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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 231
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT AT HOME USING A TORCH BURN TO ARM/ DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO R FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| A WEEK AGO @ SCHOOL BURNT FOREARM ACCIDENTALLY WHEN TOUCHED THE TUBE OF BLOWTORCH, PROGRESSIVELY RED&SWELLING>> CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 37 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 |
| CUTTING A TRAILER WITH A CUTTING TORCH AND IT FLIPPED OVER BURNING ARM DX THERMAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH AND FLAME HIT LEFT FOREARM. BURN TO LEFT FORE ARM. NO FIRE; NO FIRE DEPT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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