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Accidents - Fuel-burning lighting equipment - 16-25 years old - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 304
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Leg:113Foot:69
Upper Arm:52Eyeball:47
Face:15Finger:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/10/2004Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
FACIAL BURN.PT WAS USING A TORCH AND BURNED FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT BURNED LEFT ARM UPPER ON CITRONELLA TORCH BURN LEFT WUPPER ARM SECON D DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2004Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT. BURNED HAND WITH PROPANE TORCH- THE TORCH LEAKED AT THE HANDLE, BURNING PT'S THUMB. DX: FLAME BURN TO LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT SUSTAINED A BURN OF HIS LOWER LEG FROM A TIKI LAMP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2004Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PT C/O PROPANE GAS IN BOTH EYES WAS FILLING TANKLS C/O FB IN BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2004Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
22 YOM USING A FLAME TORCH, ACCIDENTALLY BURNED RT FOOT-DX PARTIAL THICKNESS 2ND DEGREE BURN RT FOOT- NO FD INVOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2004Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Day wear
PT PUTTING FUEL IN KEROSINE LAMP SPILLED SOME ON PANT LEG WHEN LIT THE LAMP HIS PANTS IGNITED TOO 2ND DEGREE BURNS RT LEG NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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