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Accidents - Fuel-burning lighting equipment - Year 2005 - Hand

 

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 249
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:98
16-25 years old:83
26-50 years old:67

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/30/2005Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
BURNED HAND WITH HOT OIL FROM OIL LAMP NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2005Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
BURNED HAND ON A KEROSENE LAMP DX: L HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PATIENT GRABBED A HOT LANTERN AT HOME. DX-2ND DEGREE LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT TOUCHED A HOT LANTERN AT HOME SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2005Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
DX LEFT HAND BURN: GRABBED KEROSENE LANTERN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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