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Accidents - Heaters or heating systems - Year 2003 - Lower Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 287
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Date: 12/30/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
BURN TO BACK WHEN BACKED UP INTO A HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
BURN TO BUTTOCKS FROM HEATER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PATIENT BACKED INTO SPACE HEATER AT HOME LAST NIGHT; BURN TO BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2003Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
BURNED BUTTOCKS ON HOT PIPE HEATER AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2003Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Heaters or heating systems
TRIPPED OVER SPACE HEATER DX. HIP CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2003Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
HEATER BURNED BACK AFTER SHE FELL OVER IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2003Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PATIENT WAS HOOKING UP A HEATER AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO CONCRETE. DX-LEFT HIP FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/22/2003Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Heaters or heating systems
SHARP PAIN IN STOMACH SINCE MOVING A HEATER. DX RECTAL BLEEDING BY HIST ORY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
DX 3RD DEGREE BURN TO LOWER BACK: FELL AT HOME AND STRUCK BACK ON HEATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Heaters or heating systems
LUMBAR PAIN. PT FELL INTO A HEATER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2003Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT C/O BACK PAIN AFTER WORKING ON HEATER AT HOME DX:LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Heaters or heating systems
47 YO F MOVING HEATER DEVELOPED BACK PAIN STRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2003Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FELL 2 DAYS AGO, LANDED ON REAR. HIT LT. BACK ON HEATER. DX. LUMBAR STR AIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2003Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FRACTURE LUMBAR SPINE - 65 YOF STATES WAS LIFTING A HEATER THIS MORNING AND HEARD A "POP" IN LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT TRIPPED OVER A SPACE HEATER THAT WAS IN HER BATHROOM AT HOME STRAINE D LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Day wear
PTS SHIRT CAUGHT FIRE FROM SPACE HEATER AT HOME, BURN TO BACK F.D. ATTENDANCE NOT NOTED IN ER RECORD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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