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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 175
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/27/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| FIRE EXTINGUISHER DISCHARGED ACCIDENTALLY AND HIT PT IN THE EYE. DX CH EMICAL BURN, CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2009 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| PT WITH CONJUNCTIVITIS, SPRAYED IN FACE WITIH FIRE EXTINGUISHER UNK WHAT INTENTION WAS. UNK IF THERE WAS A FIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fire extinguishers, Elevators or other lifts |
| PT IN AN ELEVATOR WHEN A POWDER TYPE FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS DISCHARGED- SOME KID WAS PLAYING AROUND GOT IN EYES CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fire extinguishers, Elevators or other lifts |
| PT IN AN ELEVATOR WHEN A POWDER TYPE FIRE EXTINGUISHER DISCHARGED AND S OME GOT INTO EYES CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fire extinguishers |
| PT WAS PLAYING AT SHOPPING MALL AND GRABBED FIRE EXTINGUISHER THAT HAD NO PIN IN IT, SQUEEZED HANDLE AND GOT FOAM IN L EYE DX- CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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