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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,104
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 23 YEAR OLD FEMALE SLIPPED AND FELL ON WET PAINT LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2003 | Age: 21 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 |
| CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO RIGHT EYE. APPLYING WOOD STAIN TO HOUSE AND IT DR OPPED IN HIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PAINFUL SHOULDER, HAD BEEN PAINTING, WENT TO PICK SOMETHING UP AND FELT A POP / LT AC SEPARATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Paint or varnish thinners |
| BURNING SENSATION TO OS, FB IN EYE, PAINTING & SHEETROCKING DX: CORNEAL ABRASION, SUPERFICIAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| RT INDEX FINGER LACERATION-CUT FINGER WHILE AT PAINTING SCHOOL. SUS A 2 INCH LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CONTUSION FINGER - 20 YOF C/O PAIN RIGHT RING FINGER PAIN AFTER GETTING HIT ON THE HAND BY A PAINT BALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| L KNEE PAIN, POPPED AFTER PAINTING LAST WEEK DX: INTERNAL DERANGEMENT L KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE PAINTING. HIT CHIN ON FLOOR. PAINT IN LACERAT ION. D: CHIN LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CHI - 17 YOM C/O DIZZINESS SINCE SUNDAY AFTER GETTING HIT ON THE HEAD W ITH A PAINTBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT HAS HAD PX SINCE PAINTING SUNDAY. DX: R SCIATICA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | 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, House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS PAINTING ROOF AND FELL 10 FT OFF LADDER. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT PAINTING FOR 3 DAYS, STANDING, STRAINED LT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| LT WRIST PAIN AFTER PAINTING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT STATES "I BORROWED QUIPMENT FROM WRK TO PAINT HOUSE, DIDN'T WEAR MASK, NOW SOB" DX: ACUTE BRONCHITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PAINTING AND FELL LANDING ON BUTT LOWER BACK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT GOT PAINT IN RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| 21 YO MALE WAS PAINTING WINDOW AND HAND WENT THROUGH WINDOW LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Paintbrushes or rollers, manual |
| WHILE PAINTING OUTSIDE OF HOUSE BECAME WEAK DX: MILD HEAT EXHAUSTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Metal containers |
| CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - 18 YOM STATES HE WAS IN CABINET MAKING CLASS AND WAS SPLASHED IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH LACQUER WHILE CLOSING CONTAINER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | 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, Painting equipment, powered |
| LIVER TRANS. PT. - EXPOSURE TO SPRAY PAINT- PAINTING APT. NEXT DOOR, SMELL ALL THROUGH APT.LIGHTHEADED. DX: ACCIDENTAL INHALATION OF FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT. PAINTING GOT MAD AND BROKE A WINDOW. DX. LOWER ARM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT ATTEMPTED TO OPEN A GLASS PAINT JAR WITH PLIERS AND JAR SHATTERED CUTTING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WAS PAINTING A HOUSE YESTERDAY WHEN HE FELL STRIKING RIGHT INDEX FIN HER ON CONCRETE FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT SLIPPED ON WET PAINT ON PORCH, FALLING CAUSIING FINGER INJ DX:=THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WAS USING *** METAL PRIMER.DX: ALLERGIC REACTION. DX: ALLERGIC REACTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WAS PAINTING ALL DAY YESTERDAY COMPLAINING OF NECK PAIN STRAINED NEC K |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS HELPING TO PAINT HER HOUSE YESTERDAY COMPLAINING OF RIGHT WRIST PAIN STRAINED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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