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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 330
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Caulking or spackling compounds |
| SUSTAINED SKIN AVULSION INUREY TO INDEX FINGER WHILE OPENING A TUBE OF CAULK>>AVULSION /LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Caulking or spackling compounds, Other manual workshop tools |
| TRIED TO CUT TIP OF SEALANT TUBE WITH SHEARS, LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Caulking or spackling compounds, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| 45 Y/O FELL, C/O WITH RADIATING TO LEFT LEG, HAPPENED WHILE CAULKING CABINETS AFTER SEEING A RAT AT HOME. DX-LOW BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Caulking or spackling compounds |
| WRIST INJURY-AFTER DOING CAULKING WORK-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Caulking or spackling compounds |
| DX FB-REMOVED/DISTAL DIP AVULSION FX/TETANUS IMMUNIZATION UPDATED: WAS CAULKING LAST WK AND JAMMED FINGER AGAINST WOODEN OBJECT-GOT F SPLINTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Caulking or spackling compounds |
| ACCIDENTALLY WHILE USING CAULKING GUN, DROPPED IT&HIT HEAD >> SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Caulking or spackling compounds |
| PT USING TILE GROUT SEALANT AT HOME AND INMHALED THE FUMES GOT DIZZY AN D NAUSEOUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Caulking or spackling compounds |
| PRESENT WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF EYE FOREIGN BODY SENSATION THAT DEVELOPED WHIEL REMOVING CAULKING IN THE BATHROOM >> FROEIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/29/2008 | 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Caulking or spackling compounds |
| PT GOT DRYWALL COMPOUND IN EYE. DX: ACUTE BACTERIAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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