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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 194
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2008 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| PUT HAND IN STEAMY HUMIDIFIER. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| CRAWLED UP ONTO HOT HUMIDIFIER, & STUCK HIS RT HAND INTO IT, BURNING RT 3RD & 4TH FINGERS. DX: PART. THICKNESS BURNS TO RT 3RD & 4RTH FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| PT WAS "LIFTING A HUMIDIFIER" AND FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN HIS LOWER BAC K DX SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| RIB CONTUSION.PT SLIPPED ON PLASTIC IN GARAGE AND FELL INTO A HUMIDIFIER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| PICKED UP A HUMIDIFIFER AND TWISTED BACK C/O LOW BACK PAIN DX- STRA IN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Humidifiers, Vaporizers |
| PT REACHED INTO STEAM OF HUMIDIFIER OR VAPORIZER, NOW W/BURN TO HAND AN D BLISTERING BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND DIGITS; 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| ATTEMPTING TO EMPTY WATER FROM HUMIDIFIER DX ACUTE THORACIC MYOFASCIAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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