Accidents - Fuel-burning lighting equipment - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,095
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	164
Year 1998:	18
Year 1999:	140
Year 2000:	67
Year 2001:	160
Year 2002:	137
Year 2003:	78
Year 2004:	144
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	67
Year 2007:	69
Year 2008:	14
Year 2010:	16

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	76
6-15 years old:	36
16-25 years old:	376
26-50 years old:	395
50+ years old:	211

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 03/22/2010	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Gas or LP grills or stoves
25 YOF WAS BURNED LIGHTING GRILL WITH BUTANE LIGHTING TORCH. DX-1ST DEGREE BURNS TO FOREARM, HAND, WRIST.
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: 05/26/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
LIGHTING A PROPANE BBQ PIT FLAMMED UP NO FIRE DEPT INFO LISTED IN MED CHART PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS BILATERAL FOREARMS
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: 07/25/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT C/O BURN TO RT ARM BY A TORCH FLAME ON TUESDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
HIT FOREARM ON SHARP LANTERN LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
BURNED ARM LIGHTING A TORCH DX: L FOREARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Gas furnaces
PT SUSTAINED A BURN OF HIS FOREARM AS A RESULT OF DROPPING A PROPANE TO RCH AS HE WAS LIGHTING A GAS FURNACE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Camping equipment
DX: 10% 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO CHEST AND ARMS. WHILE IN TENT 2 WKS AGO BURNED BY LANTERN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
USING A BLOW TORCHBURN RIGHT FOREARM PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		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 WAS CAMPING WITH PARENTS AND KNOCKED OVER A LANTERN AND BURNT HER LEFT FOREARM. NO FIRE DEPARTEMENT INVOLVEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2002	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Nightwear
2% SECOND DEGREE BURN TO L ARM, LIGHTING AN OIL LAMP AND HER ROBE CAUGH T FIRE, USING IT FOR LIGHT%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2001	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2001	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2001	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2000	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/1999	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/1999	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/23/1999	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/1999	Age: 64 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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Kerosene
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/28/1998	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/1997	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/1997	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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