Accidents - Acids - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,774
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	65
6-15 years old:	159
16-25 years old:	168
26-50 years old:	951
50+ years old:	429

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	711	All Of Body:	367
Hand:	182	Finger:	130
Face:	102	Pubic Region:	86
Upper Leg:	69	Mouth:	58
Lower Arm:	48	Upper Trunk:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Acids
CORNEAL ULCER - 16 YOM C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN AFTER GETTING A CHEMICAL, NIT RIC ACID) SPLASHED INTO HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Acids
ACID FROM CAR CLEANSER SPLASHED IN EYE LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Acids
SWALLOWED A SMALL AMOUNT OF PHOSPHORIC ACID DX. INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/21/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Acids
SWALLOWED SOME CHEMICAL SOLUTION FROM CLEANSER PAD TOXIC INGESTION POSSIBLE SALICYLATE ACID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT WAS CLEANING HIS ROOF WITH A COMPUND OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE WHEN HE SAT IN IT CAUSING A CEMICAL BURN TO HIS LT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2004	Age: 2 years	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: Acids
PT. POSSIBLY SWALLOWED SOME DRANO CRYSTALS AT 2115 TONIGHT, VOMITED 2 T IMES. DX. DRANO INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/27/2004	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT SPLASHED MURIATIC ACID IN EYE 30 MINUTES AGO. WASHED IT OUT WITH WAT ER. D: CORNEAL BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
NP APPLIED SM AMT TRICHLORACETIC ACID-INNER ASPECT OF PT'S LABIA,THEN U SED BAKING SODA TO NEURALIZE ACID,DX:CHEMICAL BURN LABIUM OF VAGINA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Acids
MURIATIC ACID SPLASH IN EYE CHEMICAL CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Acids, Coffee makers or teapots
10:00 INGESTED "***" ACIDIC CLEANING FLUID. PT DRANK 6 OZ OF WATER MIX ED WITH 2 CAPFULS OF CLEANER IN A TEAPOT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/09/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT BURNED ON LIPS BY MURIATIC ACID. STATES WAS GOING TO DRINK IT & DIDN 'T KNOW IT WAS ACID UNTIL IT HIT LIPS. D:ACID BURN, LIPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT DX CHEMICAL BURN RT FOREARM AND BACK - SPLASHED WITH ACID ON ARM AND BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	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: Acids
PT CLEANING AT HOME AND SPLASHED "***" (PHOSPHORIC ACID) CLEANING SOLUT ION IN EYE. D: CONJUNCTIVITIS, ACID EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
@ *, SPLASHED IN EYES W/ * ACID. ACUTE CHEMICAL BURN ( ACIDIC) BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Acids, Bottles or jars
PT WAS STANDING NEXT A CHEMICAL STORE, WHERE SOMEBODY DROPPED A BOTTLE OF SULFARIC ACID, NO EVIDANCE OF CHEMCIACL BURN "SULFURIC ACID EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT PRESENTED TO ED AFTER BEING SPLASHED WITH SULFURIC ACID, SUSTAINED " CHEMICAL EXPOSURE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
BURNED ARM W/ HYDROFLUORIC ACID
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/04/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Acids, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
DYSPNEA-EXPOSURE TO MURRIATIC ACID WHILE CLEANING A DRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT AT GAS STATION, CHANGING BATTERY ON CAR, GOT BATTERY ACID ONTO LT HA ND, CHEMICAL BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2004	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT WAS WASHING TRUCK WITH ACIDS. DX: CHEMICAL BURNS TO BOTH RT/LT HANDS. ALL FINGERS. FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Acids
PT INHALED MURATIC ACID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
CHEM CONJUNTIVITIS/46YOF SPLASHED SULFURIC ACID INTO R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
HYDROFLURIC ACID BURN RT 5TH FINGER, WORKING ON CAR AT HOME, GOT ACID ON HAND AT SOME POINT, FINGER BURNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
ACID BURNS TO FINGER RIGHT 2ND FINGER CHEMICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	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: Acids, Glass soft drink bottles
CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS L EYE,HYDROCHLORIC ACID EXPOSURE,PLAYING IN WOODED AREA W/FRIENDS, POP BTL FILLED WITH "THE WORKS" EXPLODED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 7 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: Acids, Glass soft drink bottles
R CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS, HYDROCHLORIC ACID "***" TOILET BOWELCLEANER WAS POURED INTO POP BTL BY FRIENDS IN NEIGHBORHOOD,EXPLODED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
ACID SPLASHED IN EYES, ON FACE. DX ACIDIC BURN BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2004	Age: 52 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: Acids, Swimming pools
PT WORKING ON SWIMMING POOL AT HOME WHEN SPLASHED PHOSPHORIC ACID INTO EYE. D: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Acids
ANOXIA, PT EXPOSED TO ACETIC ACID INHALATION, C/O SOB, DIFFICULT TO BRE ATHING, SPITTING BLOOD, NAUSEA, NO DIZZINESS OR LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2004	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: Poisoning
Product: Acids
PT IS BEING TREATED FOR EXPOSURE TO SULFURIC ACID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Acids
PT IS BEING TREATED FOR EXPOSURE TO SULFURIC ACID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2004	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: Acids
PT DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - PT C/O SULFURIC ACID SPLASHED IN BILATERAL EYES (BATTERY ACID)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	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: Acids, Swimming pool chemicals
PT EXPOSED TO MURIATIC ACID MIXED WITH CHLORINE. MIXED CHEMICAL TO CLEA N WELLS IN HOUSE. INHALED FUMES. D:CHEMICAL INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
GOT HYDROFLORIC ACID SPLASHED ONTO FACE DX: BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
31 Y.O. W MALE W/CHEMICAL BURN TO EYES. PT WAS USING A CLEANER KNOWN AS SULFONIC ACID & IT SPLASHED IN HIS EYES @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Acids
NOXIOUS FUMES INHALED-IN CHEMISTRY CLASS @ SCHOOL-MIXING HYDROCHLORIC ACID & SULFUR-INHALED FUMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
45 YO MALE SPILLED SULFURIC ACID ON LEFT ARM CHEMICAL BURN FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
BURN TO HAND FROM ACID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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