Accidents - Automotive chemicals - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,422
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	237
6-15 years old:	91
16-25 years old:	250
26-50 years old:	733
50+ years old:	109

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	955	All Of Body:	281
Lower Trunk:	70	Hand:	70
Lower Leg:	15	Pubic Region:	15
Finger:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT WAS CHANGING BRAKE FLUID AND GOT SOME IN EYE. DX: HYDROCARBON EYE EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Automotive chemicals
41 Y/O M INJURED L EYE WHEN GOT BRAKE FLUID IN IT AT HOME. DX; L CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Automotive chemicals
7 YOM WAS IN THE GARAGE & ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED THE LAST BIT OF "***" IN HIS LT EYE. DX: CHEMICAL TRAUMA TO LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	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: Automotive chemicals
PT GOT BRAKE FLUID IN R EYE DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
EYE CHEMICAL ***LT-CARBURATOR FLUID SPLASHED IN EYE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
GOT CARBURETOR CLEANER IN L EYE AT HOME DX CORNEAL CHEMICAL BURN OS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT WITH CONJUNCTIVITIS, SPRAYED "TIRE CLEANER" INTO HIS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 7 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: Automotive chemicals
7 YOF DRANK POWER STEERING FLUID ON THURSDAY, NO C/O UNTIL SATURDAY WHE N DEVELOPED A SORE THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT SET FIRE TO CARBON/CHOKE AUTOMOTIVE CLEANER 2 DAYS AGO IN DRIVEWAY & TRIED TO STAMP IT OUT. FD NS. DX: R LEG BURN PARTIAL THICKNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT ACCIDENTALLY SPLASHED FUEL INJECTOR CLEANER IN R EYE @ HOME - CHEMICAL CONJ TO R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	Age: 47 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: Automotive chemicals
PT INGESTED HIGH OCTANE PRODUCT,DX LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/15/2007	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals, Containers
INGESTION-FOUND W/MOPAR HIGH GLOSS MOTOR CLEANER/POLISHER CONTAINER & A CTING LIKE MOUTH HURTS/RING AROUND MOUTH, PT ALERT/RESPONSIVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	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: Automotive chemicals
POSSIBLE INGESTION-POSSIBLY DRANK SOME BRAKE FLUID, EXAM NORMAL, BLOO D WORK NORMAL SO CAN GO HOME, SEE DR FOR BLOOD WORK RECHECK TOMORROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2007	Age: 31 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: Other
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT HAS EXPOSURE TO AUTOMOBILE FLUIDS IN EYE AND BODY DX CHEMICAL EXPOSURE EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
PAINFUL RASH ON HANDS AND WRISTS, WAS USING BRAKE CLEANER/ CONTACT DERM ATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2007	Age: 2 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: Automotive chemicals, Nonglass bottles or jars
UNSUPERVISED, INGESTED ?# OF TIRE POLISH PLACED IN A *** BOTTLE "ACC IN GESTION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED "***" INTO R EYE-LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT SPLASHED HYDROLIC FLUID IN EYES TODAY DX: EYE INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT GOT *** TYPE CHEMICAL SPRAYED INTO EYES,C/O EYE PAIN,R HANDPAIN,DX B ILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASIONS, R HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals, Motor vehicles or parts
PT TRYING TO FIX FLAT TIRE ON CAR WHEN "***" CHEMICAL EXPLODED IN BOTH EYES. NO LOC. D:CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 53 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: Automotive chemicals
THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID IN A POP BOTTLE AND ACCIDENTLY TOOK A DRINK OF IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2007	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: Automotive chemicals
PARENTS BELIEVE CHILD MAY HAVE INGESTED BRAKE FLUID,FOUND WITH IT AROUN D MOUTH/ NON TOXIC INGESTION ( POSSIBLE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2007	Age: 22 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: Automotive chemicals
PT SPRAYED, BY BROTHER, WITH "*** TIRE WET" -
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/01/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT WORKING ON HIS CAR AT HOME AND GOT SOME OF THE AUTOMOTIVE FLUID IN RIGHT EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE BILATERAL EYES.PT HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID IN EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
ACCIDENTALLY SPRAY CAR CARE CHEMICAL IN EYE CAUSING CONJUNTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2007	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
BROTHER SPRAYED *** ENGINE DEGREASER IN EYES AT HOME. DX; CHEMICALCONJ UNCTIVITIS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals, Motor vehicles or parts
~PT WAS WROKING UNDER HOOD OF CAR & EXPOSED TO CHEMICALS, BECAME DIZZYH IT HEAD & PASSED OUT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/22/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
2 YOF DRANK BRAKE FLUID @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Automotive chemicals, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WORKING ON HIS CAR AND SPILLED SOME DEGREASER IN HIS LAP SOAKED THRO UGH JEANS ONTO PENIS SEVERE BURNING CHEMICAL BURNS TO PENIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2007	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Automotive chemicals, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WORKING ON TRANSMISSION IN CAR,TRANSMISSION FLUID DROPPED IN R EYE C/O REDNESS,TEARFUL,VISION BLURRED, DX CHEMICAL IRRITATION OF R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Automotive chemicals
PATIENT SLIPPED ON TRANSMISSION FLUID AT CONVINANCE STORE. DX FRACTUR E TO COCCYX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Automotive chemicals
C/O BRAKE SOLUTION ON EYE CORNEAL ABRASION, CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2007	Age: 11 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: Other
Product: Automotive chemicals
11 YOM SPLATTERED FIX A FLAT IN EYE/EYE IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals, Tablet or capsule drugs
PT WAS FOUND IN HIS CAR AFTER TAKING * AND * ANDDRINKING BRAKE FLUI D POLYSUBSTANCE ABUSE ALTERED MENTAL STATUS
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 02/08/2007	Age: 43 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: Automotive chemicals, Clothing accessories
43 YO BURN FINGER WHEN GLOVES STUCK TO FINGERS FROM *** CHEMICAL BURN F INGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
PATIENT SPLASHED LIQUID GLASS RADIATOR LEAK FREE IN EYES. DX; CHEMICA L CONJUNTIVITIS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/02/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT PRESENTED WITH CHEMICAL CONJUNTIVITIS TO RIGHT EYE FROM SPLASHING BR AKE FLUID INTO IT. PT C/O PAIN, BURNING AND ITCHING, REDNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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