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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,543
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| WHILE USING TORCH IT BLEW UP AND BURNED (2ND DEGREE) RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| RT LOWER LEG LACERATION.PT HAD A TORCH FALL AND HIT LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| SLAG FROM CUTTING TORCH STRUCK LEFT EYE WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE WEAR DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| CUTTING METAL WITH A TORCH WHEN SOMETHING FLEW BACK IN HIS EYE. R EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT STATES HE WAS BURNED BY SPARKS FROM BLOW TORCH X2 WEEKS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT BURNED LEG WITH A BLOW TORCH 3 DAYS AGO DX CELLULITIS LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/05/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT DX FOREIGN BODY LT CORNEA - WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH MONDAY AND HAD F.B SENSATION LT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| CUTTING CAB OFF PICKUP AT FRIENDS HOUSE WITH CUTTING TORCH, GOT SOMETHI NG IN EYE. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION, ACUTE EYE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2002 | Age: 36 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| BURNS - OXYCELATENE TORCH CAUGHT FIRE AND EXPLODED IN HAND,FIRE DEPARTM ENT NOT MENTIONED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/20/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| =17YOM BURNED HAND ON TORCH AT HOME DX/THERMAL BURN L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| 75 YOF FELL HITTING OXYGEN TANK LAC FOREARM CONTUSION EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| HIT IN CHEEK WITH OXYGEN TANK-FACIAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| CUTTING CONVERT OFF HIS CAR AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE, HAD TORCH IN RT HAND AND BURNED FOREARM/ BURN LT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT BURNED HAND WITH A TORCH; 2 DEGREE BURN RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Cutting torches, Two-wheeled, powered, off-road vehicles |
| PT USED PLASMA CUTTER AND LATER GOT DUST IN EYES RIDING DIRT BIKE. DX: BILAT CORNEAL ABR, UV KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cutting torches, House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT WAS AT HOME USING A TORCH FLAME TO A PIECE OF CONCRETE WHEN A PIECE OF THE CONCRETE GOT IN HIS EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT STATES HAD A VAN UP ON A LIFT WAS CUTTING REAR OUT WITH A TORCHDRIVE SHAFT SLID & FELL HITTING HIM IN FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN TO RT HAND ACCIDENTLY BURNED W/CUTTING TORCH. DX : 2 DEGREE BURN RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 18 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 Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| BURN TO LOWER EXTREMITIES, WAS USING A PROPANE TORCH TO HEAT A TRACK AT A RACE RACK AND BURNED LEGS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| BURNED HIS LEFT HAND WHILE USING A WELDING TORCH AT HOME.SECOND DEGREEP OSSIBLE 3RD DEGREE BURN LT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| *15YOF DROPPED SMALL PORTABLE O2 TANK ON R 2ND TOE DX: FX R2ND TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| SECOND DEGREE BURN RIGHT LOWER LEG, BURNED SELF ON LEG WITH CUTTING TORCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 32 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: Cutting torches |
| PT BURNED FOREARM WHILE USING A CUTTING TORCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| R THUMB BURN/60YOWM BURNED THUMB ON A CUTTING TORCH 4 DAYS AGO AT NOON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches, Pipes |
| LT HAND BURN-@ HOME-USING A BLOW TORCH TO UNFREEZE FROZEN PIPES-FIRE ST ARTED & PT TRIED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE-FD NOT STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT USING A BLOW TORCH REMOVING THE GRILL OFF A CAR AT HOME WHEN TH E FREON IGNITED SUSTAINED THERMAL BURNS TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | 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: Cutting torches |
| 26 YOM 1ST DEGREE BURN R ARM ON FLAME OF TORCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches, Gasoline |
| PT BURNED HAND WHEN USING A ACETALYNE TORCH AND GAS SPILLED UP INGLOVE AND IGNITED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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