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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 589
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/13/2008 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT GOT PAINT THINNER IN EYE, FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | 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, Bottles or jars |
| MOM FOUND PATIENT DRINKING FROM BOTTLE OF *** PAINT THINNER; INGESTION ION |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT WAS AT A BONFIRE WHEN SOME THINNER WAS THROWN INTO FIRE, PT SUFFERED A FLASHBURN TO FACE, FD PRES NS. DX - FLASH BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 6 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, Bottles or jars |
| INGESTED PAINT THINNER THAT WAS IN *** BOTTLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 28 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 |
| WORKING W PAINT THINNER AT HOME AND BREATHED FUMES DEVELOPED HEADACHE DX HEADACHE TO INHALED FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2008 | Age: 5 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, Metal containers |
| POSSIBLY ASPIRATED PAINT THINNER;DIPPED FINGER INTO CAN AND TASTED IT;D X POSSIBLE ASPIRATION |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 09/27/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 1ST,2ND DEGREE BURNS TO RT HAND.PT USED PAINT THINNER ON A FIRE AND IT EXPLODED.NOT FIRE DEPT.THERE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2008 | Age: 50 years | 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 |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY DRANK PAINT THINNER THINKING IT WAS WATER. DX: ACCIDENTAL MINERAL SPIRITS INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 19 months | 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, Bottles or jars |
| PT SWALLOWED PAINT THINNER FROM A WATER BOTTLE. DX: ACCIDENTAL INGESTION PAINT THINNER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 11 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, Metal containers |
| MOM FOUND PATIENT WITH OPEN CAN OF SHELLAC THINNER FROM KITCHEN CABINET D, HAD LIQUID IN MOUTH/FACE, CLOTHING SOAKED; INGESTION |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT DX ACCIDENTAL POISONING - S/P PT C/O "I SWALLOWED PAINT THINNER" WHILE CLEANING FLOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT SWALLOWED SOME PAINT THINNER BY ACCIDENT AT HOME THIS AM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 61 YO M SCLARIA BURN TO L EYE GOT LAQUOR THINNER SLPASHED IN EYE AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2008 | Age: 18 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, Tableware and accessories |
| PT INGEST ABOUT A TSP ON PAIN THINNER THAT WAS IN A CUP IN THE GARAGE A T HOME. PT WAS COUGHING W/ DYSPNEA. DX INGESTION OF PAINT THINNER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/11/2008 | 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PAINT THINNER EXPOS/26YOM STS ACCIDENTALLY DRANK TINY AMOUNT OF PAINT THINNER.DID NOT SWALLOW.SPIT IT OUT.C/O BURNING MOUTH,TONGUE & NOSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 2 years | 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 |
| INGESTED PAINT THINNER DX: STABLE MAY HAVE HAD SOME EXPOSURE TO EYES AS WELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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, Drinking glasses |
| PATIENT PICKED UP A GLASS, FILLED IT UP WITH BEER, DID NOT REALIZE IT HAD SOME PAINT THINNER IN IT, VOMITED 10 MIN. LATER. DX-CHEM. INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT SPILLED A GALLON OF PAINT THINNER SPLASHED ONTO CHEST NOW HER SKIN B URNS CHEMICAL BURNS TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| REPORTS BEEN EXPOSED TO PAINT THINNER @ THE NERUOSURGICAL OFFICE TODAY, NOW WITH PRURITIS& SHORTNESS OF BREATH >> ALLERGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2008 | Age: 11 months | 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 |
| PTS MOM STATES CHILD DRANKED A WHOLE CAN OF PAINT THINNERDX INGESTED PA INT THINNER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| FACIAL BURNS-STARTING FIRE W/ PAINT THINNER-GOT FLAMES IN FACE-NO FD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT DX ROUTINE GENERAL MEDICAL EXAMINATION - /P HX OF DRINKING SOME PAIN THINNER MIX OIL BASE PAIN C/O VOMITING AND LEG CRAMPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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