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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,075
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| HAND BURN-HAD CO2 CANISTER LEAKED LIQUID ON HAND-CAUSED BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| 47Y/O,M,LIFTING KEG OF BEER, FELT UPPER ARM PAIN, R TRICEP STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| PT DROPPED A KEG ON LT GREAT TOE AND INJ IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 28 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 |
| 28 YOM LIFTED KEG OF BEER ACUTE BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| 2 YOM STRUCK ON HEAD BY HELIUM TANK THAT FELL AT FLOWER SHOP SUSTAINING A CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| THREW COMPRESSED AIR CAN IN FIRE,EXPLODED AND CAUGHT FIRE BURNS TO FAC E * NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| PT WAS LIFTING KEGS AT HOME, STRAINED RT SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2008 | Age: 22 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 |
| 22YO WHITE MALE C/O R LOW BACK PAIN SINCE MONDAY, WAS LIFTING KEGS THIS WEEKEND, HURT BACK ,L DX BACK PAIN WITH SCIATICA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| PT WITH FRACTURE TO RIGHT FOOT AFTER KEG OF BEER FELL ON IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pressurized containers, Dollies, handtrucks or luggage carriers |
| PUTTING A KEG ON A DOLLIE AND STRUCK FOREHEAD ON THE DOLLIE. DX CONTUSION FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 40 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 |
| 40 YO MALE INJURED BACK WHILE LIFTING KEG LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pressurized containers, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 65YMC OPENED AN OIL BASED SPRAY CAN AND PAINT SPRAYED INTO EYE WEARING GLASSES/CHEMICAL REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| A BEER KEG FELL ON PTS FOOT, CONTUSION TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2008 | Age: 39 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 A KEG OF BEER ON FOOT DX; TOE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| SMASHED HAND BETWEEN 2 BEER KEGS CONTUSION HAND # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2008 | Age: 36 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK AFTER HE FELL ON 02 TANK.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| PT DROPPED A KEG ON FOOT. DX: R FOOT CONT, R LONG FINGER LAC NONSUTURED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Pressurized containers, Gun powder or ammunition |
| EXPERIMENTING W/GUNPOWDER AND CO2 CANNISTER , SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED IN HAND AT HOME,MAY HAVE BEEN MAKING BOMBS; 1/2/3RD FINGER AMPUTATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/22/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| PT LIFTED A HELIUM TANK. DX: BACK PX, R FINGER INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| PT GOT RIGHT THUMB SMASHED BETWEEN TWO BEER KEGS AT HOME RED AND SWOLL EN PARANYCHIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pressurized containers, Tapes |
| PT SUSTAINED SHRAPNEL IN A LOWER LEG FROM AN EXPLODED CO2 CARTRIDGE WRA PPED IN TAPE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| BROUGTH IN BY EMS FOR EVALUATION STATUS POST EXPLODING CONTAINER INTO E YE >> RUPTURED GLOBE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| A MINI KEG WAS THROWN INTO A FIRE AND EXPLODED AT A PARTY. FD NS. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, CONCUSSION, ALCOHOL INTOX, L HAND LAC 4 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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