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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 204
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 06/30/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Boilers |
| PULLING A BOILER AND FELT A POP IN LEG DX: L LOWER LEG STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Boilers |
| PUNCTURE WOUND R LOWER LEG W/OLD BOILER METAL. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND R LO WER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Boilers |
| PT SUSTAINED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RT LEG - "I GOT BURNED FROM THE BOILER" PRESSURE BUILT UP IN BOILER AND EXPLODED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Boilers |
| PT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE SKIN ABRASION TO BOTHE LEGS AND LT ARM S/P BOILER EXPLOSION IN HER HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: 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 |
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