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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,171
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/02/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| LEFT LEG STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN PAINTING AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | 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 WAS PAINTING A TRUCK BED LINER AND GOT PAIN IN HIS EYE/ FOREIGN BODY TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2009 | Age: 20 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 |
| THORACIC STRAIN.PT WAS PAINTING AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ladders |
| PT WAS PAINTING AND FELL OFF LADDER. DX: THORACIC/LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| LEFT KNEE ABR.. PT FELL HITTING HER KNEE ON A PAINT CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| C/O SHORTNESS OF BREATH ASSOC WITH WHEEZING AFTER EXPOESED TO SPRAY PAI NT/DUST>>ASTHM EXCERBATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT IS AN ARTIST WAS PAINTING FOR A SHOW AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN NECK STRA INED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WAS PAINTING AND FELL,TWISTED KNEE RESULTING IN SPRAINED RIGHT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls |
| PT PAINTING HIS CEILING WHEN GOT SOME PAINT IN EYE. DX:CHEMICAL IRRITAT ION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls |
| TIBIA FX-FELL WHILE PAINTING-LEG HIT A WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS PAINTING AND GOT PAINT IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| R ARM PAIN AFTER PAINTING FRIENDS HOUSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ladders |
| PT STATES HE WAS PAINTING GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE WHEN HE FELL OFF LADDER A ND LANDED ON BUTT. DX. ACUTE BACK INJ, LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| FELL 4 FT WHILE PAINTING HIS ROOM, FELL. DX-CONCUSSION, CONTUSION HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT. WAS CAMPING ON *** RIVER AND A PAINT CAN WAS THROWN ON FIRE THENIT EXPLODED AND PT WAS BURNED DX: 2ND DEGREE BURNS ARMS/HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| DOING WORK ON HIS HOUSE, STRIPPING PAINTS&SUDDENLY DEVELOPED EYE FB SEN SATION>>FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2009 | Age: 20 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 |
| 20YOM, LIFTING HEAVY PAINT CAN, LUMBAR SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| DX CHEMICAL BURN R & L LEG: C/O REDNESS IRRITATION TO L & R KNEE & LOW LEG. USED MINERAL SPIRITS TO REMOVE OIL-BASED PAINT F KNEES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CHI. PT HAD A SEIZURE AND FELL HITTING HEAD WHEN PAINTING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| CORNEAL FB-SPLATTERED EYE W/ PAINT WHILE PAINTING CEILING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT GOT PAINT IN EYES ACUTE BLINDNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT HAS A HX OF HEART PROBLEMS AND WHILE PAINTING AT HOME DEVELOPED CHET S PAIN AND PALPITATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/19/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CORNEAL AB-GOT PAINT CHIP IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| ANKLE STR. PT STRAINED ANKEL WHEN PICKING UP A PAINT CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Bathtubs or showers |
| TOOK A SHOWER; HAD PAIN (DRIED) ON HANDS, BELIEVES PAINT CHIP GOT IN EY E. CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2009 | 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, Ceilings and walls |
| CERVICAL STRAIN-SINCE "SINCE LOOKING UP A LOT" WHILE PAINTING CEILING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT FELL WHILE SPRAY PAINTING CITY PROPERTY, PT IN POLICE CUSTODY, LEG I NJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2009 | Age: 21 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, Chairs |
| PT FELL FROM CHAIR APP. 3 FT HIGH AT HOME WHILE PAINTING. DX. KNEE STRA IN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Balloons |
| ALLERGIC RXN/19YOF C/O BEING EXPOSED TO LATEX PAINT, THEN LATEX BALLOON THEN THROAT TIGHTENED AND EYES GOT PUFFY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Sinks |
| STRAIN WRIST - 20 YO FEMALE CO RIGHT WRIST PAIN - STATES SHE HAS BEEN P AINTING AT HOME & SLIPPED & BANGED HER WRIST ON THE SINK FLEXING WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| WRIST PAIN AFTER PAINTING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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