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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,193
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 17YOM ALLERGIC REACTION SWELLING BURNING & BLISTERS TO HANDS AFTER CLEA NING THEM WITH PAINT THINNER( MINERAL SPIRITS) AT SCHOOL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2010 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 19 MO F PUT ARM IN PAINT THINNER;DX CHEMICAL BURN LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2010 | Age: 22 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 |
| CHILD DRANK PAINT THINNER. INGESTION FOREIGN SUBSTANCE. 22 MOF* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/02/2010 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 35 YOM CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE FROM PAINT THINNER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2010 | Age: 2 years | 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 |
| 2YOM POSSIBLY INGESTED PAINT THINNER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 14YOM, GOT SPLASHED INTO EYE WITH A PAINT STRIPPER >>CHEM BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 7 YR M SPILLED PAINT THINNER ON LOWER LEGS;DX CHEMICAL BURNS LOWER LEGS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Metal containers |
| 2YOM AT GRANDPARENTS PULLED OVER A COFFEE CAN WITH PAINT THINNER,WAS NOT SURE IF ANYTHING WENT INTO MOUTH;CHEMICAL EXPOSURE FACE/CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2010 | Age: 21 years | 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 |
| 21 M, PT PRESENTED TO ED WITH TREMBLING, FACIAL FLUSHING, AND DIZZINESS WAS EXPOSED TO PAINT THINNER, NOR WORK RELATED DX. CHEMICAL INHALED/ EX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 2 YO F INHALATION EXPOSURE TO PAINT THINNER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| 18YOM 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO FACE DUMPED PAINT THINNER ON WOOD TO START AF IRE AT HOME NO MENTION OF FIRE DEPT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2010 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Paintbrushes or rollers, manual |
| DX CORNEAL FB: 30YOM PAINT'G YTDY, GOT PRIMER/THINNER IN EYE; FELT THAT POSS FB WENT IN L EY, SEES A "SPOT" IN HIS VISION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Buckets or pails |
| CHEMICAL BURN TO ABDOMEN: 14YOF (2) DAYS AGO APPARENTLY WAS CARRYING A BUCKET OF PAINT THINNER,SPILLED,WENT THROUGH SHIRT ONTO ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 5YOF, CLIMBED ON A SHELF&RECHED FOR SPORTS DRINK BOTTLE THAT FILLED WIT H PAINT THINNER&TOOK 3-4SIPS, +VOMITING>>ACC INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2010 | Age: 23 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 |
| 23YOM,ACCIDENTALLY DRANK 1 AND A HALF GULPS OF PAINT THINNER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2010 | Age: 45 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, Bottles or jars |
| 45YOM DRANK A MOUTHFUL OF PAINT THINNER THAT WAS IN WATER BOTTLE POISON INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2010 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 27YOF,DERMATITIS TO ALL OF BODY S/P USING PAINT THINNER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2010 | Age: 4 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 |
| 4 YO M SWALLOWED SOME PAINT THINNER HE GOT INTO AT HOME DX: POISONING S TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2010 | Age: 22 months | 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 |
| 22MOM GOT SOME PAINT THINNER SPLASHED IN EYES CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2010 | Age: 38 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 |
| 38 YOM, CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITES/METHENOL EXPOSURE, PT. SPLASHED PT. THI NNER IN HIS EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Metal containers |
| 22 YOM WAS MAKING FIRE WHEN PAINT THINNER CAN EXPLODED. FD NS. DX: FACE, R HAND BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/28/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 2YOF (RACE STATED AT OTHER) MOM REPORTS POSSIBLE INGESTION OF PAINT TH INNER AT 1530. DX. INGESTION OF PAINT THINNER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 2 YR F SPILLED PAINT THINNER ON LEG;DX CHEMICAL BURN UPPER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2010 | Age: 18 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, Drinking glasses |
| 18MOF DAD PUT MINERAL SPIRITS IN A GLASS AND CHILD DRANK SOME POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2010 | Age: 59 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 |
| 59YOM DEVELOPED SEVERE HADACHE AFTER HUFFING PAINT THINNER TREATED FOR INHALANT SUBSTANCE ABUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2010 | Age: 66 years | 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 |
| 66YOM ACCIDENTALLY DRANK APPROX 3/8 CUP OF ***, (*** PAINT***) THOUGHT IT WAS WATER. DX - ACCIDENTAL INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2010 | Age: 3 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 |
| 3YOM- WHO INGESTED PAINT THINNER HE COUGHED & CHOKED POSION CONTROL CALLED. DX CHEMICAL INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/21/2010 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Metal containers |
| FRACTURE ANKLE -47 YO FEMALE REPORTS SHE TRIPPED OVER A CAN OF PAINT LA ST NIGHT AT HOME - ANKLE IS SWOLLEN AND PT IS UNABLE TO BEAR WEIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 16 YO M TRYING TO START FIRE WITH PAINT THINNER, BURNED HAND. DX 2ND DE GREE BURN TO HAND ?FIRE DEPT UNKNOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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