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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,385
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT STATES INJURING BACK WHEN MOVING HIS HEATER AT HOME DX: LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT FOOT-35YOF BURNED LEFT FT ON A SPACE HEATER. NOW H AS PAIN AND BLISTERS WITH SWELLING THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/12/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 40 YOF HIT L FOOT ON HEATER DX: FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 37 YOF FELL INTO VANGUARD HEATER AT HOME AND CUT HERE HAND. DX-LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE FROM OLD HEATER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT WAS IN A HOME WITH A FAULTY HEATER WHO HAD CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 46 W/M BURN LOWER BACK WHEN BACKED INTO A HEATER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT HAS BEEN USING SPACE HEATER IN BEDROOM FOR 1 WK, TO ER WITH EPISTAXI S |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| BURNED RIGHT FOREARM ON HEATER 1ST&2ND DEGREE BURN RT FOREARM * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| BURN LWR LEG ON SPACE HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| CARRING SPACE HEATER FELL STRUCK IN EYE CONTUSION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT CUT (R) LEG WHEN SHE WALKED INTO HEATER IN BASEMENT DX;# 3CM LAC (R) LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT CUT FINGER ON SHARP RUSTY EDGE OF OLD HEATER, OCCURED 2 DAYS AGO, LA CERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2009 | Age: 38 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| LOW BACK STRAIN AFTER MOVING A HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| CONTUSION TO FOOT WHEN A HEATER FELL ON IT AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN - CARRYING HEATER FROM HOME, OTHER PERSON DROPPED THEIR END, MAKING PATIENT PULL SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 26YOM AT HOME WAS FIXING A WIRE ON HEATER ACCIDENTLY TWISTED LT WRIST; WRIST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| C/O FOOT BLEEDING AFTER ACC CUTTING IT ON A HEATER, ?MECH >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT BURNED HIS LEG ON A SPACE HEATER. DX LEG BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| HIT CORNER OF HEATER ACCIDENTALLY LAC RT THIGH * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FOOT BURN. PT WAS SLEEPING TO CLOSE TO A SPACE HEATER AND BURNED FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/31/2009 | Age: 48 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: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| RIB FX/48YOM C/O L CHEST WALL PAIN FROM FALLING LAST NIGHT. STRUCK L CH EST WALL AGAINST SPACE HEATER AND C/O PAIN WITH DEEP BREATHING/MOVEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 48 YOM HAS LOW BACK PAIN AFTER PICKING UP PORTABLE HEATER LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 48YOF AT HOME HORSE PLAYING WITH DAUGHTER ACCIDENTLY FELL STRIKING RT SHOULDER ON IRON HEATER;SHOULDER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 39 YO FOREIGN BODY IN EYE BREAKING UP OLD HEATING SYSTEM GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE PT WAS WEARING CONTACTS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| UPPER ARM BURN-PASSED OUT DUE TO ETOH-SLEPT BY A HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO LT ANKLE A WEEK AGO FROM A SPACE HEATER, C/O BLISTER ON BURN AREA. DX-LT ANKLE BURN BLISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PARAPLEGIC PT GOT BURNED ON BUTTOCK 3 WEEKS AGO WHEN NEPHEW WAS PLAYING WITH HEATER. NOW W/ ULCER. D:DECUBITUS ULCER, BUTTOCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| STUBBED TOE ON HEATER FRACTURE TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT W/BURN TO L LOWER LEG, STATES THAT HE BURNED IT ON HEATER 3 DAYS AGO IN GARAGE AT HOME. DX. BURN TO L LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT INJURED BY HEATER THAT MALFUNCTIONED. DX FACIAL BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/05/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 34 YO F CONTUSION TO FOOT DROPPED HEATER ON FOOT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| HAND BURN. PT BURNED HAND WHEN TOUCHING A SPACE HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FELL AGAINST WALL HEATER DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FELL OVER HEATER IN BATHROOM; CONTUSION, LEFT FOOT. NO FIRE; NO FIRE DE PT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| LBP LIFTING HEATER TODAY DX: LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT TRIPPED OVER HEATER AND FELL. DX: L RIB FX, COCCYX CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| HAS BURN FROM A HEATER TO (L 0THIGH---BURN (L) THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2009 | Age: 28 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| 28 Y/O C/O LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A HEATER. DX-STRAIN LUMBOSACRAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 49 YOM BURNED LEFT LEG ON HEATER FIRST DEGREE BURN LEFT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2009 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems, Carbon monoxide poisonings |
| CO POISONING AT HOME WITH MALFUNCTIONING HEATING SYSTEM WITH CO LEVEL O F 30 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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