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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,747
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	219
Year 1998:	391
Year 1999:	161
Year 2000:	106
Year 2001:	374
Year 2002:	121
Year 2003:	450
Year 2004:	220
Year 2005:	106
Year 2006:	221
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	119
Year 2009:	69
Year 2010:	169

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	230
6-15 years old:	409
16-25 years old:	720
26-50 years old:	1,139
50+ years old:	248

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/10/2010	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	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
38YOF 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FINGERS GRABED KEROSENE LAMP GLOBE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2010	Age: 51 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
51YOM, CUT LT INDEX FINGER ON A METAL RIM OF HIS TIKI TORCH >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2010	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
43YOF TRIPPED OVER A LANTERN AND FRACTURED RIGHT FIFTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT TRYING TO GET THE WICK OUT OF A TIKI TORCH AND SUSTAINED A FINGER LA CERATION
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: 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: 05/16/2008	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: 05/26/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
FINGER LAC-CUT ON BAMBOO TORCH-@ HOME
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: 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: 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: 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: 06/30/2005	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
2 CM LACERATION L THUMB: WORKING WITH OIL LAMP AND GLASS BROKE IN HAND, L THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT. STUCK INDEX FINGER IN TIKI TORCH CAN TO RETRIEVE WICK, FINGER IS ST UCK. DX. LAC/CONT. L INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2004	Age: 55 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
LACERATION FINGER - 55 YOF WAS CLEANING A HURRICANE LAMP AND LACERATED HER RIGHT THUMB ON A SHARP EDGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 72 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, Glass soft drink bottles
OIL WICK LAMP FELL DURING POWER OUTAGE - LANDED ON GLASS SOFT DRINK BOTTLE - THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT. BURNED HAND WITH PROPANE TORCH- THE TORCH LEAKED AT THE HANDLE, BURNING PT'S THUMB. DX: FLAME BURN TO LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2004	Age: 64 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
MOVING OIL LAMP - IT BROKE - LEFT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	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
BURN FINGERS - CHILD BURNED FINGERS OF LEFT HAND ON A HOT *** LANTERN J UST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL - AT HOME - BLISTERS ON PADS OF FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 18 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
PT BURN TO LEFT FINGERS ON TORCH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
CUT FINGER ON A LANTERN RIGTH 2ND FINGER LACERATION 3 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT GOT SPLINTER FROM BAMBOO TORCH. DX: FB R THIRD FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 16 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
PT STATES SHE WAS CARRYING A LANTERN LOST GRIP AND DROPPED IT ATTEMPTED TO CATCH AND GLASS BROKE AND CUT HER FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 19 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
19 YOM WORKING ON DERBY CAR USING A TORCH AND BURNED DORSAL OF RT THUMB-DX BURN TO DORSAL RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2003	Age: 13 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
PT. BURNED FINGER WITH A HOT TORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Lamp oils
PATIENT WAS FILLING A *** LANTERN WHEN HIS HAND CAUGHT ON FIRE. DX-2ND DEGREE BURNS RIGHT MIDLE FINGER, RT. FINGER, RT. LITTLE FINGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT TRIED TO CATCH FALLING GLASS OIL LANTERN. DX: FIRST DEG BURN L SECOND & THIRD FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT CUT LEFT HAND ON A BAMBOO TORCH AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HA ND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT INJURED WHEN MOVING LID TO CHINESE LANTERN AND SLIPPED AND FELL TO G ROUND INJURING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/24/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
17 Y/O M INJURED R INDEX FINGER WHEN BURNED IT ON LANTERN WHILE CAMPING IN ***. DX'; BURN R FINGER TIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2002	Age: 15 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
PT BURNED FINGERS ON HOT GLASS LANTERN, 2ND DEGREE R THUMB BURN 1S T AND 2ND DEGREE BURN INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2001	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2001	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2001	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2001	Age: 18 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2001	Age: 5 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2000	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2000	Age: 35 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/1999	Age: 16 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/1999	Age: 20 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/1999	Age: 44 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/1998	Age: 14 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/1998	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/1998	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/1998	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/1998	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/1998	Age: 13 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: Burns, Chemical
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/1998	Age: 43 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: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/1998	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/1997	Age: 15 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/1997	Age: 20 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/1997	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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