Accidents - Pressurized containers - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,379
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	69
6-15 years old:	108
16-25 years old:	423
26-50 years old:	474
50+ years old:	303

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Toe:	340	Lower Trunk:	267
Face:	147	Hand:	139
Upper Trunk:	102	Knee:	86
Shoulder:	69	Ankle:	68
Upper Arm:	68	Foot:	39
Head:	33	Finger:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pressurized containers
48 YEAR OLD MALE, CHEST PAIN WHILE LIFTING KEG OF BEER CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pressurized containers
SAT DOWN HARD ON FOOT OF 02 TANK DX: SACRAL PAIN W/CONTUSION VS BONE METASTASIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pressurized containers
DROPPED KEG OF BEER ON LT FOOT (OWNS BAR). CLOSED FX DISTAL PHALANX LT GREAT TOE & CT LT FOOT/ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pressurized containers
CONTUSION SHOULDER - PATIENT REPORTS SHE FELL WHILE CARRYING AIR TANK A T FRIEND'S HOUSE - CARRYING 100 LB TANK & FELL STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pressurized containers
LT HIP PAIN X 3 WEEKS SINCE PICKING UP 200# BOTTLE OF ARGON/ LUMBAR RAD ICULOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pressurized containers
CONTUSION HEAD, SHOULDER - 51 YOF C/O HEAD AND RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN S/P HAVING A HELIUM TANK FALL OVER HITTING HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pressurized containers, Refrigerators
WHILE PUTTING A FULL KEG OF BEER IN COOLER GOT HIS RT HAND CAUGHT BETWE EN DOOR AND KEG CONTUSION RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pressurized containers
PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING KEG OF BEER. D: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pressurized containers
LBP AFTER LIFTING KEGS DX: LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pressurized containers
18YOWM WHO DROPED A KEG OF BEER ON HIS FOOT PTA. DX:CONTUSION OF FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pressurized containers
DROPPED A HELIUM TANK ON FOOT CONTUSION RIGHT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Pressurized containers, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
1. 2ND DEGREE BURNS OF FACE 2. POSSIBLE INHALATION INJURY- PATIENT LIT A CIGARETTE WHILE ON 4 LITERS O2 BY NASAL CANNULA AND IT IGNITED NO FD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pressurized containers
LEFT 5TH TOE FX. PT DROPPED A KEG ONTO FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressurized containers
CAP CAME OFF NITRUS TANK LEAKING NITRUS OUT BURNING PT LT HAND SECOND D EGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pressurized containers
PT FRACTURED HIS TOE FROM DROPPING A HELIUM TANK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pressurized containers
PT DROPPED KEG ON LT FOOT DX: FX RT BIG TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pressurized containers
PT DROPPED A TANK ON L TOE BLEEDING FOR PAST 2 DAYS NAIL HANGING OFF DX FX PHALANX TOE NAILBED INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pressurized containers
35 YEAR OLD MALE, KEG FELL ON LEFT FOOT CONTUSION LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pressurized containers
RIGHT WRIST AND THUMB SPR. PT TRIPPED OVER AN OXYGEN TANK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pressurized containers
43 YO MALE HURT BACK LIFTING KEG TWO WEEKS AGO ACUTE LUMBAR RADICULAPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pressurized containers
PT WAS @ POLICE ACADEMY GRAD-CEREMONY- WAS PLAYING TAG AND A HELIUM TANK FELL ONTO LEFT FOOT. DX LEFT FOOT INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pressurized containers
LOW BACK PAIN-SINCE LIFTING "LOTS OF KEGS OF BEER LAST PM"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pressurized containers
PT DROPPED A KEG ON FOOT, CONTUSION TO TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pressurized containers
10YOF STRUCK IN BACK OF HEAD WITH WHIPPED CREAM CAN THROWN BY SISTER. D X: LACERATION, BACK OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pressurized containers
PT WITH ACHING PAIN IN RIBS AND HEADACHE AFTER MOVING BEER KEGS LAST NI GHT. LEFT PRIOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pressurized containers
35 YO MALE LIFTED KEG OF BEER SPRAIN LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Pressurized containers
FACIAL AND RT HAND BURN.PT HAD A CO2 CYLINDER BLOW UP IN FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pressurized containers
CLOSED FX HUMERUS SHAFT & GREATER TUBEROSITY, C/O RT ARM & SHOULDER CARRYING KEG OF BEER, GRANDDAUGHTER RAN INTO HIM, PT FELL ON CONCRETE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pressurized containers
TRIPPED OVER GANDMOTHER'S OXYGEN TANK AT HOME INJURING ANKLE. DX: ANKL E SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pressurized containers
PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN X 5 MONTHS SINCE LIFTING KEG OF BEER. "PAIN COMES AND GOES". D: LOW BACK PAIN, UTI, PYELNONEPHRITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Pressurized containers
PT GOT MOM'S OXYGEN TANK STUCK TO LT HAND DX: THERMAN BURN LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pressurized containers, Stairs or steps
PT.INJ.RT.KNEE AT HOME WHEN CARRYING O2TANK DOWN STAIRS & TANK FELL ONK NEE. DX; CONTUSION RT.KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pressurized containers
TRIPPED OVER OXYGEN TANK - LACERATION CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pressurized containers
23 YO MALE LIFTED BEER KEG ACUTE THORASIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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