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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 170
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2009 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| FINGER LAC-81YOM-HEMATOMA-BUTANE GAS TANK FELL ON FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| R HAND FINGERS BURN/31YOM AT HOME WENT TO LIGHT PROPANE TANK AND SUSTAI NED BURNS TO 4 FINGERS R HAND. NO FIRE DEPT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2009 | Age: 69 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: Other |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| DX FELON, EARLY: C/O L INDEX FINGER PN X 3D. USE PROPANE W BARE HAND 1 WK AGO. NOTICED INC SWELL'G, PUSATILE PN X 3D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PULLED OVER AN EMPTY PROPANE TANK. DX FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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