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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,228
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/09/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Electric heaters |
| HAS PUNCTURE WOUND FROM WIRE IN HEATER PUNCTURE WOUND HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| ELECTRICAL BURNS TO HANDS, CAME IN CONTACT W/POWER LINES TRYING TO GET ON ROOF DX: SEVERE ELECTRICAL BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/21/2009 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT TRIPPED ON CABLE WIRES AT HOME AND FELL INJURED HAND DX// LEFT HAND FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2009 | 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 |
| 52Y/O,M,BURN TO HAND FROM ELECTRICAL WIRES AT HOME, 3RD DEGREE BURN L H AND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT ACCIDENTLY RAN ELECTRICAL WIRE IN HAND-PUNCTUREWOUND HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Knives |
| 51YOF WAS HOME CUTTING ELECTRICAL WIRING WITH A KNIFE,SLIPPED CUT HAND; HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| LAC TO HAND FROM WIRE LAC HAND |
| 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: 06/24/2004 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT GRABBED THE HANDLE OF AN ELECTRICAL BOX AT HOME FELT A SHOCK AND TIN GLING IN LEFT HAND ESI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2004 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Ladders |
| PT WAS AT HOME ON LADDER CUTTING ELECTRICAL WIRE WHEN ELECTRICUTED KNOCKED TO FLOOR DX:ELECTRIC SHOCK/BURNS TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/27/2004 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT HAD TRIP AND FALL OVER POWER CORD AND LACERATED HAND. D: LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PUNCTURED HAND WITH COPPER WIRE DX P.W. HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| 54 YO MALE WAS CHANGING 277 V SWITCH AND HIT SIDE OF BOARD PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN, RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2003 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| FRACTURE HAND - 80 YOF TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A CORD IN HER YARD LANDING ON HER LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Tables |
| TRIPPED OVER A CORD AT HOME, FELL LANDING ON LT. HAND. STRUCK HEAD ON C OFFEE TABLE. DX. FX. LT. 4TH METACARPAL, LAC OF FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| CUTTING DOWN A TREE GRABBED A HIGH POWER LINE-HAND STUCK TO ELECTRIC POWER LINE- HAND REMOVED BY EMS -ELECTROCUTION -LEFT HAND SEVERE BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/17/2002 | Age: 76 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 |
| HAND CONTUSION - 76 YOF TRYING TO FLIP LIGHT SWITCH AND STRUCK RIGHT HA ND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| LT HAND LAC-CUT ON AN ELECTRICAL BOX WHILE PULLING ON ELECTRICAL WIRE WHILE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED OVER ELECTRIC CORD AT HOME AND FELL WITH ALL HER WEIGHT ON LEFT HAND, BROKE HAND WHEN SHE LANDED ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| HAND LACERATION - CUT RIGHT HAND ON A LIGHT SWITCHPLATE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2001 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2001 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems, Beds |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/1999 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/1998 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/1998 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/1997 | Age: 61 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/1997 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/1997 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | 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: 04/24/1997 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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