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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 916
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/23/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Dry ice |
| PT BURNED HAND ON DRY ICE AT A PARK 5 DAYS AGO DX// RIGHT HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Dry ice |
| PT HAD DRY ICE BOMB EXPLODE IN HAND. D:HAND LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Dry ice |
| PT STATES A GENTLEMAN HANDED HIM A PIECE OF DRY ICE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS, HELD IT IN R HAND. DX. 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Dry ice, Carts |
| PT STUCK LEFT HAND IN AN ICE CREAM CART AND TOUCHED DRY ICE NOW HAND BU RNS DX DRY ICE BURNS TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Dry ice |
| PT IS BEING SEEN FOR BURN TO HAND FROM DRY ICE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Dry ice |
| DX LOCALIZED FROSTBITE (BURN) RIGHT HAND: TOUCHING DRY ICE WITH BARE HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Dry ice |
| PT TRIED USING DRY ICE TO BURN WART OFF HAND. NOW WITH BLISTER ON HAND. D : 2ND DEGREE BURN, HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Dry ice |
| PT C/O BURN TO HAND FROM DRY ICE DX BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Dry ice |
| PT TOUCHED DRY ICE THREE DAYS AGO AND HANDS ARE RED AND IRRITATED CHEMI CAL BURNS TO HANDS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/04/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Dry ice, Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT WAS PUTTING DRY ICE INTO CONTAINER AND DID NOT KNOW NOT TO PUT LID ON IT, JAR EXPLODED SLAMMING HANDS AGAINST WALL, DX; LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2004 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Dry ice |
| 43 YO MALE BURNED HAND ON DRY ICE BURN LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Dry ice, Nonglass bottles or jars |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH DRY ICE AND WATER IN A PLASTIC BOTTLE - BOTTLE EXPL ODED IN HAND. D; TRAUMA L HAND / FRACTURE LEFT HAND / LACERATION L HA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Dry ice |
| BURN TO PALM 3 DAYS AGO W/DRY ICE DX: BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: 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: 08/15/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Dry ice |
| CARRYING DRY ICE & BURNED LT HAND & RT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Dry ice |
| BURNED HAND WHEN HELD DRY ICE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2000 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Dry ice |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2000 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Dry ice, Plastic products |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/1999 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Dry ice |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/1998 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Dry ice, Nonglass bottles or jars |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/1998 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Dry ice |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/1997 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Dry ice |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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