Accidents - Portable electric heaters - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 657
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	276
6-15 years old:	82
16-25 years old:	141
50+ years old:	157

Accidents - Body Parts:

Foot:	140	Hand:	86
Lower Trunk:	82	Toe:	77
Shoulder:	70	Face:	70
Upper Arm:	70	Head:	36
Lower Arm:	15	Neck:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable electric heaters
9YOF TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO PORTABLE HEATER YEST HITTING CHEST/THROAT, N OW W/NECK PAIN TODAY; STRAIN OF NECK MUSCLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
PT SUS LAC TO TOE AFTER PORTABLE HEATER FELL ON TOE%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
11YO TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING FACE ON PORTABLE SPACE HEATER LAC TO FAC E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable electric heaters, Furniture
A 68YOF TRIPPED OVER A HEATER CORD AND HIT UPPER ARM ON FURNITURE. DX: LEFT DISTAL THIRD HUMERAL FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable electric heaters
PT WITH CONTUSION TO LEFT SHOULDER AFTER TRIPPING OVER SPACE HEATER AND D FALLING. DX CONTUSION LEFT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2009	Age: 2 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters, Televisions
PLAYING WITH COUSIN, JUMPED OFF THE TV&PULLED DOWN AN ELECTRIC SPACE HE ATER BURNING ARM>>BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
2 YO MALE, HEATER FELL ON FOOT AT GRANDMAS HOUSE. DX FOOT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2009	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable electric heaters
10 MOM STRUCK ON HEAD BY FLOOR HEATER THAT FELL OVER SUSTAINING AN ABRA SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
PT WAS HOME FIGHTING WITH BROTHER WHEN HE FELL BACK ONTO HEAD HITTING SPACE HEATER UNWITNESSED BY MOM. DX SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2009	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters, Floors or flooring materials
PARENTS SPANISH SPEAKING ONLY, BROUGHT IN FOR EVAL OF HAND BURN AFTER F ALLING TO THE FLOOR HITTING HAND AGAINST ELECTRIC HEATER>>CONTACT BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable electric heaters
L FOOT STR/21YOF AT HOME YESTERDAY STUBBED L FOOT ON FLOOR HEATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable electric heaters
FRACTURE 4TH-5TH METACARPAL. HIT A SMALL SPACE HEATER WHEN IT DIDN'T WORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable electric heaters
CHI. PT FELL OVER PORTABLE HEATER CORD HITTING HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2009	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
PT BURNED LOWER ABDOMEN ON THE SPACE HEATER AT HOME THERMAL BURN TO ABD OMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable electric heaters
ELECTRIC HEATER FELL ON FOOT. DX. TOE ABRASION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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