Accidents - Acids - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,128
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	48
6-15 years old:	67
16-25 years old:	207
26-50 years old:	519
50+ years old:	284

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	632	Hand:	139
Finger:	102	All Of Body:	64
Lower Leg:	61	Foot:	59
Face:	30	Lower Arm:	15
Upper Arm:	15	Mouth:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT USING AN ACID CLEANER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A CHEMICAL BURN TO BOTH HANDS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/21/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
BURN TO LT THUMB FROM ***/ CHEMICAL BURN LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
ACCIDENTALLY SPILLED SULPHURIC ACID ONTO FOOT DX CHEMICAL BURN + POISON CONTROL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT WAS THRPOWING A BOTTLE OF MURIATIC ACID INTO THE DUMPSTER AND SOME SPILLED ONTO BOTH LOWER LEGS CHEMICAL BURNS TO LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2006	Age: 24 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
PT SPLASHED BATTERY ACID IN EYES TODAY AT HOME DX// CORNEAL ABRASION BILAT EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2006	Age: 60 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
PT STATES ACID SOLUTION WAS BEING SPRAYED NEAR PTS APARTMENT, FEELS EXP OSED TO SAME, DX ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Acids
CONJUNCTIVITIS - 23 YOM WAS IN CHEMISTRY LAB AT SCHOOL AND GOT A DROP O F ACID IN RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT PRESENTS W NITRIC ACID BURN TO FOREARM WHEN IN SCHOOL DX:CHEM BURN TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/24/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Acids
SPLASH ACID IN EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	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
PLACED MOUTH ON LID OF MURIATIC ACID DX: POSSIBLE MURIATIC ACID EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2006	Age: 29 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
PT WHILE CLEANING SPLASHED DRAIN CLEANER IN LEFT EYE, CAUSING CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Acids
PT DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS RT EYE - C/O PAIN AND REDNESS S/P BATTERY ACID IN RT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2006	Age: 2 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, Bathtubs or showers
INGESTION-MOM POURED SULFURIC ACID DOWN SHOWER DRAIN, MOM CONCERNED PT TOUCHED IT & PUT HANDS IN MOUTH, VOMITING 9XS, BRIDGE SCREEN NEGATIVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Acids
SPLASH OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID IN EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2006	Age: 12 months	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
INGESTED BORIC ACID. DX POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2006	Age: 69 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
PT. GOT PVC PIPE CLEANER IN L EYE 1 HR. AGO, FLUSHED EYE FOR 10 MINS. DX. CORNEAL ABRA L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Acids
S/P CHEMICAL WARTS, ON 2 FINGERS, REMOVAL C ACIDS, NOW C SWELLING&REDN ESS " CELLULITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids, Toilets
LEFT LEG BURN. PT POURED DRAIN CLEANER ***N TOILET AND IT SPLASHED ONTO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Acids
PATIENT SPLASHED AN ACIDE PRODUCT HE WAS USING TO CLEAN OVEN INTO LT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION. DX - LT EYE BLEPHARITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Acids
SPRAYED WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID ALL OVER R SIDE OF BODY. DX CHEMICAL CONJU CTIVITIS R EYE#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2006	Age: 7 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
PT PLAYING IN OLD GARAGE AT HOME, SPLASHED MURIATIC ACID IN EYES, WASHE D OUT WITH WATER,EYE REDNESS; CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION, CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT DX CHEMICAL BURN TO FACE/HEAD - "DRAIN BLAST" CONTAINS SULFIRIC ACID AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
C/O TONGUE BURNING, MOM FOUND 1/2 CHEWED BATTERY W/BATTERY ACID, TONGUE /THROAT IRRITATED, CALLED POISON CONTROL & DRANK MILK @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT BURNED ARM WITH ACID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
LOWER LEG BURN-MURATIC ACID SPLASHED ON LEG WHILE HELPING A FRIEND CLEA N OUT A DRAIN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2006	Age: 68 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: Acids, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
CLEANING PAINT OFF BRICKS WITH MURIATIC ACID AND GOT SPLASHED IN EYE NO PROTECTIVE GOGGLES ACID BURN AND CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
BURNS TO BACK OF LEGS ROM ACID DX: CHEMICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2006	Age: 52 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, Built-in swimming pools
PT CLEANING HER BUILT IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL WITH MURIATIC ACID AND SO ME SPLASHED IN EYES CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2006	Age: 12 years	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: Acids, Bleaches
PATIENT COMPLAINING OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH AFTER MOM USED SULFURIC ACID IN DRAIN LAST NIGHT, THEN BLEACH THIS MORNING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids, Clothing accessories
USING CHEMICAL ACID WEARING GLOVES ACID BURNS TO RIGHT HAND CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2006	Age: 18 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, Contact lenses
COUSIN ACCIDENTALLY PUT PATIENT'S CONTACT LENS IN ACID FLUID THENPATIEN T PUT CONTACTS IN EYES. DX-EYES EXPOSUTE TO ACID FLUID, BURNING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Acids
BATTERY ACID SPLASHED IN FACE/FACIAL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY BURNED ON RIGHT 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS, SPILLED CHEMICAL ACID ON FINGERS. DX-CHEMICAL BURN TO FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Acids
PT SPILLED HCI ACID ON RIGHT ELBOW , C/O THROAT TIGHTNESS AND ITCHY ARM S. D: ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2006	Age: 50 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT SPLASHED WITH MURIATIC ACID IN EYE WHILE CLEANING FLOOR, CHEMICAL BU RN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2006	Age: 40 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
EYE PAIN AFTER SPLASHING BRICK ACID CHEMICAL BURN RIGHT EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Acids
GOT BATTERY ACID INTO EYES/CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Acids
GOT SULFRIC ACID SPLASH INTO THE EYE IN THE CHEM CLASS " CHEMICAL CONJ"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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