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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 886
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| C/O EPISTAXIS, HAS HAD HEATER ON IN HOUSE, NOT ON BLOOD THINNERS DX: EPISTAXIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2008 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FELL HIT FACE ON HEATER AT NURSING HOME. DX FACIAL LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PLAYING WITH OTHER KIDS AND RADIATOR -SPACE HEATER FELL OVER ON HIM ;DX BURNED FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2008 | Age: 7 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: Heaters or heating systems, Beds or bedframes |
| JUMPING ON BED, SLID OFF&FELL HITTING FOREHEAD AGAINST THE HEATER >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2008 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PLAYING & FELL ON THE HEATER. FACE BURNED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FELL AND HIT FACE ON HEATER. DX NOSE BLEED |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/22/2008 | Age: 20 months | 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| LAC FACE- TRIPPED HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| RUNNING AND FELL INTO A HEATER. DX- 2 CM FOREHEAD LACERATION# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| TURNED OVER TO TURN OFF ALARM AND STRUCK EYEBROW ON A METAL HEATER. DX CONTUSION/ LACERATION L FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 20 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| RUNNING, TRIPPED&FELL HITTING FOREHEAD AGAINST A HEATER UNIT >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2008 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT FELL AND HIT HEATER. DX: R TEMPORAL LAC 1 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT WITH ABRASION TO FACE, PULLED A HEATER DOWN ON SELF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT FELL AND HIT HEATER. DX: L EYELID LAC 1 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| RUNNING IN A HALLWAY AND FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A METAL HEATER DX FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 4 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| BUMPED INTO HEATER, OBJECT FELL & HIT EYE DX: NASAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FELL AGAINST A HEATER. DX FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FELL ON SPACE HEATER;DX BURNED FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems, Refrigerators |
| PT CUT HEAD WHEN GOING TO REFRIGERATOR AND PASSED OUT HIT HEAD ON HEATER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 2 YO FEMALE FELL AND HIT HEAD AGAINST HEATER FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2008 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 13 MONTH OLD MALE WAS RUNNING AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON HEATER BUMP ON FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems, Beds or bedframes |
| FELL OFF BED ONTO A HEATER. DX FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FELL ON SPACE HEATER;DX BURNED FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT FELL LAST NIGHT ABOUT MIDNIGHT IN SHOP AT HOME AND HIT HEAD ON HEATE R. ETOH. DX. LAC FH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems, Beds or bedframes |
| JUMPING ONN BED, FELL AND HIT HEATER. DX FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2008 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 16 MO LD MALE FELL AGAINST A HEATER, ABRASION TO FOREHEAD DX: SMALL ABRASION TO FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT FELL ASLEEP NEXT TO SPACE HEATER. DX: BURNS TO FACE/R ARM 5% TBSA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| RIGHT EYELID 2ND DEG BURN. SOMETHING FLEW OUT OF A SPACE HEATER HITTIN G PT IN FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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