Accidents - Electric baseboard heaters - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 927
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	529
6-15 years old:	91
16-25 years old:	69
26-50 years old:	136
50+ years old:	101

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	185	Head:	171
Foot:	155	Wrist:	112
Lower Trunk:	70	Upper Leg:	70
Hand:	70	Upper Trunk:	40
Finger:	15	Lower Arm:	15
Knee:	15	Toe:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
PATIENT CUT HEEL ON METAL BASEBOARD HEATER; HEEL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
PT SLIPPED AND HIT FOOT ON BASEBOARD AT HOME DX// LAC LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
ACC CUT FOOT STEPPING ONTO BASEBOARD HEARTER >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters, Doorsills or frames
LOST BALANCE&FELL HITTING HEAD ONTO A BASEBOARD VS DOOR JAMB >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
PT WAS RUNNING AND KICKED A WALL HEATER CAUSING FOOT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
PT HAD LAC TO R WRIST ON BASEBOARD HEATER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
PT SUST LAC TO FINGER ON HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
PT FELL AGAINST A BASEBOARD HEATER CAUSING LAC TO UPPER BACK TRUNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters, Animal induced injury
PUSHED BY THE DOG&FELL HITTING FH ONTO BASEBOARD VS DOOR >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
3 YO HIT FACE ON BASEBOARD HEATER LAC FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	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: Electric baseboard heaters, Floors or flooring materials
FELL HITTING HEAD ONTO BASEBOARD/FLR BOARD " CHI/HEMATOMA''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
STUBBED TOE ON METAL BASEBOARD 1 1/2 MONTHS AGO. DX CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters, Foods
CHOKED ON WATER, FELL SCRAPING FA ONTO BASEBOARD "LAC''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
PT CUT WRIST ON METAL BASEBOARD AT HOME TODAY DX// RIGHT WRIST LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
PT FELL HIT FACE ON BASEBOARD AT HOME TODAY DX/. FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
LACERATION LT LEG: CUT LT UPPER LEG ON METAL BASEBOARD HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters, Ductwork for heating or cooling systems
PATIENT FELL WHEN RUNNING, HIT HEAD ON HEATER ON WALL, OR WALL VENT; FO REHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric baseboard heaters, Ceilings and walls
39 YO FEMALE HAD HEATER FALL FROM WALL ONTO LEG AT HILTON RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
RUNNING TRIPPED & FELL HIT HEAD ON BASE HEATER FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2007	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
BURNED HAND ON BASEBOARD HEATER AT HOME. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
LACERATION SCALP - 5 YO FEMALE FELL 2 FEET AND STRUCK BASEBOARD HEATER - LARGE AMOUNT OF BLEEDING TOP OF HEAD - NO LOC OR OTHER NEURO COMPLAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
CONTUSION HEAD WHEN FELL INTO AN ELECTRIC BASEBOARD HEATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric baseboard heaters
LACERATES BUTTOCK WEN FELL ON BASEBOARD HEATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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