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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 515
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| ARTIFICIAL NAIL CAUGHT ON HEATER AND AVULSED IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 2YOF IN BR & ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED SPACE HEATER W/ L HAND DX: PARTIAL TICKNESS BUM PALMER ASPECT L INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT HIT THUMB ON HEATER AT SCHOOL WHILE WALKING TODAY - SPRAIN R THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| RT RING FINGER LAC-ETOH-FELL AT HOME-CUT ON A HEATER IN GARAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2002 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT TOUCHED HEATER.DX: BURN L MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT C/O PUNCTURE WOUND LT FINGER AFTER BEING STUCK BY A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE,SHE WAS CLEANING UNDER THE HEATER WHEN THIS HAPPENED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2002 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT GOT FINGER COUGHT IN A HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems, Other nonglass doors |
| AT HOME CLEANING WALL HEATING UNIT AND METAL DOOR CLOSED ON HIS LEFT HAND. DX LACERATION LEFT 2ND AND 3RD FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2002 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| BURN FINGER ON A HEATER BURN RIGHT 2ND DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| WORKING ON HEATER AT HOME AND CUT TWO FINGERS OF LEFT HAND ON IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| LAC (L) 4TH FINGER, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A HEATER AT HOME, C/O BLEED ING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT FELL ON SPACE HEATER, FELL ON HER THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2002 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems, Other toys |
| (2 DIFFERENT STORIES), CUT FINGER ON A TOY, CUT FINGER ON A HEATER . PARTIAL THICKNESS LACERATION TO LT MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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