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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 192
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/07/2004 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Lighters |
| PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OF RT HAND, WRIST, FOREARM, AT HOME USING LIGHTER TO BURN TRASH, PLASTIC MELTED, SPLASHED BACK ON HER HAND, WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Lighters, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS L HAND - BURNED HAND ON LIGHTER WHEN LIGH TING A CIGARETTE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Lighters, Lighter fluids |
| PT WAS PLAYING W/LIGHTER AND HAD LIGHTER FLUID ON HAND. FD NS. DX: SECOND DEG BURN R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Lighters |
| PT WAS BURNED ON HANDS WITH A LIGHTER BY HIS INTOXICATED FRIEND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Lighters |
| PT PLAYING WITH A LIGHTER,TOOK THE SILVER TOP OFF AND TURNED UP THE FLA ME,LIGHTER EXPLODED IN HAND, SUPERFICIAL BURNS TO LT PALM ,FD NOT INVOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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