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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,083
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| RAN INTO KERSENE HEATER BURNS BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | 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: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| INFECTED BURN TO LT LEG: FELL AGAINST KEROSENE HEATER 5 DAYS AGO, BURN TO BACK OF LT THIGH, TODAY RED AND DRAINING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| BURNED HAND ON KEROSENE HEATER/ PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| FELL INTO KEROSENE HEATER BURN ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Mobile/Manufactured home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| KEROSENE HEATER IN BEDROOM EXPLODED AND TRAILER CAUGHT ON FIRE. DX. LA C L FOOT, BURN R ARM. NOT STATED IF FD ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| LEFT FOREARM BURN. PT BURNED FOREARM WHEN LIGHTING PILOT ON KEROSENE HE ATER. NOT STATED IF FD ATTENDED SCENE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2007 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| PT'S FATHER STATES THAT CHILD WAS CHASING PUPPIES AROUND HIS MOTHER'S H OUSE AND BURNED R FA ON KEROSENE HEATER. DX. BURN R FA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2007 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| TOUCHED OIL HEATER TODAY AT HOME 2ND DEGREE BURN RT HAND * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| PT TOUCHED KEROSENE HEATER AT HOME, PALMER SURFACE REDDENED; 1ST AND 2N D DEGREE BURN OF HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| P/W H/A S/P EXPOSURE TO STRONG GAS ODOR THAT COMING FROM OIL WATER HEAT ER IN BASEMENT " CO EXPOSURE" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| PT LEANED AGAINST KEROSENE HEATER THIS AM AT HOMEK W/BURN TO R ARM, CHE ST, ABDM. DX. 1-2 DEG BURN CHEST/R FA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| 8 YO FEMALE WAS EXPOSED TO FUMES FROM A KEROSENE HEATER EXACERBATION OF ASTHMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| 23 YO EXPOSED TO KEROSENE HEATER FUMES CARBON MONOXIDE POISON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| PT WAS IN HOUSE W/KEROSENE HEATER RUNNING AND CAR RUNNING IN GARAGE. COHB 18. DX: CO EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| PT WAS IN CLOSED HOUSE W/KEROSENE HEATER RUNNING & CAR RUNNING IN GARAGE. COHB 6.5. DX: CO EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| PT HAD SEIZURE AND WAS EXPOSED TO CO FUMES FROM KEROSENE HEATER & CAR RUNNING IN GARAGE. COHB 15. DX: CO EXPOSURE, SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/24/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO PALM OF RIGHT HAND FROM KEROSENE HEATER, TRYING TO BREAK FALL AND TOUCHED THE HEATER ON HIS WAY DOWN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN ABDOMEN: AT HOME WALKED INTO PORTABLE OIL FILLED HEATER, BURN TO ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2007 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| FELL INTO KEROSENE SPACE HEATER DX SUPERFICIAL 2ND DEGREE BURN FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| PT SPINNING AROUND & PLAYING W/BROTHER WHEN TOUCHED KEROSENE HEATER, NO W W/BLISTERING AND PAIN TO HAND; 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2007 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters, Tool sheds |
| 68 YO F EXPOSURE TO KEROSENE FUMES. PT WENT TO SHED TO TRUN KEROSENE HEATER OFF BECAME NAUSEATED/NEAR SYNCOPAL FROM FUMES* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| PATIENT BURNT THUMB ON A KEROSENE HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| PT SUS BURN ON BOTH PALMS OF HANDS AFTER PLACING THEM ON TOP OF KEROSEN E HEATER. DX 1ST TO 2ND BURN OVER HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters, Day wear |
| ABD BURN. A KEROSENE HEATER CAUGHT FIRE AND WHEN PT TRIED PUTTING IT O UT, IT CAUGHT HER CLOTHES ON FIRE. NOT REC IF FD ATTENDED SCENE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| SLEEPING NEXT TO KEROSENE HEATER, BURNED BUTTOCK DX 2ND DEGREE BURN BUTTOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters, Day wear |
| USING TORPEDO KEROSENE HEATER IN HIS GARAGE WHILE WORKING ON HIS CAR AN D PANT LEG CAUGHT FIRE NO FD RECORDED 2ND DEG BURN CALF/1ST DEG HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters, Nightwear |
| PT WAS PUTTING PAJAMA BOTTOM AND FELL BACKWARDS INTO AN OIL-TYPE HEATER BURNING HER BUTTOCKS, NO FIRE DEPARTMENT. DX: BURN TO BUTTOCKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Kerosene or oil heaters |
| BENT OVER TO PICK UP KEROSENE HEATER, FELT POP IN BACK DX COMP T12 FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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