Accidents - Water heaters - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,156
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1999:	139
Year 2000:	87
Year 2001:	276
Year 2003:	69
Year 2004:	128
Year 2005:	68
Year 2006:	86
Year 2007:	100
Year 2008:	103
Year 2010:	95

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/12/2010	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
18 YO WHITE MALE HIT A WATER HEATER BECAUSE HE WAS ANGRY DX: HAND CONTU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
17YOF BURNED HANDS WHILE LIGHTING PILOT ON HOT WATER TANK DX: FIRST / SECOND DEGREE BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
PUNCHED A HOT WATER HEATER AT HOME. CONTUSION RIGHT HAND. 20 YOF*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
PT FELL IN HIS GARAGE JAMMED RIGHT HAN D INTO THE HOT WATER HEATER SUST AINED A HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Water heaters
PT SUS BURN TO HAND AFTER GAS WATER HEATER WENT OFF%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water heaters
AT HOME PT CUT R HAND ON A WATER HEATER DX R HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
LEFT HAND BURN. PT WAS TRYING TO LIGHT A GAS WATER HEATER AND BURNED HA ND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters, Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT INJURED AT HOME WHEN TRYING TO LIGHT WATER HEATER W PROPANE LIGHTER LIGHTER BLEW UP IN HANDS NO FIRE INVOLVEMENT DX: 1ST DEGREE BURNS HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water heaters
PT.INJ.RT.HAND AT FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN PUNCHED A WATER HEATER. DX; F.X. R T.5TH.M.C.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
18 YOM DROPPED WATER HEATER ON RIGHT HAND CAUSING CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters, Ceilings and walls
PT. WAS HELPING REMOVE A WATER HEATER OUT OF HOUSE; CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN HEATER AND WALL. RIGHT HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water heaters
CUT HAND ON WATER HEATER, DX; HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water heaters
FX RT 5TH METACARPAL, PUNCHED A HOT WATER TANK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water heaters
WRESTLING W/ FRIEND, LAC PALM LT HAND ON WATER HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water heaters
LAC TO RIGHT HAND ON PIECE OF METAL FROM HOT WATER HEATER. DX:HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2001	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2001	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2001	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2001	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2000	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2000	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/1999	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Water heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/1999	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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