Accidents - Humidifiers - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 827
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	308
26-50 years old:	145
50+ years old:	373

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	204	Finger:	109
Upper Trunk:	106	Hand:	82
Lower Leg:	68	Upper Arm:	68
Ear:	67	Toe:	60
Foot:	30	Face:	20
Lower Arm:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Humidifiers
FELL AT HOME, HIT BACK OF HEAD ON HUMDIFIER/ SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2002	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Humidifiers
PT PUT HAND OVER STEAM VENT ON HUMIDIFIER. DX: SECOND DEG BURN R INDEX, URI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2002	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Humidifiers
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE STUCK HIS FINGER IN THE STEAM FROM A HUMIDIFIER CAUSING A BURN TO HIS LT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2002	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Humidifiers
PT WITH BLISTERS ON LT HAND/1ST/2ND/3RD DIGIT FROM STEAM FROM HUMIDIFER , 2 DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Humidifiers, Hot water
44 YOF BURNED FROM HOT WATER IN HUMIDIFIER BURN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2002	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Humidifiers, Beds
PATIENT FELL OUT OF BED AND HIT FACE ON HUMIDIFIER. D:CLOSED HEAD INJUR Y.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Humidifiers, Floors or flooring materials
CHILD, WHO HAD BEEN SLEEPING ON FLOOR, ROLLED OVER ONTO HOT HUMIDIFIER. BURNED WITH WATER/STEAM ON CHEST. D:SUPERFICIAL BURNS, URI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Humidifiers
54 YOM COMES TO ER COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN LT. EAR. STATES HE SLEEPS BY HUMIDIFIER WHICH SPRAYED WATER INTO LT. EAR. OTITIS EXTERNA, LEFT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Humidifiers
=84YOM FELL AT HOME HITTING FACE ON HUMDIFIER DX/HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Humidifiers
PT COMPLAINT OF BACK PAIN LIFTING HUMIDIFIER 2 WEEKS AGO, ACUTE BACK PA IN SECONDARY TO LATISSUMUS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Humidifiers, Beds
JUMPED ONTO BED, FELL & HIT HUMIDIFIER THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Humidifiers
CHASING KIDS INSIDE OF HOME WHILE BAREFOOT, WHEN RUNNING R GREAT TOE INTO A HUMIDIFIER. CONTUSION R GREAT TOE $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2002	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Humidifiers
FACE CONTUSION - WAS RUNNING AND FELL HITTING FACE ON HUMIDIFIER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Humidifiers
R BICEPS HEMATOMA - ARM PAIN AFTER LIFTING WAER TANK TO HUMIDIFIER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2002	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Humidifiers
MOTHER STATES PT PUT HAND INSIDE A HUMIDIFIER DX: 2ND DEGREE BURNS RT H AND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Humidifiers
PATIENT BURNED FINGER ON STEAM FROM HUMIDIFIER AT HOME YESTERDAY; 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Humidifiers
CONTUSION L LEG - TRIPPED OVER HUMIDIFIER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2002	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Humidifiers
MOVED ARM OVER WARM MIST HUMIDIFIER;BURN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Humidifiers
PULLED HUMIDIFER DOWN ON FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Humidifiers
FOOT BURNED ON STEAM FROM HUMIDIFIER SECOND DEGREE BURN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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