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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 932
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| FELL ONTO A HOT LANTERN WHILE CAMPING. DX FACIAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT HAD LANTERN GLASS BREAK AND LACERATE FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT BURNED LOWER LEGS BY A FALLING TIKI TORCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PLAYING WITH *** TORCH&SET HER HAIR ON FIRE BURNING FOREHEAD&HEAD>>BURN >>BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| FOUND SUCKING ON TIKI TORCH WICK/FUEL CONSUMPTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| FELL OVER DOG ONTO LANTERN;DX LACERATED MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| STATES BURNED LEFT HAND ON A LATERN. THERMAL BURN TO LEFT PALM* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT STATES CUT FINGER WHILE CLEANING A "***", LACERATION TO FINGER R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| WRIST STRAIN-INJURED WHILE PUSHING A *** TORCH INTO GROUND-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT WAS AT HOME, DROPPED A LANTERN ON FOOT CAUSING A BURN TO LT FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT SUST LAC TO FACE WHEN TORCHLIGHT HIT HIM# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 17 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, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURNED HAND ON CANDLE LANTERN AT CAMPGROUND SECOND DEGREE BURN RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| CAMP LANTERN EXPLODED AND BURNED LOWER LEGS BURNED LOWER LEGS * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | Age: 61 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 |
| KEROSENE LANTERN BLEW UP AND BURNED BOTH HANDS AND LEFT LEG. BURNS HA NDS AND LEG # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Chemicals |
| PT USING HYDROGEN TORCH IN CHEMISTRY LAB WHEN HOSE CAME LOOSE AND BURNE D HAND. D: BURN, 1ST/2ND DEGREE, HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| INGESTING TIKI LAMP OIL IN ORDER TO LIGHT IT ON FIRE WHILE BLOWING OUT LARYNGITIS SECONDARY TO SWALLOWING PETROLEUM 4 DAYS PRIOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| SWALLOWED FLUID FOR TIKI TORCH 2 DAYS PRIOR HYDROCARBON ASPIRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| 42YOF AT HOME LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHILE RETRIEVING WICK OUT OF TIKI TORCH;FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 42 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 |
| AT HOME PT STS OIL BURNING LAMP FELL OVER-BROKE-PT PICKED UP BROKEN GLASS,CUT L 5TH FINGER, DX L 5TH DIGIT LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| 29 YO INJURED FINGERS ON TORCH BURN FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| HIT HEAD ON GAS LANTERN/HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT C/O LFT HAND BURN WITH HOT LANTERN. DX BURN LFT HAND 2ND DEGREE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| REACHED FOR FALLING PROPANE TORCH, BURN TO FINGERS DX; FINGER BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2008 | Age: 17 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: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A BUTANE LIGHTER, LIGHTER SPILLED CAUSING A PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN TO LT UPPER LEG AND HAND, NO FD INVOLVMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Alcohol |
| 21 YOM SPLASHED BUTANE FUEL INTO EYE WHILE REFILLING HIS LIGHTER SUSTAI NING A CORNEAL ABRASION, SMELLS OF ETOH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| 15 YO MALE DROPPED A GLASS OIL BURNER LACERATION FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| SPRAYED BUTANE LIGHTER FLUID IN EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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