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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,336
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/03/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT WITH BURN TO FACE FROM TRYING TO "FEEL" A CIGARETTE LIGHTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| 12YOM WAS PLAYING WITH A LIGHTER & A HOT EMBER JUMPED UP & HIT HIM ON THE LT CHEEK & BRIDGE OF NOSE. DX - 1ST DEG BURNS TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| BURNED THUMB WITH CIGARETTE LIGHTER DX 1ST DEGREE BURN TO THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| LIGHTER EXPLODED AND BURNED FINGER FIRE DEPT DID NOT ATTEND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT WITH BURN TO HAND FROM CIGARETTE LIGHTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT WALKED INTO A CIGARETTE AT HOME AND INJURED EYE DX// LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Paper products |
| BURNED FINGER USING LIGHTER TO BURN PAPER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT LIT A LIGHTER AND FLAME POPPED AND BURNED HAND DX// BURN RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT WAS USING A LIGHTER AND IT EXPLODED IN HER FACE DX: LT EYE CHEMICAL CONUCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| CIGARETTE LIGHTER BLEW UP AND BURNED FACE FIRE DEPT DID NOT ATTEND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| CIGARETTE ASH FLEW INTO EYE/CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2007 | 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT SMOKING CIGARETTE ASH FLEW INTO EYE DX// CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| LIGHTER EXPLODED INTO HAND WHILE LIGHTING A CIG "FINGERS BURN'' FD DOC NA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PATIENT BURNED HAND WHILE PLAYING WITHA A CIGARETTE LIGHTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Thermal or sound insulation materials |
| PT CIGARETTE BURNED INSULATION IN ROOM SHE WAS IN INHALED SMOKE DX// SMOKE INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2007 | 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT WITH FB IN EYE - CIGARETTE ASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| BURNED THUMB ON CIGARETTE LIGHTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| BURNED EYE WITH CIGARETTE LIGHTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PATIENT CAME IN WITH SEVERE EYE PAIN, ACCIDENTLY STUCK LIGHT CIGARETTE IN EYE. DX; CORNEAL BURN TO LEFT CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Gasoline |
| PLAYING WITH CIGARETTE LIGHTER AROUND LAWN MOWER & GASOLINE, HAND CAUGH T FIRE, PALM/FINGERS RED, HAND/FINGER BURNS, FD? |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 62 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Lighter fluids |
| PATIENT WAS FILLING LIGHTER-SPILLED FLUID ON HAND-LIT LIGHTER&BURNT HAN D-BURNS- NO FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT WITH BURN TO UPPER LEG FROM CIGARETTE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2007 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT WALKED INTO UNCLE'S HAND, WHO WAS HOLDING A LIT CIGARETTE EYE ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2007 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Lighter fluids |
| PT STTING IN HIS WHEELCHAIR FILLING HIS BUTANE LIGHTER WITH LIGHTER FLU IDS AND CAUGHT SELF ON FIRE THERMAL BURN TO LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| USING CIGARETTE LIGHTER TO LITE UP AND BURNED NOSE,NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2007 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| USING A LIGHTER BURN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2007 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Drinking glasses |
| CHILD WAS REACHING OF A GLASS HE EYELID ON AN OUTSTRETCHED CIGARETTE I THE HAND OF ANOTHER PERSON DX- EYELID BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/26/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT BURNED R FOOT WITH A CIGARETTE DX: SUPERFICIAL BURN TO FOOT RIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Clothing |
| 31YOF FIRE IN HOUSE SMOKE INHALATION FD ATTENDED. 4 YEAR OLD WAS PLAYIN G WITH A LIGHTER & ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED IT ON SOME CLOTHES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS FOUND A LIGHTER & LIT TRASH IN PLASTIC TRASH CAN IN BEDROOM ON FIRE PT INHALED SMOKE DX; MILD SMOKE INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PLAYING WITH LIGHTER. DX BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT WAS PLAYING W/LIGHTER AND STATES HE JUST BURNED HIS CHEST. DX. 1 & 2 DEGREE BURNS TO CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT TOUCHED A HOT CIGARETTE LIGHTER BURNED (L) 2ND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT HAS ABLISTER ON RT INDEX FINGER; PT WAS AROUND OTHER CHILDREN, WHO WERE PLAYING WITH A LIGHTER. DX; PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN TO RT FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Diesel fuels |
| PT WAS LIGHTING TALL GRASS THAT WAS SOAKED WITH DIESEL FUEL WITH A CIGA RETTE LIGHTER AND SUSTAINED THERMAL BURNS TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2007 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| SIBLING WAS PLAYING WITH LIGHTER - LIT HAIR ON FIRE. DX 2ND DEGREE BUR N ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| CHILD CAME DOWN STAIRS WITH HAIR ON FIRE - PLAYING WITH A LIGHTER - BUR N TO HEAD - NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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