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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 851
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Water heaters, Hot water |
| WORKING ON HOT WATER HEATER WHEN HOT WATER SPILLED OUT & PTS FINGERS WE RE SCALDED. 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS FINGERS. <5% BSA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Water heaters, Ceilings and walls |
| MOVING A WATER HEATER FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN WATER HEATER AND WALL AMPUTATION RIGHT FOURTH FINGER FRACTURE RIGHT FOURTH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2008 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters, Carts |
| PT SMASHED LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN A WATER HEATER AND A CART LACERATI ON FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| CUT ON HOT WATER HEATER, DX; LAC. FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Water heaters |
| RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER FB. PT WAS CLEANING UNDER A WATER HEATER AND GOT SO METHING IN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT @ HOME, HAD HOT WATER HEATER FALL ON RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER DX; LACERA TED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| CUT FINGER ON WATER HEATER/ LAC RMF, ABRASION RT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT TRYING TO LIGHT PILOT LIGHT FOR WATER HEATER AND FLAME SHOTG OUT BUR NING FINGERS. NOT FDA. D:1ST DEGREE BURN, FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| LAC TO RT INDEX FINGER SUSTAINED WHILE INSTALLING NEW HOT WATER HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| DX L INDEX FINGER LAC W WOND CLOSURE/HTN: CUT LIF ON HOT WATER HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| TRYING TO CHANGE ELEMENT IN HOT WATER HEATER, CUT FINGER. DX FINGER LAC ERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters, Refrigerators |
| CUT FINGER ON HOT WATER HEATER MOVING REFRIGERATOR AT HOME. DX-LACERATION FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT RECEIVED FRACTURE FINGER WHEN WATER HEATER FELL ON IT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT CUT L THUMB ON HOT WATER TANK CAP AT HOME. DX. LAC L THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT CUT FINGER ON WATER HEATER LAC FIGNER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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