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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 593
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/04/2010 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners |
| 50 YO M, C/O HEADACHE 2 DAYS, HE STATES HE WAS STRIPPING FLOOR WHEN IT STARTED, ALSO STATES BAD ODOR AT THE TIME, DX HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2009 | Age: 42 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: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners |
| C/O HA&VAGUE ABDOMINAL PAIN AFTER INHALING FUMES FROM THE NEIGHBOR'S DO WN STAIRS FLOOR RESURFACING>> TOXIC INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 30 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: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners |
| DX LWBS: CHEST PAIN: USING PAINT STRIPPER ON FRIDAY AND A LITTLE AFTER THAT "MY HEART STARTED BURNING AND HURTING |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/21/2007 | Age: 35 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: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners |
| CEPHALGIA RESOLVED: PAINTING 2 DAYS IN UNVENTILATED ROOM IN BASEMENT HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2006 | Age: 39 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: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners |
| PT IS BEING SEEN FOR INHALATION OF PAINT REMOVER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners |
| INGESTION - 49 YOM INMATE AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY REPORTED TO STAFF HE HAD INGESTED "***" A SOLVENT FOR REMOVING PAINT GRAFITTI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners |
| SWELLING TO FACE AND NECK AFTER EXPOSURE TO EPOXY REMOVER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| HEADACHE SECONDARY TO CHEMICAL EXPOSURE.PT WAS USING A CHEMICAL STRIPPE R ON CABINETS AND HAD ONSET OF HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners, Furniture |
| SKIN PAIN WITH EXPOSURE TO VARNISH REMOVER, WORKING ON FURNITURE DX. CO NTACT BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2002 | 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: 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: 07/06/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: 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: 06/26/2002 | 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: 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: 05/06/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: 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: 11/12/1999 | Age: 50 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: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners, Tables |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/1999 | 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/1998 | Age: 33 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: Anoxia |
| Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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