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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,633
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/07/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH CHLORINE AT HOME SPLASHED SOME IN RIGHT EYE CHEMICA L CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT SPLASHED SOME POOL CLEANING CHEMICAL INTO BOTH EYES AT HOME CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2003 | Age: 39 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT INHALED CHLORINE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/04/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools |
| PT WAS PUTTING CHLORINE IN THE BUILT IN SWIMMING POOL AT HOME SNEEZED A ND INHALED THE CHLORINE FUMES BRONCHOSPASMS- POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| MIXING POOL SUPPLIES CALLED *** & CHLORINE WHEN EXPLODED INTO FUMES. SH E INHALED FUMES. ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS DUE TO CHEMICAL EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| ACCIDENTLY INHALED CHLORINE POOL CLEANER EXP TO CHLORINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2003 | Age: 43 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO HANDS WHEN POOL *** SPILLED ON THEM BURNING THEM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PATIENT WAS PUTTING CHEMICALS IN THE POOL, SPLASHED IN FACE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASIONS, 1ST DEGREE CHEMICAL BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2003 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| PT WAS ***ING POOL AND GOT CHLORINE IN LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| SPLASHED CHLORINE AND *** IN EYES DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| POOL CHEMICAL (OMNI ALGAE) SPLASHED INTO EYE/ CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2003 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Chemicals |
| 49 YO MALE WAS USING CLORINE IN POOL AND LATER, WEED KILLER OUTSIDE DIZZY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT INHALED POOL CHLORINE AT HOME, FACE FLUSHED AND FELT LUNGS BURNING, INHALATION INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| BILATERAL SPRAINED ANKLES - FELL WHEN PUTTING CHEMICALS IN SWIMMING POO L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| CHLORINE SPLASHED IN RT EYE DX: CHEMICAL CONJUCTIVITUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| ACID IN EYE.PT WAS PUTTING ACID IN HOME POOL AND SOME SPLASHED IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT C/O CHEMICAL IN EYES. PT GOT SWIMMING POOL CHEMICALS. DX CONJUNCTIVI IS(CHEMICAL). |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT ACCIDENTLY INHALED POWDERED CHLORINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2003 | Age: 34 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| PT ACCIDENTLY GOT CHLORINE ON RT EYE WHILE POURING IT INTO A POOL DX: RT EYE CHEMICAL CONJUCTIVITUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| CHEMICAL SPLASH TO EYE-MIXING CHLORINE GRANULES W/ WATER FOR POOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2003 | Age: 45 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| CHLORINE GAS EXPOSURE-@ HOME-MIXING POOL CHLORINE *** TREATMENT&INHALED FUMES-STARTED COUGHING-BECAME SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| STATES ALGEACIDE SPLASHED INTO L EYE WHILE TREATING POOL AT HOME. AROUN D 2030. DX. CONJUNCTIVITIS L EYE/ PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| CHEMICAL EXPOSURE RT EYE-WAS ADDING CHLORINE TABLETS TO SWIMMING POOL A T HOME AND CHLORINE SPLASHED INTO RT EYE.HAS REDNESS & BURNING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| TOXIC INHALATION OF CHLORINE GAS-PUTTING CHLORINE IN POOL-@ HOME-GOT A WHIFF OF FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| OPENED PKG OF CHLORINE TABLETS AND ACCIDENTLY INHALED FUMES/ CHLORINE G AS INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| INHALED CHLORINATED WATER AT WATER PARK ON SUNDAY. DX. HYPERVENTILATION . /ANOXIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| POOL *** SPLASHED IN EYE DX: L EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS / CORNEAL AB RASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2003 | Age: 43 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY INHALED POOL CHEMICALS DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2003 | Age: 44 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT GOT POOL CHLORINE POWDER IN EYES THIS MORNING. FLUSHED EYES X 15 MIN UTES. D: CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION POST IRRITANT EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2003 | Age: 31 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming |
| DX CORNEAL BURN: SWIMMING IN POOL, WATER GOT IN GOGGLES, CHEMICAL BURN TO EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT INHALED CHLORINE FUMES AT HOME BECAME VERY DYSPNEIC- CHLORINE INDUCE D BRONCHOSPASMS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools |
| MURIATIC ACID SPLASHED INTO EYE WHILE CLEANING POOL DX: RT. EYE ACID EXPOSURE W/ ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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