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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 245
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/18/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| LEFT HAND BURN.PT BURNED HAND ON A TORCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT WAS WASHING KEROSENE LANTERN & WAS CUT. DX: 2 CM R HAND LAC W/EXTENSOR TENDON LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| BURNED 3 DAYS AGO ON TORCH AT CAMP SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT WAS CAMPING AND TRIED TO CATCH A PROPANE LIGHTER AND BURNED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| BURNED HANDS WHEN GRABBED PROPANE LANTERN WHEN CAMPING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT TRIPPED ON ELECTRIC CORD AT SCHOOL. DX: L HAND SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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