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Accidents - Boilers - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 963
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:322Lower Trunk:174
Finger:137Face:83
Lower Leg:68Toe:68
Foot:60Hand:31
Lower Arm:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/06/2002Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Boilers
SMOKE INHALATION, VIA EMS, MOTHER STS PT EXPOSED TO FUMES DURING A FIRE , BOILER MALFUNCTION, NO PAIN, NO REC OF DIZZINESS OR FD ATTTENDANCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Boilers
65 Y/O W/M WAS LIGHTING GAS BOILER WHEN IT ACCIDNETALLY BLEW UP SUSTAIN ED BURNS TO FACE FIRE DEPT DID NOT ATTEND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Boilers
PT C/O SMOKE INHALATION FROM A MULFUNCTIONING BOILER SINCE FRIDAY - BECAME WORST TODAY WITH HEADACHE, DIZZINESS AND NAUSEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Boilers
ANOXIA, VIA EMS, PT EXPOSED TO FUMES FROM THE BOILER AT HOME, C/O PAIN, NAUSEA, VOMITS, NO LOC, FD ATTENDED.
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 10/22/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Boilers
PT DX SMOKE INHALATION - PT C/O INHALING FUMES FROM BURNING BOILER AT HOME THIS AFTERNOON.FIRE DEPT NOT STATED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Boilers
PT DX SMOKE INHALATION - DUE TO BURNING TO SMOKE FROM BURNING BOILER AT HOME.FIRE DEPARTMENT NOT STATED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Boilers
SMOKE INHALATION, PT EXPOSED TO FUMES FROM A FAULTY BOILER AT HOME, C/O DYSPNEA, UNABLE TO BREATH, GOOD AIR ENTRY, NO LOC, NO REC OF FD INV.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Boilers
RT HAND CHEST & FACIAL BURNS-AT CHURCH-"WORKING ON BOILER WHEN IT EXPLODED"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Boilers
PT'S MOTHER STATES BOILER AT CHILD'S SCHOOL HAS STRONG FUMES - C/O CHILD SLEEPY.DX EXPOSURE TO FUMES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Boilers
LAC (R) 2ND FINGER, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH THE BOILER AT HOME, C/O PAIN & BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Boilers
CAST IRON BOILER FELL ON FOOT DX: FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Boilers, Other furnaces
BURN ABDOMEN - PATIENT WAS WORKING WITH HIS FURNACE AND BOILER - IT BLE W OUT STEAM AND BOILING WATER AND IT HIT HIS ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Boilers
PT C/O FACIAL BURNS TO GAS BOILER ACCIDENT,IT EXPLODED WHILE PATIENTAS LIGHTING IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Boilers
PT SUSTAINED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HAND - S/P BURN ON BOILER X2 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Boilers
SMOKE INHALATION, VIA EMS, MOTHER STS PT EXPOSED TO FUMES FROM THEBOILE R BLOWING HEAVY SMOKE, C/O SOB, NO REC OF FD ATTENDANCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Boilers
PT SUSAINED BURN TO FOREARM FROM BOILER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2002Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Boilers
PT RECEIVED ABRASIONS TO LOWER LEG WHEN FELL IN BACK YARD WHILE PICKING UP A BOILER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2002Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Boilers, Stairs or steps
LS STRAIN-CARRYING A BOILER (WEIGHING 175#) UPSTAIRS-FELT PAIN-LOCALE NS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Boilers
=56YOM SMASHED FINGER IN BOILER DOOR AND PIECE OF WOOD DX/LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2002Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Boilers
PT INJURED BACK MOVING BOILER, ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Boilers, Dollies, handtrucks or luggage carriers
FRACTURE TOE - VICTIM AT HOME DROPPED A BOILER AND DOLLIE ON RIGHT GREA T TOE - VICTIM WAS AT HOME AT THE TIME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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