Accidents - Drain cleaners - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,653
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	407
6-15 years old:	6
16-25 years old:	84
26-50 years old:	717
50+ years old:	437

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:	529	Eyeball:	522
Lower Leg:	116	Hand:	102
Upper Leg:	77	Neck:	69
Lower Arm:	69	Wrist:	69
25 - 50% Body:	39	Face:	16
Mouth:	16	Finger:	16
Pubic Region:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/23/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners, Eyeglasses
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE-BILATERAL KERATITIS-USING * BRAND * IN KITCHEN SINK DRAIN-WEARING GLASSES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Bottles or jars
POISONING, MOTHER STS PT DRANK FROM A BOTTLE OF *** AT HOME, NO ACTIVE STOMACH CRAMPS, SUBSTANCE ON HIS CLOTHS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2003	Age: 50 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: Drain cleaners
ACCIDENTALLY DRANK * - THOUGHT WAS WATER - INGESTION * - ? BURN ESO PHAGUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners, Pipes
71 YOM ACCIDENTALLY SPILLED DRAIN CLEANER ON WRIST WHILE ATTEMPTLY TO P OUR THE CLEANER IN A PIPE. CAUSTIC BURN, LT. WRIST. NO FIRE; NO FIRE D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
PT WITH LIQUID *** ACID SPILLED ON PENIS,PENIS BURNING,SWELLING" THE CL OG TERMINATOR"-DELOG OPEN SULFURIC ACID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
PATIENT SPLASHED DRAIN CLEANER ON ARM. DX: CHEMICAL BURN TO LEFT FORE ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2003	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Tableware and accessories
PT INGESTED "*** DRAIN OPENER" TODAY - PT FOUND CUP IN TRASHAND PUT IT TO MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
INGESTED "***" SOAP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: 25 - 50% Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
ACID BURN ON ARM FOOT FACE PT WAS USING POWERED DRAIN CLEANER SPLASHED ONTO FACEARM FOOT AREAS CHEMICAL BURNS TO ARM FACE AND FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drain cleaners
PT.REPORTED CHEMICAL (***) SPILED ON LT.LEG WAITED FOR SHORT TIME & SIG NED OUT AMA. DX-NONE PT.SINGNED OUT AMA
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drain cleaners
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT SPLASHED *** IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2003	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
PATIENT HAD EMPTY BOTTLE OF DRAIN CLEANER, MOTHER WANTS CHECKED OUT. D X: POSSIBLE INGESTION OF DRAIN CLEANER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Drain cleaners, Toilets
WAS POURING *** INTO THE TOILET AND WATER SPLASHED UP INTO HER EYES. CA USTIC CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/05/2003	Age: 36 years	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: Drain cleaners
SPLASHED 1-2 DROPS OF *** IN L) EYE DX: OPHTHALMIC ALKALINE BURN DX: OPHTHALMIC ALKALINE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
PT DRANK MISTER PLUMBER. DXPOISONING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners, Bleaches
PT. POURED 2 GAL BLEACH, D *** DOWN TOILET, WENT UNDER HOUSE, CUT PIPES . DX-MILD CORNEAL CHEMICAL BURNS, IRRITANT DERMATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2003	Age: 44 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Drain cleaners
FIXING DRAIN PIPE AND GOT *** IN EYES BURNING THEM;TOXIC EYE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners, Pipes
PT UNCLOGING DRAIN WITH *** TOOK APART PIPE GOT CHEMICAL ON LEGS, 1ST A ND 2ND DEGREE CHEMICAL BURNS BILATERAL LOWER LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
24 YO FEMALE USED DRAIN OPENER AND BURNED HAND BURN - HAND - LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/18/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
*** SPLASHED IN RT EYE DX: CHEMICAL BURN DX: CHEMICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
BURN TO LIPS AFTER TAKING * SPLASHED * ON LIPS WHILE CLEANING BATHR OOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
17 YOWM POURING PIPE CLEANER SOLUTION WHEN SOME SPLASHED INTO HIS EYE. DX. CHEMICAL BURN R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drain cleaners
CHEMICAL IRRITATION RT HAND.PT WAS USING A DRAIN CLEANER AND MADE HAND RED AND ITCHY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
17 MO M DRANK *, UNSURE AMT, BURNS ON LIPS. DX * CAUSTIC INGESTION ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Drain cleaners
PT. INHALED *** FUMES INHALATION FUMES - INHALATION FUMES -
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
32 Y.O. B MALE W/CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES. PT GOT *** IN EYES @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
PT INGESTED *** C/O OVERDOSE DX OVERDOSE DX OVERDOSE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/21/2003	Age: 46 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: Drain cleaners
46 YO M USING *** SPLASHED IN EYECONJUNCTIVITIS--BURNING EYES CONJUNCTIVITIS--BURNING EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drain cleaners
PT WAS CLEANING AT HOME WITH A DRAIN CLEANER GOT SOME ON LEFT INDEX FIN GER CREATED AN ULCERATION WHICH GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
PT BURNED LT HAND WITH A DRAIN CLEANER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
SPILLED LIQUID *** BURN THIGH, LEG & BILAT HAND BURN THIGH, LEG & BILAT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Pipes
45 YOWF INHALED A DRAIN CLEANING SOLUTION WHILE SHE WAS POURING IT DOWN THE DRAIN. DX. TOXIC EXPOSURE TO CHLORINE GAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drain cleaners
THINKS SOME LIQUID *** MAY HAVE SPLASHED INTO R EYE YESTERDAY. DX. HIST ORY OF CHEMICAL EYE EXPOSURE NORMAL EYE EXAM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drain cleaners
USING DRAIN CLEANER, CAUSED IRRITATION IN THROAT AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH DX: IRRITANT PHARYNGITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Toilets
PTS MOTHER FOUND CHILD PLAYING IN THE TOILET THAT SHE JUST CLEANED WITH ***- DX- POSSIBLE TOXIC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drain cleaners, Sinks
PT STATES HE HAD *** SPLASH IN HIS EYE WHILE POURING IT DOWN HISSINK SINK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
GOT DRAIN CLEANER INTO MOUTH DX. MOUTH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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