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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 986
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| CUTTING A TRAILER WITH A CUTTING TORCH AND IT FLIPPED OVER BURNING ARM DX THERMAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH AND FLAME HIT LEFT FOREARM. BURN TO LEFT FORE ARM. NO FIRE; NO FIRE DEPT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT SUSTAINED A BURN OF A FOREARM WHILE METAL WITH A BLOW TORCH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2006 | Age: 42 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: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| 2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT FOREARM-CUTTING TORCH EXPLODED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches, Metal containers |
| 1-2 DEGREE BURN L FOREARM; USING PROPANE TORCH TO CUTT BARREL WHEN IT E XPOLDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RT FOREARM: USING TORCH, WORKING ON MUFFLER, BURN TO LOWER ARM, NOT STATED WHAT MUFFLER BELONGED TO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2004 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches, Air conditioners |
| 49 YO MALE BURNED ARM ON TORCH WHILE FIXING AIR CONDITIONER FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS RIGHT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| CUTTING CONVERT OFF HIS CAR AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE, HAD TORCH IN RT HAND AND BURNED FOREARM/ BURN LT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT BURNED FOREARM WHILE USING A CUTTING TORCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2002 | Age: 26 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: Cutting torches |
| 26 YOM 1ST DEGREE BURN R ARM ON FLAME OF TORCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2001 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2000 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2000 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/1999 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/1998 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cutting torches, Metal containers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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