Accidents - Batteries - 50+ years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,130
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	348	Lower Trunk:	205
Hand:	135	Upper Trunk:	90
Ear:	71	Internal:	59
Wrist:	59	All Of Body:	59
Finger:	40	Lower Arm:	14
Face:	14	Foot:	14
Neck:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/23/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WITH CHEST PAIN AFTER TRYING TO PUT BATTERY INTO TRUCK. DX CHEST PAI N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Batteries
PT AT A STORE A BATTERY EXPLODED EXPOSED TO FUMES THROAT FEELS FUNNY DX// INHALATION NOXIOUS FUMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	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: Batteries
PT INJURED HAND WHEN BATTERY EXPLODED. DX: LEFT HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Batteries, Screwdrivers
61YOF AT HOME USING A SCREWDRIVER TO REMOVE BATTERIES FROM A DOG COLLAR,SLIPPED STRIKING RT HAND;HAND PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 59 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
BATTERY EXPLODED IN PATIENT'S FACE YEST. DX. CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Batteries, Chairs
PT WAS CHANGING BATTERY IN SMOKE DETECTOR & FELL OFF CHAIR INJURING RT FOOT. DX - POSS OCCULT TARSAL FX VS FOOT SPRAIN/CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PT SWITCHED OUT A CAR BATTERY YESTERDAY. DX: LOW BACK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries
PICK UP A BATTERY AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
CHEST PAIN-TRIPPED-FELL WHILE GETTING A BATTERY-PAIN STARTED-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Batteries
PT WAS WORKING ON CAR BATTERY AND GOT AN ELECTRICAL BURN TO R FINGER ON L HAND. DX. L RING FINGER BURNED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
EYE AB-SPLASHED BATTERY ACID IN EYE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
BATTERY EXPLODED DEBRIS WENT INTO EYES/ ALKALINE BURN TO EYES, BIL COR NEAL ABRASIONS(SIZE C * BATTERY FROM * STORE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
BATTERY EXPLODED, RESIDUE FROM BATTERY WENT INTO EYES/ ALKALINE BURN TO EYE, BIL CORNEAL ABRASIONS(SIZE C * BATTERY FROM * STOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries
PT LIFTED CAR BATTERY. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	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
PT AT HOME CLEANING AUTO BATTERY FB R EYE/ DX R EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries, Motor vehicles or parts
^TRUCK BATTERY EXPLODED IN PT'S FACE HAS LAC TO (L) SIDE OF FACE BATT ERY ACID IN (L) EYE CAUSING CHEM CONJUNCT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Batteries, Riding power lawn mowers
DX ABRASION, L FOREHEAD/RADIAL SYLOID FX, L/CONTU, L RIBS: LIFTING BATTER ONTO RID'G LAWN MOWER BASE, TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO CEMENT W INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries
STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING A BATTERY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries
LIFTING A *** BATTERY 200 #SPRAIN RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2008	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: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
54 YO MALE TREATED WITH BATTERY ACID TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
BATTERY ACID IN EYEDX NS LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/03/2008	Age: 80 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 ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED A HEARING AID BATTERY AT HOME LAST NIGHT DX// SWALLOWED BATTERY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Batteries, Hearing aids
GOT HEARING AID BATTERY STUCK IN EAR FOR 3 OR 4 DAYS. DX; FB EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries, Motor vehicles or parts
PT LIFTED A CAR BATTERY,FELT PAIN IN NECK,PAIN GETTING WORSE DX CERVICAL SPINE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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