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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 296
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2003 | Age: 42 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 |
| TOUCHED HOT TORCH WHILE WORKING ON CAR DX: L HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2003 | Age: 22 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 |
| 2% BURN BOTH HANDS.PT HAD A BLOW TORCH EXPLODED AND BURN PTS HANDS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2003 | Age: 42 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 |
| 42YO M BURNT HAND WITH PROPANE TORCH AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2003 | Age: 37 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 |
| 37 YOM - BURNT BY PROPANE TORCH LAST PM ON HANDS DX - 1 AND 2 DEGREE B URNS TO HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2003 | Age: 46 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, Mattresses |
| USING BLOWTORCH AND SET BED ON FIRE BURNED RIGHT HAND WHILE TAKING MATTRESS OUT DX: 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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