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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 312
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/19/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PATIENT EXPOSED TO PROPANE GAS LEAK AT SCHOOL, HEADACHE, STOMACH PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PATIENT EXPOSED TO PROPANE GAS LEAK AT SCHOOL, HEADACHE, ABDOMINAL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PATIENT EXPOSED TO PROPANE GAS LEAK AT SCHOOL, NAUSEA, DIZZY, HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PT FELL OFF OF A GAS TANK; C/O LOW LEG PAIN DX: FRACTURE DISTAL TIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| LAC ANTERIOR L SHIN. DROPPED PROPANE TANK ON IT.! |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| DROPPED PROPANE TANK ON FOOT. DX: FX TO TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| COLD EXPOSURE TO LEFT ABDOMEN AND HIP.PT WAS IN A CLOSET AND FELL ON PR OPANE TORCH TANK AND IT CAME APART AND SPRAYED PT IN ABDOMEN AND HIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | Age: 15 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: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PT BURNED TO FOREARM WHILE USING PROPANEDX; BURN TO FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| FELL HITTING NOSE ON METAL PROPANE TANK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| 9 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME WHEN HE LACERATED HIS RT KNEE ON A PROPANE TAKE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PT HAD 46 LB TANK FALL ON L HAND, FX 2ND DIGIT L HAND CRUSH INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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