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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 939
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| PT WAS PUTTING GASOLINE ON A FIRE. GAS CAN BLEW UP IN PTS HAND. 2 DEG B URN HAND. 25%. NO FD. 20 YOM* |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/10/2009 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| STARTING FIRE - GASOLINE CAN CAUGHT ON FIRE - ? FD FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS RIGHT HAND AND ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| GAS CAN BLEW UP IN PATIENT'S HAND. DX-BURNED HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| GAS CAN BLEW UP IN PATIENT'S HAND, HAND IS RED AND SWOLLEN. DX-2ND DEGREE BURN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| INJURED HAND ON RUSTY GASOLINE CAN LOAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans, Gasoline |
| FILLING GAS CAN WHILE SMOKING CIGARETTE AND GAS EXPLODED BURNING HAND W ITH 2%TBSA,UNK FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans, Gasoline |
| PT WAS REMOVING GAS CANS FULL OF GAS FROM CAR WHEN ONE CAUGHT FIRE. FD NS. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS R HAND, L INDEX FINGER 1%. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| 26 Y/O FELL ON HAND, C/O HAND PAIN. FELL ON A GAS CAN DX-FX METACARPAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gasoline cans, Knives |
| 17YOM BOUGHT A NEW GASOLINE CAN,USED POCKET KNIFE TO REMOVE PLASTIC RIM ACCIDENTLY CUT RT HAND;HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans, Gasoline |
| PT WAS WORKING ON AN ENGINE WHEN A GAS CAN FELL ONTO THE ENGINE AND CAU GHT FIRE HE THREW IT SUSTAINED THERMAL BIURNS TO HANDS NS IF FD ATTENDE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| GAS CAN ON BOAT FELL ON HAND. DX. FX HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| 26 YO WM BURN HAND WHEN GAS CAN BURN UP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| PT HIT GAS CAN WITH FIST DX: L HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans, Power lawn mowers |
| MOM FOUND PT AND SIBLING RUNNING FROM LAUNDRY ROOM, GAS CAN AND LAWN MO WER IN FLAMES, PLUGGING IN ELECTRIC CORDS AT HOME; 2ND DG HAND, FD NOT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/23/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| PT REPORTS FRIEND LIT A GASOLINE CAN ON FIRE WITH BURNS TO RT HAND/ALLD IGITS, PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| RUPTURE TENDON LEFT HAND - 23 YOM S/P SURGERY TO HAND '99 TODAY GRABBED AN EMPTY GAS CAN AND HEARD A POP AND THEN SEVERE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| 26 YOM BURNED ON FLAMING GAS CAN BURN HAND NO FD INVOLVEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gasoline cans, Fuel-burning lighting equipment |
| LACERATION HAND - PATIENT WAS CAMPING WITH FRIENDS - ONE FRIEND HAND A LIGHTED TORCH NEAR GAS CAN - CAN IGNITED AND PROPELLED A SHOT INTO PT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| TRYING TO SET GAS CAN ON FIRE BUT HAND CAUGHT ON FIRE, FD UNKNOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2001 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/10/2000 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans, Day wear |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/1999 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/1998 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans, Fuel storage tanks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/1998 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Gasoline cans, Gasoline |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/1997 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gasoline cans, Gasoline |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/1997 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans, Gasoline |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/1997 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gasoline cans |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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