL AND ACCIDENTALLY SWALLO WED IT, NOW W/CHEST PAIN; SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/18/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries
SISTER THREW BATTERY AT HIM HIT FACE LAC TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
SWALLOWED BUTTON BATTERY;DX INGESTION BATTERY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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