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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,221
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline, Leaf blowers |
| PT. REPORTS PUTTING GAS IN LEAF BLOWER AND THEN LIGHTING CIGARETTE, L H AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. DX. BURN HAND 1, 2 DEGREE. FD ATTENDANCE NOT STATE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| 15 Y/O M INJURED L HAND WHEN BURNED DURING GASOLINE FIRE AT HOME. DX; 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline, Trouble lights or extension work lights |
| GASOLINE SPLASHED ON HAND IGNITED BY TROUBLE LIGHT THAT EXPLODED / FIRE FLASH BURN TO HAND AND FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| PT AT HOME WAS POURING GASOLINE ONTO A BONFIRE AT HOME SUSTAINED THERMA L BURNS TO BOTH HANDS FD DID NOT ATTEND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline, Coal or wood-burning stoves |
| PUTTING GAS IN WOOD BURNING HEATER BURNED HAND WHEN LIGHTING NO FIRE DE PT INVOLVEMENTDX BURNED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| BURN HAND - PATIENT REPORTS RIGHT HAND WAS BURNED BY FLASH GASOLINE FIR E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline, Containers |
| MIXING GAS IN A CONTAINER AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. DX. 2ND DEGREE BURN R HAND. FIRE DEPT. INVOLVEMENT UNKNOWN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2002 | Age: 34 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: Gasoline |
| BURNS TO BOTH HANDS. WAS LIGHTING A BRUSH FIRE W/ GASOLINE AND CAUGHT HANDS ON FIRE. DX; 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| TRYING TO START FIRE WITH GASOLINE AND BURNT HAND. 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO RIGHT HAND. NO FIRE DEPT. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| SECOND DEGREE BURN LT HAND AND ARM, L EAR, FACE, BURNING SOME THINGS AT HOME, POURED GASOLINE ON FIRE CAUSING IT TO FLASH ? FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS TO BILATERAL HANDS.PT WAS BURNING RUBBISH ON A BONFIRE AND PUT GASOLINE ON AND FLAME BURNED HANDS.NO FIRE DEPT. THERE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/23/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| POURING GAS ONTO CARBORATOR-FLASHED BACK-CAUGHT HAND ON FIRE-NO FDDX 2 ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| 18 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME TRYING TO LIGHT A FIRE WITH GASOLINE WHEN IT FL ASHED UP BURNING HIS RT HAND AND ARM. FIRE DEPARTMENT NOT CALLED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| SOMEONE THREW GASOLINE ON FIRE WHILE PT STANDING CLOSE DX: L HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| 20 YOM TRYING TO LITE GASOLINE, GOT TO CLOSE TO FIRE AND BURNED DORSAL ON RT HAND-DX 1ST DEGREE BURN RT HAND. FIRE DEPT, NS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| FILL UP CAR WITH GAS, GET IN CAR, LIGHT CIG WITH MATCH, STICK SHIFTIGNI TED. DX FLASH BURN FACE 2ND DEGREE BURN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Gasoline |
| CHEN=MICAL BURN RT HAND - SPILLED GASOLINE ON HAND @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| 60 Y/O M C/O OF BURN - BURN TO LEFT HAND FROM GASOLINE FIRE. FIRE DEPT WAS NOT CALLED. DX: LEFT HAND AND FOREARM BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| BURNING A LOG. GASOLINE FLASHED BURING HANDS. 2ND DEGREE BURNS TORIGHT HAND. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| GAS BURN TO HAND WHILE BURNING WEEDS POURED GAS ON FIRE GAS TRAVELED DX BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2002 | Age: 12 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: Gasoline |
| PT BURNED HAND FROM GASOLINE ACCIDENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline |
| BURN TO HAND POURED GASOLINE ON BURNING LOG DX: BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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