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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 947
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2007 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Nonglass bottles or jars |
| UNSUPERVISED, TOOK A GULP OF PAINT THINNER THAT STORED IN A *** BOTTLE> > ACC ING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/21/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| SPILLED LAQUER THINNER ON GROIN (PT STS NOT WORK RELATED) CHEMICAL BURN 1ST DEGREE BURNS GENTALIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2007 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS-EYES SPLASHED W/ PAIN THINNER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT DX CHEMICAL BURN - PT REPORTS USING PAINT THINNER AND SKIN BEGAN TO BREAK A WEEK AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| SPLASHED PAINT THINNER IN EYE MILD CHEMICAL BURN TO OD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2007 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Ceilings and walls |
| 1ST.DEGREE BURN(CHEMICAL)LT.THIGH.PT.REFERS WHILE PAINTING WALL PAINT THINNER FELL ON THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| CHEMICAL INHALATION; EXPOSED TO PAINT THININER IN CLOSED SPACE FOR HOUR S @ HOME TODAY. COHB=4.6 |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/05/2007 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Windowsills or frames |
| 16MO OLD GOT PAINT ON FINGERS FROM WINDOW SILL LEAD ON FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| DRANK UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF PAINT THINNER, THOUGHT IT WAS WATER DX; ACCIDENTAL INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| DAD STATES THINKS PT INGESTED PAINT *** THEY HAVE SOME IN THE HOMEAND S HE SMELLS LIKE *** NOW VOMITING D PAINT THINNER INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| INGESTED SMALL AMOUNT OF PAINT THINNER INGESTION HYDROCARBON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Nonglass bottles or jars |
| ACC INGESTED A MOUTH FULL OF PAINT THINNER WHICH LOCATED IN A H2O BOTTL E " ACC INGESTION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| STRAIN LOW BACK - 50 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH PAIN IN HER LOW BACK SINCE PAINTING HER BEDROOM 5 DAYS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| STRAIN WRIST - 26 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT WRIST PAIN - ONSET WHEN PA INTING - TENDERNESS OVER MEDIAL PALMAR WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| INGESTED PAINT THINNER FOUND IN YARD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/10/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| POISONING, PT DRANK PAINT THINNER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| HEAD ACHE AND LIP SWELLING AFTER GETING PAINT THINNER ON HANDS AND JACKET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| SWALLOWED SM AMT OF MINERAL SPIRITS @ HOME, EMESIS, PT ACTIVE/PLAYFUL I N ER, RESP W/O DIFF, XRAYS UNREMARKABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Grills |
| PT USED UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE (PROB PAINT THINNER) AS LIGHTER FLUID TO LIGHT BBQ & 1GAL CONTAINER BURST. FD NS. DX: 20% TBSA PART THICK BUR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/21/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY DRANK PAINT THINNER THAN VOMITED AND DEVELOPED EYE HEMM ORHAGE DX// ACCIDENTAL INGESTION SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMMORHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 47 Y/O M INJURED L EYE WHEN SPLASHED PAINT THINNER IN IT AT HOME, DX; L EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Bottles or jars |
| 25 YOM DRANK WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS WATER FROM A WATER BOTTLE PURCHASED FR OM A *** STORE BUT STATES SMELLED MORE LIKE PAINT THINNER, FEELS DIZZY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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