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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 151
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 17 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 |
| PT WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH AND ACCIDENTLY HIT HIS THUMB WITH IT/ BURN TO THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| BURNED HAND ON ACETYLENE TORCH PREVIOUS DAY SECOND DEGREE THUMB BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | Age: 15 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 |
| PATIENT BURNED THUMB WHEN PLAYING WITH PROPANE TORCH LAST WEEK, SEEN BY PRIMARY DR., NOW WITH RED STREAK UP ARM TO ARMPIT; THUMB BURN W/INFECT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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