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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 838
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2006 | Age: 46 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 |
| PT INHALED CHLORINE AT HOME AND DEVELOPED DYSPNEA DX INHALATION INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2006 | Age: 32 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 |
| PT MIXING CHLORINE FOR POOL AND INHALED FUMES AND DEVELOPED HEADACHE DX// TOXIC EXPOSURE CHLORINE HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2006 | Age: 32 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 |
| PT OPENED CHLORINE TO PUT IN POOL AND TOOK A BREATH OF THE FUMES AND CO ULD NOT CATCH HIS BREATH DX// NOXIOUS FUME EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Containers |
| PT LIFTED A HEAVY JUG OF POOL CHLORINE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2006 | Age: 29 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, Containers |
| PT OPENED A CONTAINER OF CHLORINE AND THE FUMES WENT INTO HIS TROAT AND PASSED OUT INHALATION INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/04/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| INHALED CHLORINE FUMES AT HOME CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2006 | Age: 45 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 OPENED CAN OF CHLORINE FOR POOL THE FUMES MADE HER HAVE DIFFICULTY BREATHING WHEEZING DX// CHEMICAL GAS EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2006 | Age: 44 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, Buckets or pails |
| TOXIC EXPOSURE TO CHLORINE-@ HOME-OPENED BUCKET OF CHLORINE TABLETS-FUM ES BURNED NOSE & THROAT-BECAME DIZZY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2006 | 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, Swimming pools |
| PT INHALED CHLORINE WHILE CLEANING POOL DIFFICULTY BREATHING DX// INHALED CHLORINE LEFT BEFORE BEING TREATED |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/03/2006 | Age: 39 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 POOL CLEANER IN EYESCHEMICAL CONJJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2006 | Age: 35 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 |
| CHEMICAL INHALATION-@ HOME-MIXING SWIMMING POOL CHEMICALS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| SPLASHED POOL ALGICIDE ON ARM DX: R FOREARM CHEMICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| GOT CHLORINE ON HANDS AND WRISTS, BURNS DX: CHEMICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2006 | Age: 45 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| CHLORINE SPLASHED FROM A CHLORINE TABLET INTO BOTH EYES CHEMICAL BURN E YES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2006 | Age: 38 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 |
| CHLORINE SPILLED IN BACK OF HIS TRUCK AND CLEANING IT IN AN ENCLOSED SP ACE AND INHALED IT CHEMICAL POSIONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT USING POOL CHEMICALS TO CLEAN POOL AND GOT SOME ON HAND CHEMICAL BUR N LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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