Accidents - Fuel-burning lighting equipment - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 523
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	84
Year 1998:	75
Year 1999:	101
Year 2000:	17
Year 2001:	66
Year 2002:	83
Year 2004:	64
Year 2008:	29

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	19
6-15 years old:	16
16-25 years old:	202
26-50 years old:	267
50+ years old:	17

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

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: 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

Date: 05/04/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PT C/O PROPANE GAS IN BOTH EYES WAS FILLING TANKLS C/O FB IN BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
FLASH BURN EYE - 12 YOM WAS STANDING NEAR A PROPANE TORCH AND RECEIVED A FLASH BURN TO HIS LEFT EYE WHEN TORCH WAS TURNED OFF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
46 YEAR OLD MALE EYE PAIN USING A TORCH AND DIDN'T WEAR PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2001	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2000	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/1999	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/1999	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/1999	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/1998	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/1998	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/1998	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/1997	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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