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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,033
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2008 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS OF BOTH EYES - S/P PT C/O BURNING TO EYES AFTER BEING SPRAYED IN EYE WITH UNKNOWN SPRAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals, Bottles or jars |
| PT HAD A SEIZURE AFTER HUFFING 10 BOTTLES OF FLOURINATED ***AT HOME DX : SEIZURE SECONDARY TO HUFFING |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT STATED HE WAS WORKING WITH SOME CHEMICALS AND HIT FACE- ALLERGIC REA CTION TO CHEMICAL TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT SUSTAINED ACID BURNS TO FACE-CHEMICAL BURNS TO FACE AREA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| CHEMICAL BURN TO ABD AND LEGS AT SCHOOL TODAY DX: CHEMICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Chemicals |
| USING BORIC ACID TO KILL ROACHES AT HOME GOT ON HANDS. DX DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT COMPLAINED OF CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO FACE- 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals, Bottles or jars |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED BLACK OXIDE CONCENTRATE THAT WAS PLACED IN A *** BOTTLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/16/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT SUSTAINED CHEMICAL BURN TO LT HAND (1ST DEGREE) - DX CHEMICAL BURN TO LT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals |
| EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals |
| 24 YOM WAS AT RACE TRACK AND ACCIDENTALLY INHALED NITROUS OXIDE ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT GOT A CHEMICAL IN EYE IN JAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals |
| 24 YO FEMALE HAD POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO HYDRAZINE CHEMICAL INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals |
| 24 YO MALE HAD POTENTIAL INHALATION OF NITRAZINE CHEMICAL INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Chemicals, Adhesives |
| EXPOSED TO SOME CHEMICAL IN LAB AT SCHOOL WHILE MAKING "BOUNCY BALL", P OSSIBLY FROM FORM OF EPOXY. DX; URTICARIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTLY BREATHED IN CHLORINE GAS DX: GAS AND VAPOR INHALATION /SOB/NAUSEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT HAD RUST REMOVER IN YE-FB LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chemicals |
| N/S- PEPPER SPRAY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/16/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chemicals |
| N/S- PEPPER SPRAY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/15/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals |
| 17 YO FEMALE WAS EXPOSED TO DUST REMOVER SPRAYCHEMICAL INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT C/O BURNING SENSATION TO THE EYES AFTER BEING SPLASHED WITH UNKNOWN CHEMICAL TO RT EYE AND SIDE OF FACE/RT ARM AND LEG DX CHEMICAL EXPOSUR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Chemicals |
| 22 YOM WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN ACETYLENE BOMB, FOR FIREWORKS, AND WAS FLASHED WITH FLAME SUSTAINING BURNS TO RIGHT HAND AND WRIST, NO F.D. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT WITH CHEMICAL INHALATION FROM SOME TYPE OF SPRAY IN THE PARK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| 17 YOM GOT LIQUID *** FLUID SPLASH IN EYE CHEMICAL BURN TO RIGHT EYE CHEMICAL BURN TO RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals, Clothes dryers |
| 24 YOF SUSTAINED CHEMICAL INHALATION AFTER CLEANING INSIDE OF CLOTHES D RYER WITH ACETANE INHALING THE FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT IS BEING SEEN AFTER EXPOSURE TO CHEMCIAL AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PATIENT HAD TROUBLE BREATHING AND CHEST DISCOMFORT AFTER EXPOSURE TO SOME TOXIC MATERIAL AT ART CENTER COLLEGE. DX-EXPOS. TO TOXIC SUBSTANCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chemicals, Photographic equipment |
| DX ACUTE OCULAR CHEMICAL EXPOSURE: PT CLEANING TRIPOD, PERSON NEXT TO PT SPRAYED CHEMICAL JUST PTA BUT MISSED THEIR RAG, HITTING PT IN R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT DX CONTACT DERMATITIS AND OTHER ECZEMA - SP DUE TO CHEMICAL PRODUCTS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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