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Accidents - Cigarette or pipe lighters - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,710
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Face:514Finger:319
Hand:227Eyeball:203
Lower Arm:194Upper Leg:101
Mouth:73Knee:21
Foot:15Ear:15
Internal:12Upper Trunk:6
Lower Leg:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/27/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT BURNED FINGER ON CIGARETTE LIGHTER 1 WK AGO. DX: INFECTED L INDEX BURN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/15/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
SPIT OUT ALCOHOL AND USED A LIGHTER TO IGNITE BURN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT WALKED INTO GRANDMOTHERS LIT CIGARETT MILD SUPERFICIAL BURN TO (L) EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/27/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
A LIGHTER BLEW UP IN HAND RT HAND 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2006Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Beds or bedframes
22 YO FEMALE INJURED EYE WITH BUTANE LIGHTER WHILE SITTING ON BED RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
BURN TO ARM; STATES USING *** LIGHTER TO PROVE A PINT LAST THURS. BURNE D ARM & NOW FINGERS TINGLING & COLD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2006Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT SWOLLOWED A COUPLE CIGARETTE BUTTS . DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2006Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
INTOXICATED AND *** LIGHTER BLEW UP IN FACE LIGHTING A CIGARETTE AT A P ARTY AND BURNING FACE AND HAND,TRANSF TO SHRINERS,NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 11/06/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT C/O OF BURN TO HAND BY CIGARRETTE AT THE FAIR DX: 1ST DEGREE BURN RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2006Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
BURNED LOWER LEG 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE WHEN LIT LIGHTER AND LIGHTER FLUID ON LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PLAYING GAME W/FRIENDS TO SEE WHO COULD TOLERATE A BURN W/CIGARETTE LIG HTER THE MOST, KNEECAPS BURNED 10-14 DAYS AGO, FEVER/CHILLS, CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
BURNED HAND WHEN FILLING LIGHTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Pesticides
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A LIGHTER AND SOME BUG SPRAY AND BURNED BOTH HANDS. D: NO DX; LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 10/18/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
BURN TO L FA FROM CIGARETTE LIGHTER DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN L FA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
LIGHTER BLEW UP IN FACE AND SUSTAINED BURNS FIRE DEPT DID NOT ATTEND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2006Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT LIT A CIGARETTE LIGHTER AND SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT TOUCHED RIGHT KNEE WITH A CIGARETTE SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO KNE E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2006Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT ACCIDENTLY WALKED INTO THE PATH OF A THROWN CIGARETTE LIGHTER SUSTAI NED A LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2006Age: 6 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
SWALLOWED AN UNLIT CIGARETTE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2006Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
CONTUSION RIGHT THUMB-FLICKING LIGHTER CONSTANTLY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Gasoline cans
PT THREW A CIGARETTE LIGHTER AT A GAS CAN AND THE GRASS CAUGHT FIRE SUS TAINED THERMAL BURNS TO FEET NS IF FD ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT HAS ABURN TO LT HAND FROM A CIGARETTE LIGHTER, PT SAID HE LET HIS FRIEND BURN HIM. DX; BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2006Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT BURNED RT THUMB ON A CIGGARETTE LIGHTER, THERMAL BURN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT BURNED FACE W/ LIGHTER,BURN TO FOOT W/ GLASS PIPE DX: SEPTIC DE CRANON BURSITIS, MULTI SKIN LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2006Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT PLAYING WITH A FRIEND AND A CIGARETTE LIGHTER AND SUSTAINED A THERMA L BURN TO RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
BURNED FOREARM ON A LIGHTER,NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT LIGHTING A CIGARETTE AND THINKS A SPARK FROM LIGHTER WENT INTO EYE, C/O L EYE PAIN DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PLAYING WITH CIGARETTE LIGHTER AND BURNING PAINT FROM A PAINT BUCKET WH ICH CAUGHT ON FIRE AND DRIPPED ON PT. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN. NO FD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PATIENT CONSENTED TO HAVING A FRIEND BURN HIS ARM AND HAND WITH A *** L IGHTER, INFECTED NOW, NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2006Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT BURNED IN FACE WHEN USING CIGARETTE LIGHTER TO LOOK FOR LOST ITEM AT HOME .....UNKNOWN IF FD ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 06/20/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT SUSTAINED A BURN OF A LIP FROM A CIGARETTE LIGHTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
FB R&L EYEBALLS, PT RAN INTO SOMEONE W/A LIGTHED CIGARETTE, ASHES GOT INT PT EYES, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, SWELLING EYELIDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2006Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
60 YO FEMALE HAD BUTANE LIGHTER ERUPT WHEN LIGHTING A CIGARETTE AND HAIR CAUGHT ON FIRE - 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS FACE AND SCALP
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 06/04/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
BURN HAND - 10 YOM BURNED LEFT HAND WITH A LIGHTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2006Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Medical equipment, general
PATIENT USED A LIGHTER WHILE USING A NEBULIZER / NO FD INVOLVEMENT DX: FACIAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 05/17/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
FINGER BURNED-WHILE PLAYING W/A LIGHTER-1 WEEK PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2006Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Day wear
PT WAS FILLING CIGARETTE LIGHTER W/BUTANE AND SPARKS CAUGHT CLOTHES ON FIRE. FD NS. DX: L THIGH/LEG BURN 2ND DEG, L FOREARM BURN 2ND DEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2006Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT BURNED FINGER W/CIGARETTE LIGHTER. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 04/07/2006Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Chair, recliner
BIL EAR AND FOREHEAD BURNS. PT SMOKING A CIGARETTE AND COMBING HAIR, HA IR CAUGHT ON FIRE IN RECLINER. FD ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Clothing
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A LIGHTER AND CAUGHT HIS CLOTHES ON FIRE.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 03/26/2006Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT C/O BURN TO EYE. A CIGARETTE HIT PT ON EYE LID. DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT WAS BURNED ON THE FINGER WITH A LIGHTER. DX FIGNER BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2006Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT HIT IN EYE WITH LIT CIGARETTE. DX: CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2006Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT BURNED THUMB ON CIGARETTE LIGHTER. DX: L THUMB 2ND DEG BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2006Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
CORNEAL ABRASION: IN TRUCK DRIVING HOME, LIT CIGARETTE, WHEN SPARKFROM *** LIGHTER FLEW FROM FLINT OF LIGHTER, STRIKING RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2006Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Day wear
PT HAD A CIGARETTE LIGHTER IN PANTS THAT LEAKED THE LIGHTER FLUID HE LI T THE LIGHTER AND CAUGHT HIS PANTS ON FIRE SUSTAINED THERMAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2006Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
CIGARETTE LIGHTER EXPLODED IN PT'S HAND 4 DAYS AGO. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 02/13/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PLAYING WITH LIGHTER AND RUBBER CEMENT WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED B OTHER HANDS,NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2006Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
LIGHTER EXPLODED IN TRASH FIRE BURN FACE NO FD INVOLVEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2006Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
USING A CIGAR LIGHTER BURN FACE NO FD INVOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
SPILLED BUTANE LIGHTER FLUID ON ARM FILLING LIGHTER AND THEN LIT CIGARE TTE AND ARM IGNITED BURNING IT,NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PAIN TO FINGER BURN WHILE USING CIGARETTE LIGHTER DX: BURN TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2006Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
FOREHEAD BURN/49YOF WENT TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE AT HOME & LIGHTER CAUGHT HER HAIR ON FIRE AND HAIR FELL INTO FACE CAUSING FOREHEAD BURN.NO F.D.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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