Accidents - Lye - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,353
See also: Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	180
Year 1998:	55
Year 1999:	157
Year 2000:	261
Year 2001:	276
Year 2002:	340
Year 2003:	446
Year 2004:	158
Year 2005:	421
Year 2006:	374
Year 2007:	432
Year 2008:	75
Year 2009:	173

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	646
6-15 years old:	33
16-25 years old:	222
26-50 years old:	2,073
50+ years old:	376

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	989	Face:	686
All Of Body:	358	Mouth:	226
Hand:	217	Lower Arm:	175
Foot:	171	Lower Leg:	158
Knee:	83	Upper Leg:	69
Pubic Region:	59	Lower Trunk:	50
Finger:	37	Neck:	34
Upper Trunk:	17	Unkown:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/20/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Lye
PT ACCIDENTLY INGESTED LYE PTA THOUGHT IT WAS SUGAR DX DRUG OVERDOSE AC CIDENTAL POISNING WITH LYE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2009	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye, Eye protection devices
PATIENT WAS MAKING SOAP AND GOT LYE AND OLIVE OIL INTO RT EYE, IT BURNED IMMEDIATELY, WAS WEARING GOGGLES. DX-CHEMICAL BURN TO RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye, Buckets or pails
MOTHER STATES CHILD WAS PLAYING WITH COUSINS AND THEY GOT INTO A BUCKET OF LYE THAT SPLASHED ON CHILDS FACE DX CHEMICAL BURN TO GI SYSTEM/MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/09/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
PT WAS WORKING UNDER HOUSE ON PLUMBING AND RED DEVIL LYE CORNEAL BUR N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2008	Age: 28 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: Lye
PT DX ALKALINE CHEMICAL BURN OF CORNEA AND CONJUNCTIVAL SAC - S/P C/O BURNING AND PAIN TO EYES AFTER LYE SPLASHED TO EYES AND FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
PT SPLASHED LYE IN FACE AT HOME TODAY DX// CHEMICAL BURN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lye
PT PLAYING WITH SIBLING AT GRANDPARENT GOT INTO LYE HAS EYE PAIN CONJUNCTIVITIS BILATERAL EYE, CHEMICAL ALKALI EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lye
PT PLAYING ON PORCH AT GRANDPARENT GOT INTO LYE CHEMICAL ALKALI EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2007	Age: 3 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: Lye, Oven cleaners
PT SPRAYED IN MOUTH W/*** OVEN CLEANER BY 5YO COUSIN, LOWER LIP SWOLLEN , C/O MOUTH, LIP & THROAT BURNING, MILD DROOLING; LYE INGESTION
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 10/23/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
CHEMICAL BURN TO FOOT, 7 DAYS AGO PT WORKING WITH CEMENT AND LYE AND GO T IT ON ANKLES/FEET AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 11 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: Lye
INGESTION-MOM PICKED PT UP FROM FRIENDS HOUSE, LOWER LIP MINIMAL SWELLI NG/CONTINUED TO SWELL, GOT IN CONTACT W/PERM SOLUTION-LYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lye
WENT TO BARBER HAD LYE PLACED ON MOUSTACHE BLISTERS ALLERGIC REACTION UPPER LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
PT GOT SODIUM HYDROXIDE ON BILATERAL HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
HAD SODIUM HYDROXIDE SPLASH TO FACE DX: CHEMICAL BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2007	Age: 52 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, Scald
Product: Lye
DX RIGHT THUMB BURN: FROM HOT LYE SOAP AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye, Hot water
LYE AND HOT WATER EXPOSURE , HELPING A FRIEND CLEAN A WATERLINE ON FLOO R CHEMICAL BURNS TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/20/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lye
PT WAS SPRAYED IN EYES W/LYE & RINSED W/WATER AT HOME 15 MIN. DX: BILAT EYE CHEMICAL EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
SODIUM HYDROXIDE SPILLED ON PENIS PENIS BURN (ALKALINE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
PT GOT RED DEVIL SPRAYED IN FACE; CHEMICAL BURN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
17 YO MALE BURNED LEFT BUTTOCKS WITH LYE CHEMICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lye
SLIPPED&FELL ON A CLEANING CHEMICALS, CONTAINING NAOH" F.ARM/BUTTOCKS/B ACK IRRITANT DERMATITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
R FOREARM CHEM BURN/27YOF AT HOME AT 10PM, BURNED ARM WITH EASY OFF LYE AND WASHED WITH WATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
WHILE DOING SOMEONE'S HAIR , LYE BLEW UP IN PATIENT'S FACE. DX: BURN TO FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
PT HAS CHEMICAL BURNS TO FACE AND MOUTH AFTER ACCIDENTALLY DRINKING LYE SULFUR TRANSFERED TO BURN CENTER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/20/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye, Chemicals
PT WAS WORKING IN CEMENT THAT HAD LYE AND CLORIDE. HE WAS KNEELING IN IT AND ENDURED CHEMICAL BURNS ON LOWER LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2005	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION IN EYE CHEMICAL BURN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2005	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: Lye
PATIENT GOT *** LYE IN EYE. DX-CHEMICAL BURN CONJUNCTIVA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye, Portable power drills and accessories
MIXING METHANOL AND LYE WITH ELECTRIC DRILL AND IT EXPLODED/ CHEMICAL BURN RT ARM, FOREARM HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2005	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye, Containers
PT GOT INTO A CONTAINER OF ***,SPLASHED ON ARM, DX LYE BURNS ON FOREARM ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
BURNING SENSATION TO KNEES SPILLED LYE DX: CHEMICAL BURN TO KNEES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2005	Age: 47 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: Lye
PT C/O SODIUM HYPROXIDE ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2005	Age: 23 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: Lye
PT FOUND UNDER BED WITH POWDER ON MOUTH/FACE/BACK/CHEST WITH BURNS TO MOUTH, INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2005	Age: 48 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: Lye
PT SWALLOWED LYE; C/O BURNING TO LIPS, GUMS AND SKIN OF HER NECK
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
SPILLED *** LYE ON LEG AND SUSTAINED A BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
MISTOOK RED DEVIL LYE FOR SALT DX BURN TO MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2004	Age: 44 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: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
