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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,116
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| SPRAY PAINTING.STATES BURNED.REDNESS TO FACE.DX SUPERFICIAL BURNS LESS THAN 5% BSA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PATIENT WITH HIVES AFTER PAINTING AT GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE LAST NIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| +SOB. PT SNIFFED PAINT TODAY. STATES "THE VOICES TOLD ME TO DO IT". DOG BITES TO BOTH CALFS. DX; SCHIZO AFFECTIVE DISORDER/ DOG BITE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT ? W/SEATBELT DROVE PICK-UP INTO CONCRETE WALL PT SMELLED LIKR PAINT SAYS HE WAS PAINTING THINGS FOR HALLOWEEN. DX MVC CONCUSSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| HERE FOR MEDICAL CLEARANCE TO JUVENILE CENTER.SMELLS OF PAINT.DX INHALANT ABUSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PATIENT WAS PAINTING AT HOME, PAINT PRIMER SPLASHED INTO HIS EYE. DX-CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2002 | 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 Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls |
| ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN, DEVELOPED PAIN AFTER PAINTING WALLS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CHEST PAIN. SMOKED POT THIS AM, COCAINE LAST WK . HUFFING SPRAY PAINT SEEMS TO HELP PAIN. DID IT THIS AM. DX; HYDROCARBON INHALATION/ CH PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2002 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| ACUTE MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST WALL PAIN 2 1/2 WEEKS - WORSE TODAY WHILE MOVING OBJECT WHILE PAINTING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| STRAIN SHOULDER - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH WORSENING RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN A ND REPORTS ONSET WHILE PAINTING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls |
| FB RT EYE.PT WAS PAINTING A WALL AND SOMETHING CAME OFF WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Tables |
| CHEST PAIN-HELPING PAINT-MOVED A TABLE & FELT PAIN-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WIPED EYE W/HAND WHILE PAINTING. DX: ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| MOVING, HAD BEEN SCRAPING PAINT AND BROKE OUT IN A RASH ON HER FACE.RHU S DERMATITIS. DO NOT CONTACT PT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| FOREIGN BODY RT EYE SINCE YESTERDAY WHILE PAINTING. F.B. RT CONJUNCTIVA . UNABLE TO REMOVE IT@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT SCRAPPING PAINT OFF OF PIECE OF WOOD. LAC. INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2002 | 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| INHALATION OF PAINT FUMES - HAS BEEN PAINTING FOR TWO DAYS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| BURNED UPPER BODY. OUTSIDE YESTERDAY PAINTING AND GOT SUNBURNDX: 1ST AN D 2ND DEGREE BURNS CHEST, ARMS, FACE, BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Footwear |
| LT 4TH & 5TH TOE CTS-FELL IN WET PAINT WHILE WEARING SANDALS AT A GAS S TATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Stairs or steps |
| HURT BACK CARRYING PAINT UP STAIRS. DX: LOW BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| GOT A PAINT CHIP IN EYE AT HOME DX FB TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PATIENT COMPLAINING OF LOW BACK PAIN SINCE PAINTING HOUSE 2 DAYS AGO. D: SCIATICA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Buckets or pails |
| LT CHEST STRAIN-FELL OFF A PAINT BUCKET @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Buckets or pails |
| LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN LIFTING 5 GAL BUCKET OF PAINT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 16 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PATIENT INGESTED 8 **** AND 10 ADDERAL YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE, ALSO SNIFFED PAINT 2 DAYS AGO, PT. DID THIS TO "GET HIGH"; CHARCOAL ADM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT USING LATEX PAINT GOT SOME ON HANDS THEN USED THE BATHROOM DEVELOPED HIVES AND ITCHING TO GENITALS- ALLERGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Thermal or sound insulation materials |
| CONTACT DERMATITIS ON ARMS-AFTER WORKING & PAINTING IN AN HOUSE @ HOME-ALSO ? EXPOSURE TO INSULATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT. HAS HAD NOSE BLEED, SORE THROAT, & PAIN DURING COUGH X 2 DAYS AFTER SNIFFING PAINT. SUBSTANCE(INHALANT) ABUSE SECOND TO PLEURISY@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT EXPOSED TO PAINT FUMES, WHEEZING-PT HAS ASTHMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/03/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| FELL INTO SOME WALL PRIMING PAINT BEFORE BEDTIME, WASHED OFF, WHEN WOKE IRRITABLE. TRANS IRRITATION 2ND TO DERMAL PAINT EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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