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Accidents - Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners - 26-50 years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 494
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:175Eyeball:143
Lower Trunk:76Finger:68
Foot:15Unkown:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/14/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners, Fences or fence posts
USING *** WHILE STRIPPING A FENCE AND LATER STARTED TODEVELOP DIZZINESS . INHALATION VARNISH REMOVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED PAINT THINNER, NOW FEELS BLISTERS IN THROAT. DX: POISOINING, PAINT THINNER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2002Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
PT SNIFFING PAINT THINNER AT HOME TO GET HIGH, INHALATION ABUSE, POISON ING
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 06/17/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
FOOT LACERATION - STEPPED ON A PAINT SCRAPER LACERATING LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
PT GOT PAINT STRIPPER IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners, Tables
LT CORNEAL INJURY FROM FURNITURE WOOD STRIPPER WHILE STRIPPING A TABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2002Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
PT WAS TRYING TO OPEN A CAN OF PAINT WITH A METAL PAINT STIRER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/06/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
SPRAYING SOLVENT BASED PRIMER IN CLOSED SPACE. DX: SOLVENT INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
USING STRIPPING SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE - CORNEAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners, Containers
PT STATES SHE SAT ON A CONTAINER OF FLOOR STRIPPER THAT WAS CLOSED SOME LEAKED OUT AND SEEPED INTO HER PANTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
31 YO M INHALE PAINT STRIPPER CAN TASTE IN MOUTH-NO SOB DX NOT FOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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