Accidents - Batteries - 26-50 years old - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,493
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	860	Hand:	424
Lower Trunk:	304	Face:	243
Finger:	213	Lower Arm:	110
Toe:	68	Ear:	60
Neck:	46	Knee:	38
Internal:	30	Foot:	30
Shoulder:	15	Lower Leg:	15
All Of Body:	15	Wrist:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/16/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
39 YO M BURN HAND FROM BATTERY ACID BURN TO HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2002	Age: 32 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, Chemical
Product: Batteries
BATTERY EXPLOSED CAUSING ACID TO STRIKE R ARM. DX. ACID BURN TO R FORE ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
BATTERY ACID TO FACE,ABRASION FACE,HAND - FELL OFF COMBINE WHEN BATTERY EXPLODED IN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT DX CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE - S/P CHARGING CAR BATTERY IT EXPLODED IN HIS FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries
LIFTED A HEAVY BATTERY DX-ACUTE R HAND SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Batteries
PT SUST FUME INHALATION WHEN CAR BATTERY EXPLODED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries
PATIENT TRIPPED OVER A BATTERY AND FELL. DX-LACERATION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries
CUT PINNA ON A BATTERY LACERATION LEFT EAR 2 1/2 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
LOW BACK PAIN-BENT OVER YESTERDAY TO PICK UP A CAR BATTERY. FELT SOMETH ING POP. FEELS LIKE FIRE GOING UP AND DOWN SPINE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2002	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
43-YOM SUSTAINED A CHEMICAL BURN OF HIS CORNEA AS A RESULT OF CLEANING A BATTERY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
BATTERY ACID FLUNG INTO EYE WHILE CHECKING WITH A STICK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
CLEANBING HIS CAR BATTERY HAVING EYE IRRITATION..CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
GOT BATTERY ACID INTO EYE DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Batteries
41 YO MALE WAS CARRYING BATTERY - IT SLIPPED OUT OF HAND SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2002	Age: 30 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: Batteries
PAIN WHEN LIFTING A BATTERY DX. LS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
A CAR BATTERY EXPLODED, BATTERY ACID GOT IN PATIENT'S FACE AND EYES. DX-CHEMICAL BURNS EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
HOOKING CAR BATTERY TO JUMP OFF, PT HOOKED UP BACKWARDS, BATTERY EXPLOD INTO EYES AND FACE; DX: ACUTE CHEM (ACID) BURNS TO BIL FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries
PT LIFTING A BATTERY OUT OF HER CAR STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries
PT DX MILD LACERATION LOWER EYE - "WAS CHINGING A CAR BATTERY THIS PM WHEN IT EXPLODED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
31 Y.O. B MALE W/CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE. PT STS HE WAS TAKING THE CAP OFF OF HIS BATTER TO CHECK THE ACID & IT SPLASHED IN HIS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
CHEMICAL BURNS 1ST DEGREE (L) FOREARM, PT SPLASHED BATTERY ACID ON HIS ARM, C/O BURNING WITH REDNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PATIENT WAS CARRYING HIS GIRLFRIEND'S BATTERY WHEN CHEMICALS FROM BATTE RY BURNED HIS FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
RASH TO HANDS AFTER GETTING BATTERY ACID ON HANDS DX: DERMATITIS TO HAN DDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 42 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, Chemical
Product: Batteries
A BATTERY FELL ON HER ARM LAST NIGHT AND SHE WAS BURNED WITH BATTERY ACID. DX 1ST DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries, Manual cleaning equipment
39YOM-CORNEAL ABRASION-CLEANING BATTERY CABLE WITH WIRE BRUSH-SOMETHING GOT IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries
PT INJURED KNEE CARRYING HEAVY BATTERIES, ACUTE SPRAIN L KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
BATTERY ACID IN EYE YESTERDAY. DX-ACUTE ABRASIONS AND IRITITIS L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT SUST INGESTION OF FOREIGN OBJECT (BATTERIES)
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/25/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
WAS CLEANING A BATTERY WHEN A PIECE OF BATTERY ACID SPLASHED INTO RIGHT EYE. DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE, RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
