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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,021
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/18/2006 | Age: 2 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 HAND TOUCHING GAS LANTERN/HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT BURNED LT 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS WITH TORCH ,2ND DEGREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Day wear |
| PT WAS WITH NEIGHBOR LIGHTING PROPANE SOURCE, CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE, RECIEVED FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT THIGH, NO FIRED DEPT INV. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| INGEST KEROSENE KEROSENE INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT TOUCHED CAMPING LANTERN, RECIEVED BURN TO LEFT HAND, 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT WAS CARRYING A HURRICANE LAMP AND GOT A LACERATION BY THE GLASS. DX: LACERATION TO RIGHT RING FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| C/O PT STATES WAS USING KEROSENE TO LIGH FIRE AND FLAMES BURNT FORHEAD DX BURN TO FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| DIZZY/NAUSEA AFTER HAVING USED *** PROPANE LIGHTS PREV NIGHT DIZZINESS - ? ETIOLOGY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT AT PARTY WHEN TIKI TORCH FELL ONTO FOREARM. TOP OF TORCH WAS VERY HE AVY. NO FDA. D:2ND DEGREE BURN, FOREARM W/ POSS. CELLULITIS, CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PATIENT GOT BURN ON LEG WITH LIGHTER FLUID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| DROPPED HURRICANE LAMP WITH CANDLE ONTO FOOT CONTUSION 4TH & 5TH TOES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGE R A FEW MINUTES AGO ON A TIKI TORCH AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PATIENT CAUGHT TIKI TORCH THAT WAS THROWN, LARGE WOOD SPLINTER EMBEDDED IN HAND AT HOME; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2006 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| RT UPPER EXTREMITY BURN.PT WAS LIGHTING A PROPANE TANK AND IT FLASHED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT WAS PUTTINH TOP ON HURRICANE LAMP AND HIT BROKE IN HAND DX: LAC LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2006 | Age: 30 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: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| WORKING IN A CRAWL SPACE USING A TORCH AND CRAWLSPACE CAUGHT FIRE. DX. LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY EXTREMITY SECOND DEGREE BURN. NO MENTION OF FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| HIT HEAD ON A TIKI TORCH AT FRIEND'S HOUSE DX: SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| BURNED R FOOT ON *** LANTERN DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN R FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| CUT FINGER ON A KEROSENE LAMP " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2006 | 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: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| BURNED HAND ON OIL LAMP/HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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