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Accidents - Dry ice - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 414
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:144Lower Arm:138
Eyeball:69Upper Leg:61

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/23/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Dry ice
MAKING DRY ICE "BOMBS' AT PARK WHEN IT BLEW UP WHILE HE WAS LOOKING AT IT SUSTAINING INJ TO R EYE DX LAC HYPHEMA R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2003Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Dry ice
BURNED ARM ON DRY ICE FRIDAY. S/P BURN W/ POSSIBLE CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2003Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Dry ice
2ND DEGREE BURN TO LT ARM FROM CARRYING DRY ICE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2003Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Dry ice
PICKED UP DRY ICE & FINGERS/HANDS WENT NUMB. 1ST DEGREE BURN BILATERAL HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2003Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Dry ice
CARRYING DRY ICE & BURNED LT HAND & RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Dry ice
BURNED HAND WHEN HELD DRY ICE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Dry ice
BURNED RT UPPER THIGH ON DRY ICE 11/2WKS AGO. PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN (C OLD) RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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