Accidents - Water heaters - 26-50 years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,596
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	524	Lower Arm:	215
Finger:	190	All Of Body:	161
Face:	105	Hand:	76
Upper Trunk:	74	Shoulder:	71
Toe:	71	Head:	59
Eyeball:	15	Neck:	15
Lower Leg:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
HIT IN CHEST WITH HOT WATER HEATER ACUTE PAIN RIGHT THORAX 2DEGREE C ONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water heaters
STRAIN SHOULDER - 33 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT SHOULDER PAIN - INJURY SUSTAINED WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH A FALLING WATER HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Water heaters
LEFT HAND BURN. PT WAS WORKING ON HOT WATER HEATER AT HOME AND STEAM BU RNED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water heaters
PT STATES BACK PAIN WHILE LIFTING HOT WATER HEATER AT HOME LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2006	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters, Ceilings and walls
TWO DAYS AGO, HOT WATER HEATER FELL AGAINST PT'S CHEST PINNING HIM AGAI NST WALL. CHEST PAIN. D:CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Water heaters
PT STATES THAT WATER HEATER WAS NOT HOOKED UP RIGHT RESULTING TO GAS L EAK IN HOUSE CO EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Water heaters
A WATER HEATER FELL ON PATIENTS RIGHT HAND. DX-RIGHT HAND PAIN WITH CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
FLASH BURNS TO FACE BY LIGHTING PILOT LIGHT TO HOT WATER HEATER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
INJ L.LEG WHEN A WATER HEATER WAS CARRYING FELL ON IT " CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Water heaters
BURNED ARM ON HOT WATER HEATER AT HOME. DX 1, 2 DEGREE BURN FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water heaters
PATIENT FELL FROM TOP OF HOT WATER HEATER. DX-NECK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Water heaters
TRYING TO LIGHT GAS HOT WATER HEATER, BLEW UP IN FACE DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Water heaters
VALVE EXPLODED ON HOT WATER HEATER BURNING FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Water heaters
PT BURNED ARM ON WATER HEATER DX: BURN LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water heaters
TOE FX-DROPPED HOT WATER HEATER ON FOOT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water heaters
CUT L THUMB ON HOT WATER HEATER DX: THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Water heaters
PT LIVES IN GROUP HOME WHOSE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR WENT OFF THIS AFT ERNOON. PT IN ROOM CLOSEST TO LEAKING WATER HEATER. COHGB=3.0
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water heaters
32YOM LIFT H2O HEATER LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Water heaters
LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING WATER HEATER LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water heaters
CUT FOREARM ON SHARP EDGE OF WATER HEATER/ LAC LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
HAND CT-PUNCHED HOT WATER HEATER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Water heaters, Carbon monoxide detectors
IN BEDROOM AND CO DETECTOR WENT OFF AND GAS WATER HEATER WAS AT FAULT C O EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
BURNED HAND ON WATER HEATER/HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
BURN TO THUMB WHILE TRYING TO LIGHT PIOLET OF HOT WATER HEATER DX: BURN TO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water heaters
35YOM CUT SHARP METAL OF WATER HEATER LAC MIDDLE F LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
THERMAL BURNS. PT WAS BURNED WHEN LIFTING A WATER HEATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Water heaters
WATER TANK EXPLODED DX: BURNS TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/05/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water heaters
PT STRAINED LOWER BACK WHEN MOVING A WATER HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water heaters
MOVING A WATER HEATER AND FELT TEAR IN GROIN STRAIN GROIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
FALL, HIT HEAD ON WATER HEATER DX FALL, SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water heaters
PAIN AFTER LIFTING WATER HEATER L5 STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Water heaters
PT MOVED WATER HEATER. DX: LOW BACK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water heaters
31 YOM LIFTED A WATER HEATER. LWR TRUNK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Water heaters
39 YO ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM LOOSE WIRE ON WATER HEATER ELECTRICAL SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
DX LEFT RING FINGER CONTUSION: JAMMED FINGER ON HOT WATER TANK AT HOME .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
BURNS TO FACE AND HANDS, OPENED HOT WATER HEATER AND FLAMES CAME OUT DX: 2ND DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 33 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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Water heaters, Welding equipment
WELDING HOT WATER TANK AND GOT FLASH BURNS TO FACE WHEN HIT BY FLAME A ND DEBRIS AND ALSO CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water heaters
LBP AFTER LIFTING WATER HEATER AT HOME DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water heaters
PT. PICKED UP WATER HEATER YET, PAIN TO LOW BACK , SOME L BACK PAIN. D X. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAI LUMBAR, SACRAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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