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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 472
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 42 YOM CARRIED A HEAVY HEATER AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT WITH CONTUSION TO CHEST AFTER TRIPPING AND FALLING OVER HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems, Beds or bedframes |
| CAMPING IN TRAILER WHEN TRIPPED OVER HEATER AND FELL STRIKING RIBS ON B ED FRAME DX FX L RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| CLOSE TO HEATER SLIPPED AND BURNED CHEST DX: THERMAL BURN TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PATIENT FELL LAST NIGHT STRUCK ORBITAL AREA ON HEATER. DX-MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES, LACERATION EYEBROW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT RECEIVED CHEST PAIN AFTER SYNCOPAL EPISODE AT HOME AND FELL OVER A HEATER. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO UPPER ANTERIOR TRUNK AREA WAS FOUND LYING ON FLOOR AT HOME NEXT TO SPACE HEATER. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/29/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PATIENT REACHED TOO FAR TO TURN HEATER ON FELT A PULL IN CHEST WALL AT THAT TIME. DX-CHEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT TRIPPED ON A HEATER AT HOME FELL AND INJURED CHEST DX// RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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