Accidents - Cutting torches - Year 2004 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 139
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

16-25 years old:	69
26-50 years old:	69

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/10/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
USING BLOW TORCH AT HOME WHEN BURNED UPPER BACK W TORCH DX 4-6 CM 2 & 3 DEG BURNS TO UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cutting torches, Poles
PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN IN CHEST WHILE USING A BLOW TORCH TO CUT SCRAP METAL , BECOMING TANGLED IN HOSE & FALLING ONTO A STEEL POST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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