PT DROPPED 50LB BATTERY PACK ON HAND.DX: R HAND CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
42 Y/O M C/O LOWER BACK PAIN - WHILE LIFTING A CAR BATTERY.DX: LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
L CORNEAL ABRAS; STATES SON WAS TRYING TO PRY OPEN "D" CELL BATTERY WIT H NAIL & SHE GOT SPRAYED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - WAS WORKING ON CAR WHEN BATTERY BLEW UP INTOF ACE ACID GETTING INTO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
48 Y.O. W MALE W/CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES. PT STS BATTERY ACID GOT IN HIS EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Batteries
PAIN LIFTING A BATTERY DX. LS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PT.YESTERDAY ACCIDENTALLY SUFFERED TRAUMA TO LT.3RD.TOE WHEN A CAR BATT ERY FELL ON TOP OF TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
HAND GOT HIT WITH BATTERY DX: CONTUSION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
44 Y/O B/M WAS WORKING ON A BATTERY WITH A WRECH ACCIDENTALLY LACERATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
PT WORKING UNDER CAR, BATTERY ACID CAME OUT LEAKING INTO EYES, CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PT LIFTED CAR BATTERY AND HAD PX.DX: CHRONIC L NECK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
39 YO M HAD BATTERY TO EXPLODE IN FACE CAUSING BURN TO EYES CHEMICAL INSULT-EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PT WAS LIFTING AND CARRYING BATTERIES.DX: LOW BACK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries
WHILE CHANGING CAR BATTERY AT HIS PARENTS HOME PT LAC L THUMB DX LAC L THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
PT HAD BATTERY BLEW UP IN PTS FACE INJURING EYE DX: LT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - GOT BATTERY ACID IN LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Batteries, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
DROPPED A PALLET OF BATTERIES ON HIS RIGHT HAND ONE HOUR AGO AT STORE. CRUSH INJURY TO RIGHT INDEX FINGERR, SUBUNGAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
PATIENT HAD BATTERY FROM CAR DROP ON HAND IN PARKING LOT. CONCERNED ABOUT ACID EXPOSURE. D: HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
LUMBAR PAIN. PT DEVELOPED PAIN IN BACK WHEN LIFTING A BATTERY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
FINGER CONTUSION W/ABRASIONS - WAS TRYING TO JUMPSTART CAR AND A FRIEND STOPPED TO HELP, CONNECTED CABLES WRONG AND BATTERY EXPLODED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
BATTERY ACID IN EYE 28 YO BM HAD BATTERY ACID SPLASH IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries, Computers
LOW BACK PAIN- SUSTAINED WHEN SHE LIFTED A HEAVY BATTERY AT A COMPYTER REPAIR CLASS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
PT GOT BATTERY ACID IN EYE. DX; L CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2002	Age: 48 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: Batteries
BACK SPASM/48YOWM C/O BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING CAR BATTERY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
BURN TO WRIST FROM CHEMICAL FROM BATTERY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Batteries
PATIENT LACERATED HAND ON CAR BATTERY METAL. D: HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
SWALLOWED TWO AA BATTERIES HAS RX OF INGESTION FB PT FROM STATE SCHOOL DX: INGESTION FB'S (AA BATTERIES)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
R CORNEAL BURN/42YOWM STS ABOUT 7P WAS CHECKING FLUID LEVEL IN BATTERY & CAP POPPED OFF & ACID GOT IN R EYE, R LIP & CHEEK. MOST HIT JACKET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
BURNED SEL HANDLING BATTERY DX. CHEM BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
BATTERY EXPLODED IN FACE DX CHEMICAL BURN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
A BATTERY EXPLODED AND GOT IN PATIENT'S EYE AND FACE. DX-CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AND CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
CAR BATTERY BLEW UP IN PT'S FACE. DX: FIRST DEG CHEM BURNS FACE, R EYE, NECK, CHEST, ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
BATTERY ACID SPLASH TO EYES + VISUAL PROBLEMS DX: CHEMICAL IRRITATION O U BATTERY ACID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
PT DROPPED A CAR BATTERY ON FOOT. DX: L FOOT CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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