LYE SPLASHED INTO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
CHEMICAL BURN TO LEFT HAND. PT SPILLED LYE ON HAND. LEFT AMA
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/10/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye, Sinks
PATIENT WAS UNCLOGGING THE SINK AT HOME AND GOT RED DEVIL LYN IN HIS EYES. DX-ALKALI BURNS TO EYES WITH CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
CHEMICAL BURNS TO BOTH EYES. PT ACCIDENTALLY SPLASHED LYE IN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
CHEMICAL BURN LEFT HAND. PT SPILLED LYE ON HANDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lye, Sinks
PT HAD "RED DEVIL" LYE SPLASH IN EYE WHILE PLUNGING SINK AT HOME. D:CHE MICAL INJURY, EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
CHEMICAL BURN TO LEFT FOOT. LYE CEMENT FELL ON FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2003	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: Lye, Bags
JUMPED ON BAG OF LYE, DUST WENT INTO EYES DX, CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lye
ALLERGIC DERM. PT GAVE DOG A BATH WITH A SOAP CONTAINING LYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
WAS AT A HOUSE WHERE THEY WERE MAKING CRANK, GOT LYE ON HER FEET CAUSING BURNS TO LOWER LEGS AND FEET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lye, Soaps
DX: LYE EXPOSURE L EYE. SPLASHED LYE INTO EYE WHILE MAKING SOAP AT HOME .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
PT GOT LYE ON HANDS & THEN ATE. DX: CHEMICAL BURN ESOPHAGUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
CHEMICAL BURN FACE - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH MOM WHO REPORTS CHILD SPRAYE D CLEANER CONTAINING LYE ON FACE - CHEEKS ARE FIREY RED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
LYE CLEANSER WASH IN EYE PREVIOUS DAY CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2002	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: Lye
BIL HAND BURNS. PT WAS USING A HYDRATING LYE TO TAN A DEER HIDE BURNING HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye, Bathtubs or showers
SUPERFICIAL CHEMICAL BURN ,. PT'S MOTHER WAS CLEANING BATHTUB WITH RED DEVIL LYE CLEANER AND PT GOT INTO IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
RT EYE ALKALINE BURN.PT ACCIDENTLY SPLASHED EYE WITH LYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye, Acids
PT. WAS CLEANING TOILET WITH DRAIN OPENER, SPLASHED ONTO PT., LYE WITH SULFURIC ACID, CAUSED EXPLOSION, BURNS BACK AND BUTTOCKS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Lye
DRANK WATER W/ LYE IN IT ACCIDENTALLY. PAIN TO MOUTH. LIPS BURNING. DX; ORAL PAIN DUE TO INGESTION OF LYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
44YOWM-CHEMICAL BURN LEFT EYE=SPLASHED LYE IN EYE-BY *** COMPANY-SODIUM HYDROXIDE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2002	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
CARRYING BOTTLE OF LYE WATER, DROPPED IT AND IT BROKE, SPLASHING HER IN EYES. DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE, RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	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: Lye, Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks
RT FOREARM CHEMICAL BURNS-SPLASHED LYE ON ARM AS HE WAS POURING IT INTO SEPTIC TANK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye, Sinks
RED DEVIL LYE SPLASHED INTO HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE CLEANING THE KITCHEN SINK AT HOME AT 1330. DX ALKALINE BURN OF RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
PT SPLASHED *** IN FACE AT HOME SUSTAINED A CHEMICAL BURN TO FACE CE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2001	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2001	Age: 18 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: Lye
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/02/2001	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2001	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lye, Sinks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2001	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2001	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2001	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye, Sinks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2001	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye, Sinks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2000	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2000	Age: 48 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: Lye, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2000	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2000	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2000	Age: 34 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: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2000	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2000	Age: 5 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: Lye
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/24/2000	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/1999	Age: 9 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: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/1999	Age: 43 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: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/1999	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/1999	Age: 10 months	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: Lye, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/1998	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/1998	Age: 32 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: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/1998	Age: 20 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: Other
Product: Lye, Bleaches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/1997	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/1997	Age: 3 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: Lye
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/17/1997	Age: 21 months	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: Lye
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/08/1997	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Lye, Day wear
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/1997	Age: 45 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: Lye
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/01/1997	Age: 28 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: Lye
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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