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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 862
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| 33 YO M MIXED AMONIA & *** ACCIDENTALLY, COUGHING, EYES BURNING. DX IRR ITANT INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| PATIENT WAS PASSENGER OF CAR THAT HAD INGREDIATES FOR MAKING METH THAT SPILLED (AMONIA - ANHYGROUS) AND WRECKED. DX INHALATION OF ANHYGROUS, |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/17/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| 43 YO MALE MIXED BLEACH AND AMMONIA TOGETHER TOXIC FUME EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| AMMONIA SPLASHED IN EYE OF 33 YO MALE CORNEAL ABRASION - CHEMICAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| CHEMICAL INHALATION, EXPOSURE - 38 YOF WAS CLEANING BATHROOM AND SPRAYE D COMBINATION OF AMMONIA AND BLEACH, BECAME OVERWHELMED BY FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| WALKED INTO APARTMENT BEING CLEANED W/ AMMONIA FEELS A BURNING IN THROAT & NOSE. DX: ACUTE BILAT FRONTAL SINUSITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| ADVERSE REACTION TO AMMONIA WHEN CLEANING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | 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: Ammonia, household, Bottles or jars |
| PT DRANK FROM WATER BOTTLE THAT CONTAINED AMMONIA, INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| MIXED AMMONIA AND BLEACHCHEMICAL EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2002 | Age: 33 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Windows or window glass |
| F.B. BOTH EYES WAS USING AMMONIA TO WASH WINDOWS AND SPLASHED IT IN BOT H EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2002 | Age: 44 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: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| PT WAS CLEANING WITH AMMONIA AND BLEACH DX: NOXIOUS GAS INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| 40 Y.O. B FEMALE W/CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES. PT GOT AMMONIA IN EYES @ HOM E. E914 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| PT MIXING BLEACH AND AMMONIA AT HOME AND INHALED THE FUMES DEVELOPED SE VERE DYSPNEA AND COUGH ANOXIA FROM INHALATION OF FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| AMMONIA INHALATION THROAT BURNING EYES RED SLIGHT SOB DX: AMMONIA CHEMI CAL INHALATION W/BRONCHIO SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| CHEMICAL INHALATION-PT INHALED AMMONIA 1 HOUR AGO AND STARTED HAVING NAUSEA AND VOMITING WITH DIFFICULTY BREATHING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| CHEMICAL INJURY TO EYES-STATES MIXED AMMONIA AND BLEACH TOGETHER AND FUMES ARE BOTHERING EYES & CHEST. C/O CHEST PN & EYE IRRITATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT DX TOXIC INHALATION - C/O COUGH SINCE LAST NIGHT AFTER CLEANING FLOOR W/AMMONIA AND BLEACH IN MOP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ammonia, household, General purpose household cleaners |
| 48 Y.O. W FEMALE W/SEIZURE. PT WAS CLEANING W/AMMONIA & GLASS CLEANER @ HOME & HAD A SEIZURE & FELL TO FLOOR. E8889 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| EXPOSED TO AMMONIA AND BLEACH MIXTURE DX. CHEMICAL EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| BIL CONJ. PT SPLASHED AMMONIA INTO EYES WHEN CLEANING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| EXPOSED TO AMMONIA - CHEMICAL IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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