Accidents - Electric heaters - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,110
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	358
6-15 years old:	258
16-25 years old:	90
50+ years old:	402

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	199	Foot:	179
Lower Leg:	142	Head:	139
Lower Trunk:	86	All Of Body:	86
Face:	75	Toe:	74
Mouth:	59	Upper Leg:	30
Unkown:	15	Knee:	14
Finger:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/08/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
PT TOUCHED A SPACE HEATER AND BURNED HAND.DX HAND BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
BURNED THIGH AND LEG ON SPACE HEATER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/16/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
58 YO BURN TOE ON ELECTRIC HEATER BURN TO TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric heaters
LEFT KNEE LACERATION.PT HIT KNEE ON AN ELECTRIC HEATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2006	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
BURN HAND - 9 MOM PLACED RIGHT HAND ON A SPACE HEATER SUSTAINING A BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Electric heaters
AWOKE TO FIND FLAMES NEAR HIS ELECTRIC ROOM HEATER. CARBOXYHGB. 7.7. DX . SOMKE INHALATION, BRONCHITIS FD ATTENDANCE UNKNOWN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/23/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
THIGH BURN-FELL AGAINST SPACE HEATER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electric heaters
PT INJURED FOOT ON A HEAT GRATE AT HOME TODAY AND INJURED TOES DX// FX RIGHT 5TH TOE LAC 4TH AND 5TH TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric heaters
CONT. L FOOT, PT GOT HURT W/A FALLING HEATER AT HOME, C/O PAIN, SWELLIN G, LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
PT BURNED HAND ON NAIL DRYER; TB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Electric heaters
CRUSHED L FOOT, PT SUST INJURY W/AN ELECTRIC HEATER, C/O PAIN, LIMPING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Electric heaters
SLIP & FALL REACHING FOR HEATER BHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electric heaters, Electrical outlets or receptacles
ELECTRIC SHOCK ON FINGERS-PLUGGING IN A SPACE HEATER & SAW FLAMES FROM ELECTRIC OUTLET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric heaters
LAC R FOOT, PT SUST INJURY W/A FALLING PORTABLE HEATER AT HOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, LIMPING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electric heaters
MOUTH TRAUMA, MOTHER STS PT FELL DOWN, STRUCK A HEATER AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric heaters, Ceilings and walls
TRIPPED IN HIS BATHROOM ON A HEATER CORD AND HIT BACK OF HEAD ON WALL A DMITTED SCALP LACERATION/SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/16/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Electric heaters, Other furnaces
PT IN HOUSE FIRE EXPOSED TO SMOKE FURNACE NOT WORKING ELECTRIC HEATER C AUSED FIRE 2 YOLD SIB EXPIRED IN FIRE. DX SMOKE INHALED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2006	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Electric heaters, Other furnaces
PT IN HOUSE FIRE EXPOSED TO SMOKE FURNACE NOT WORKING USING ELECTRIC HE ATER THAT CAUSED FIRE. 2 Y/OLD SIBLING EXPIRED IN FIRE. DX SMOKED EXPOS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric heaters
CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK WHEN A HEATER FELL OVER AND STRUCK PT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2006	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
PATIENT GRABBED ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME; PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2006	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters, Floors or flooring materials
FIRST,SECOND DEGREE BURNS L HAND - TOUCHED SPACE HEATER WHEN CRAWLING O N FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electric heaters, Electrical outlets or receptacles
R HAND BURNED PLUGGING IN SPACE HEATER TO OUTLET DX; ELECTRICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
1-2 DEGREE BURNS TO ABDOMEN; PT FELL ONTO ELECTRIC SPACE HEATER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
PT HAS BURNS THAT ARE FROM AN ELECTRIC HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Electric heaters
EPITAXIS. PT DEVELOPED A NOSE BLEED FROM DRY AIR FROM AN ELECTRIC HEATE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
PATIENT BURNED FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME 10 DAYS AGO; HEALING B URN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric heaters
BUMPED LOWER LEG ON HEATER AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
78 YOM BURNT LOWER LEG ON AN ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric heaters
CONTUSION R EYELID, MOTHER STS PT FELL DOWN, STRUCK A HEATER AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, PERIORBITAL HEMATOMA, NO DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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