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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,925
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/28/2008 | 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT INGESTED UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF CHLORINE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/04/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| PT CLEANING POOL AND SWALLOWED A SMALL AMOUNT OF POOL CHLORINE THROAT B URNING INGESTION POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2008 | Age: 44 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Buckets or pails |
| 44YO WHITE MALE,CHLORINE TABS IN BUCKET GOT WET,PT INHALED FUMES,COUGH BURNINGIN NOSE-CHEST,COUGHED UP BLOOD,DX CHLORINE INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2008 | Age: 2 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Toilets |
| EXPOSED TO CHLORINE FROM TOILET TROUBLE BREATHING * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT INHALED CHLORINE TODAY AT HOME PASSED OUT DX// CHLORINE INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 3 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| FOUND BY MOM WITH SWIMMING POOL CHLORINE TABS, INHAVLED ?POWDER, NOW WI TH COUGH&VOMITING>> INHALATION INJUREY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT INHALED CHLORINE FROM POOL BECAME SHORT OF BREATH DX// CHEMICAL INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools |
| PATIENT WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH AFTER 3 DAYS OF EXPOSURE TO CHLORINE I N POOL AT *** INDOOR WATERPARK; SHORTNESS OF BREATH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2008 | Age: 11 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PATIENT INHALED POOL CHLORINE. DX-INAHATION FUMES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| INHALED CHLORINE FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2008 | Age: 45 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| INHALED CHLORINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| WAS PUTTING CHLORINE IN SWIMMING POOL; INHALED FUMES. POISONING D/T CHL ORINE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 2 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT ACCID. GOT VERY SMALL AMT OF "*** IT" POOL CHEMICALS ON HANDS AND IN GESTED IT. VOMITED IMMED. MOUTH WASHED OUT VIG. DX ALKALI INGEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 65 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| REPORTS SMELLED CHLORINE FUMES IN HER POOLHOSE, SHORTLY AFTER DEVELOPED COUGH WITH MILD SHORTNESS OF BREATH>> INHALATION INJUREY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT FATHER OPENED CHLORINE AND PT BECAME SHORT OF BREATH DX// INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| PT CLEANING POOL AND CHLORINE EXPLODED IN PTS FACE BECAME SHORT OF BREA TH DX/ TOXIC INHALATION BURN TO FACE AND CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 35 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Bottles or jars |
| OPENED A NEW BOTTLE OF CHLORINE AND INHALED FUMES CHLORINE INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF CHLORINE TABLET-PT PUT PARTIALLY DISSOLVED CHLO RINE TABLET IN MOUTH WHILE IN SWIMMING POOL-VOMITED ONCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT INHALED POOL CHLORINE 30 MINS PTA. DX. ACUTE DYSPNEA, CHEMICAL EXPO SURE, CHEST, THROAT BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 21 months | 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT PUT A CHLORINE TABLET IN MOUTH AND STARTED TO CHOKE MOUTH BURNING AN D STARTED TO WHEEZE POSSIBLE ASPIRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Other containers |
| PT OPENED A CONTAINER OF CHLORINE TABLETS FOR POOL AND BECAME SHORT OF BREATH DX// CHEMICAL INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| HAD RASH ALL OVER BODY FROM SWIMMING POOL CHEMICALS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools |
| PATIENT AT COMMUNITY POOL WITH BABYSITTER, DRANK CHLORINATED POOL WATER , NOW VOMITING; INGESTION OF POOL WATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | Age: 34 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| 34 YO FEMALE INHALED CHLORINE - NOXIOUS FUMES INHALATION NOXIOUS FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools |
| PATIENT SITTING ON SIDE OF POOL, FELL INTO CHLORINATED WATER, UNDERWATE R X30 SEC WHEN DAD JUMPED IN, PROJECTILE VOMITING AFTER; NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| RASH TO BODY AFTER SWIMMING IN POOL WITH CHLORINE DX: RASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2008 | Age: 8 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Containers |
| 8 YO MALE WAS SOB AND WHEEZING AFTER INHALING CHLORINE GAS FROMCONTAINE R - CHLORINE EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Containers |
| #PT LIFTED LID OFF CHLORINE CONTAINER AND INHALED FUMES/INHALATION INJU RY DUE TO CHLORINE GAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| ACCIDENTALLY INGESTED CHLORINE AT HOME. DX-ACCIDENTAL INGESION CHLORINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Containers |
| PT OPENED CONTAINER OF CHLORINE AND BECAME SHOT OF BREATH DX/ CHEMICAL INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| POURING CHEMICALS IN SWIMMING POOL BECAME SOB. DX CHEMICAL INHALATION W ITH BRONCHOSPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Flotation toys |
| EXPOSURE TO ***, IN POOL WHILE DAD PUTTING CHLORINE CLEANING TABSIN TO DECORATIVE FLOATS, FLOATS BURST AND CHILD SWALLOWED ***. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2008 | Age: 11 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| COUGHING SINCE INHALING SWIMMING POOL CHLORINE. DX-INHALATION, AIRWAY DISWAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| DX HEADACHE/EXPOSURE TO CHLORINE GAS: ONSET OF GLOBAL HA, GRADUAL ONSET AFTER EXPOUSRE TO CHOLRINE AT SWIMMING POOL (PT 16WKS PREG) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT PRESENTS WITH RASH/BUMPS ON BODY ONE DAY AFTER BEING IN A POOL WITH CHLORINE. DX ALLERGIC RX TO CHLORINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Containers |
| PT OPENED A CONTAINER OF CHLORINE AND INHALED THE FUMES DEVELOPED NAUSE A AND VOMITING CHLORINE INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools |
| PATIENT WITH BLISTERS AND RASH ALL OVER BODY AFTER EXPOSED TO CHLORINEF ROM POOL WATER AT *** INDOOR WATER PARK; IRRITANT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2008 | Age: 77 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT WAS CLEANING THE BATHROOM AND INHALED CHLORINE IN AN ENCLOSED AREA A ND DEVELOPED WHEEZES CHEMICAL INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT ON SPRING BREAK AND GOT DRUNK PASSED OUT IN THE POOL HOUSE AND DEVE LOPED WHEEZING AND COUGH FROM INHALING CHLORINE FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT OPENED CHLORINE TO PUT IN HOT TUB AT HOME AND INHALED CHEMICAL AND B ECAME SHORT OF BREATH DX// CHEMICAL INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT BY FRIEND WHO OPENED UP CONTAINER OF CHLORINE TO PUT IN HOT TUB BECA ME SHORT OF BREATH DX// CHEMICAL INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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