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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 542
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2010 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water heaters |
| 27 YOM PUNCHED WATER HEATER YESTERDAY. DX: R HAND CONT/SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Water heaters, Hot water |
| 33 YOF DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RT HAND - BURN FROM HOT WATER FROM HEATER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2010 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| 41YOF BURNED HAND ON WATER HEATER WHILE TRING TO LIGHT IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2010 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| 40 Y/O MALE WS WORKING ON A WATER HEATER AT HOME AND INJURED HAND DX: LACERATION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| 45YOM WAS WORKING ON HIS WATER HEATER WHEN GAS DISCHARGED CAUSING HIM T O MOVE HAD QUICKLY CATCHING IT ON METAL DX-HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2010 | Age: 26 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| 26YOM WAS TRYING TO LIGHT A WATER HEATER AND BURNED RIGHT HAND, 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO RIGHT HAND, TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/02/2010 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water heaters |
| HAND CT-27YOM DROPPED A HOT WATER HEATER ON HIS THUMB AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2010 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| 35YOM WAS WORKING ON HOT WATER HEATER AND IT EXLPODED DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2010 | Age: 39 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 |
| 39YOF BURNED RT HAND WHLE LIGHTING PILOT LIGHT ON GAS WATER HEATER DX: 2ND DEGREE BURNS RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2010 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water heaters |
| 32YOWM PT STATES "I BROKE MY HAND". WAS PUTTING IN A WATER HEATER AN D IT FELL OVER ONTO HIS HAND. DX. FX 5TH METACARPAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2010 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| 29 YOM BURNED L HAND ON HOT WATER HEATER PILOT DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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