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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 858
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| PT STATES FIRE EXTINGUISHER FELL ON PTS FOOT, FX TO TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| 17 YOF, HIT CHEST WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER, CONTUSION CHEST, NO FIRE, NO FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED IN FACE WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER CHEMICAL, IR RITATION TO THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| 21YO M, FOOT PAIN S/P FIRE EXTINGUISHER FELL ON FOOT DX: FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2009 | Age: 20 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| HIT HAND ON A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. DX.FOREIGN BODY R 5TH FINGER.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| PT SPRAYED FIRE EXTINGUISHER FOR CHEM. FIRE, POWDER CAME OUT & PT BREAT HED IT IN DX;# TOXIC EXPOSURE, FIRE EXTINGUISHER (NO FIRE DEPT LISTED) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| FIRE EXT. FELL ONTO FOOT CONT. FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| DX LAC UPPER ARM: P/W LAC R ARM. PT POOR HISTORIAN. +ETOH. FIRE EXTINGUISHER CASE & SHATTER GLASS FOUND. LG LAC-PARTIAL THICKNESS 7CM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/29/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| TRIPPED&FELL HITTING FOREHEAD AGAINST FIRE EXTINGUISHER HOOK >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| DX CONTU FOOT: KNOCK FIRE EXTINGUISHER OFF W LANDED ON LAT FOOT, HEMATOMA & SCRAPE TO FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| @ GAS STATION, A TRUCK HIT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER&PT WAS EXPOSED TO SMOKE WHILE IN A CAR NOW NOT ABLE TO SWALLOW W/O PAIN>>INHALATION INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| IN A CAR @ GAS STATION WHEN A TRUCK HIT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER SETTING IT OFF, EXPOSED TO THE SMOKE FOR 5 MIN, C/O SOB>>NAHCO3 EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| TOE SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA-DROPPED FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| PT ANGRY AT SCHOOL AND PUNCHED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| HIT HEAD ON FIRE EXTINGUISHER;DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fire extinguishers, Elevators or other lifts |
| PT IN AN ELEVATOR WHEN A POWDER TYPE FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS DISCHARGED- SOME KID WAS PLAYING AROUND GOT IN EYES CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fire extinguishers, Elevators or other lifts |
| PT IN AN ELEVATOR WHEN A POWDER TYPE FIRE EXTINGUISHER DISCHARGED AND S OME GOT INTO EYES CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| FACIAL AND THROAT INJURY FROM FIRE EXTINGUISHER GOING OFF. DX-CHEMICAL EXPOSURE, FACIAL DERMATITIS, PHARYNGITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| PT WAS DRINKING & WAS DARED TO INHALE FIRE EXTINGUISHER SO HE DID DX: RESPIRATORY ARREST, ASPRIATION OF FIRE EXTINGUER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/02/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| FIRE EXTINGUISHER FELL ON FOOT DX: FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| FIRE EXTINGUISHER FELL ON FOOT. FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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