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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,068
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| LACERATION HEAD - 7 YOF FELL HITTING HEAD ON VENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| 8 Y.O. B MALE W/LAC TO FINGER. PT GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN FLOOR VENT & INJ SELF @ HOME. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PT CUT HAND ON A METAL DUCT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PATIENT TRIPPED AND HAND FELL INTO VENT AT HOME, BENT FINGERNAIL BACK; FINGER NAILBED LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| INJURED FINGER ON A VENT. DX. L MIDDLE FINGER SPRAIN, POSSIBEL SALTER F X. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PATIENT HIT HEAD ON METAL VENT AT HOME; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| CUT FOOT ON VENT DX. FOOT LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| LEG LAC FROM HEATER VENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | 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: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| MOVING FINS ON AIRCONDITIONING VENT IN HOUSE AND BUNCH OF DUST FLEW UP INTO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| L ANKLE FX - STEPPED INTO AN OPEN REGISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PT CUT ON AC DUCT; LAC ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PT CUT BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH TOE ON AIR CONDITIONER VENT WHILE RUNNING - LACERATION RIGHT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems, Floors or flooring materials |
| CUT TOE ON FLOOR VENT DX LACERATION TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG FROM FALLING THROUGH HEATING REGIST ER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PATIENT FELL BACKWARDS HITTING ARM ON AIR CONDITIONER VENT AT HOME, HAN D FEELS TINGLY; ELBOW CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| 2 CM SCALP LACERATION, FELL WHILE PLAYING IN HOUSE, HIT SIDE OF HEAD ON FLOOR REGISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| CUT ARM ON A VENT. DX. 2 CM R ELBOW LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems, Pipes |
| PT ACCIDENTLY BURNED BY HOT AIR BLAST OF STEAM FROM A OUTDOOR VENT,2ND% BURNS TO RT ANKLE AND FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PATIENT FELL INTO THE AIRCONDITIONING VENT. DX-CONTUSION, SPRAIN RIGHT FOOT AND LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| LT MT FX-STEPPED ON A VENT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PICKED SISTER UP & SHE TOUCHED VENT. DUST WENT INTO (L) EYE. CONTINUES TO STING. DX: CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| DX LEFT BIG TOE LACERATION: CUT ON SHARP HEATER GRATE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PT WITH WOODEN VENT FALLING HITTING PT ON RT FOREHEAD, HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| LACERATION TO FACE FROM HEAT REGISTEROVER L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PT FELL OVER HEATING VENT,TRIPPED AND FELL, LACERATED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PATIENT SCRATCHED LEG ON METAL REGISTER AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO, NOW RED; HE ALING LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PATIENT STEPPED INTO UNCOVERED FLOOR REGISTER AT HOME; THIGH CONTUSION, KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| 10 YOF FELL HIT KNEE ON FLOOR VENT LACERATION R KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| SUPERFICIAL LAC R FOOT - FELLINTO OPEN REGISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2003 | Age: 9 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: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PATIENT ROUGHHOUSING WITH SISTER AT HOME AND FELL INTO OLD FURNACE HEAT ING GRATE BURNING ARM LAST WEEK; 2ND DEGREE FOREARM BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| CONTUS L ELBOW; BUMPED ON HEAT REGISTER @ SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT CUT LT INDEX DIGIT ON HEATING DUCT GRATE WHILE GETTING OUT OF SHOWER , LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems, Floors or flooring materials |
| TOE LAC-CUT TOE ON A VENT IN THE FLOOR @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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