Accidents - Clothing irons - 16-25 years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 938
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	241	Lower Arm:	197
Face:	155	Upper Arm:	86
Toe:	86	Upper Trunk:	62
Head:	47	Lower Leg:	30
Elbow:	16	Ankle:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/19/2009	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
PT DX FOREHEAD LACERATION - 20 YR OLD BLACK FEMALE STATED " IRON FELL ON MY FOREHEAD EARLIER AT HOME TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
HEAD LAC, PT HIT HEAD WHEN GETTING AN IRON OUT OF CLOSET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
19YO HISP FEMALE AT HOME BURNED L INNER CALF ON HOT CLOTHES IRON DX L LOWER LEG BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing irons
PT DX ANKLE PAIN - 16 YR OLD BLACK DFEMALE TRIPPED ON IRON CORD AND THEN FELL ON HER ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
23 YOF DROPPED IRON ON L FA DX: BURN TO L FA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2009	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothing irons, Day wear
RT HAND STRAIN.PT WAS IRONING CLOTHES AND HAND BEGAN TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
BURN TO STOMACH AFTER LEANING AGAINST IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
BURNED UPPER ARM WITH A CLOTHES IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
BURNED LEFT HAND ON IRON FIRST DEGREE BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
DROPPED A FLAT IRON ON L FOREARM DX BURN L FOREARM *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
HAD A SEIZURE AND GRABBED IRON 1ST DEGREE BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
PT WITH LAC TO LOWER LEG FROM AN IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
PT HAD SEIZURE AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH A CLOTHING IRON HAS BURN TO R UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2009	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
DX FOREARM BURN: FOREARM BURN, REACH'G ACROSS A CLOTHES IRON & ACC IMPACTED THE ULNAR SIDE OF PROX FOREARM W THE HEATED SURFACE OF IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
18 YOF BURNED ARM AT HOME WITH HOT IRON 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothing irons
PT DX CLOSED FX OF ONE OR MORE PHALANGES OF FOOT - DUE TO DIRECT BLOW FROM THE IRON AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothing irons
23 Y/O WAS HIT BY FALLING CLOTHING IRON HIT IN THE HEAD AT HOME, C/O HEADACHE & VOMITING. DX-ABRASION NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
PT WAS IN A STORE AND TURNED AROUND AND THERE WAS AN IRON AND PT BURNED ARM ON IRON. DX ELBOW BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothing irons
PT STATES THAT AN IRON FELL ONTO BACK OF HER HEAD DX- HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
ACC A HOT IRON FELL ONTO HER BURNING FOREARM >>BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothing irons
PT DX SCALP ABRASION - IRON FELL FROM TOP OF CLOSET TO HIS HEAD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
PT HAS AUTISM AND BURNED HIS FACE ON AN IRON AT HOME TODAY DX// BURN FACE AND FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Clothing irons
L GREAT TOE HEMATOMA/16YOF AT HOME YESTERDAY DROPPED A HEAVY IRON ON HE R L GREAT TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
BURN TO TOP OF HAND WITH IRON DX: BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2009	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons, Clothing
BURNED FACE ON IRON -IRONING CLOTHES WHILE LYING ON THE FLOOR TALKING ON THE PHONE BURN FIRST DEGREE TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
BURN TO ARM FROM HOT FLAT CLOTHES IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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