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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 448
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/02/2005 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS: PAINT THINNER FELL INTO LT EYE, FLUSHED WITH WATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PAIN TO EYE GOT PAINT CHIP IN EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| DX PAINT TO EYES: PAINTING HOME, GOT PAINT IN EYES AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Footwear |
| PT SPILLED PAINT THINNER ON SNEAKERS YESTERDAY AND DIDN'T TAKE THEM OFF FOR 1 HR. DX: BILAT FEET CHEMICAL BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 2% AND 3% BURNS TO 35%.PT WAS IN BASEMENT USING LACQUER THINNER AND IT CAUGHT FIRE.FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/29/2005 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT SPLASHED PAINT THINNER IN EYE, HAD BEEN DRINKING, CHEMICAL BURN TO E YE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| INTOXICATION WITH THINNER.PT.REFERS WHILE USING THINNER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT AT SCHOOL WHEN THERE WAS SOME RECONSTRUCTION GOING ON INHALED SOME P AINT THINNER AND GOT SICK THROAT TIGHT POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Metal containers |
| PT PICKED UP CAN OF PAINT AND INJURED LOWER BACK C/O PAIN LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| SPILLED PAINT THINNER ON LEG WHILE CLEANING UP FROM PAINTING PROJECT. S HEMICAL BURN LT LEG, PROBABLY ? ACID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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