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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 246
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/15/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| DX>PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS BIL HANDS AND FAC. CORNEAL ABRASION. U OF W CHEM STUDENT MIXING SODIUM TETRAFLUORINE WHEN IT EXPLODED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| SPILLED SILVER NITRATE ON LT LATERAL ANKLE/ SILVER NITRATE BURN LT ANKL E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT GOT A DROP OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE IN EYE DURING AN EXPERIMENT IN BIOLO GY CLASS. D: RIGHT EYE EXPOSURE TO NAOH & CUPRIC SULFATE - NO INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| 16YOM IN CHEMISTRY CLASS, UNKNOWN ACID SPILLED AND PT INADVERTENTLY LAI D ARM IN SPILL DX:2ND DEGREE CHEM BURN FOM UNKNOWN CHEMICAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| IN CHEMISTRY CLASS, CHEMICAL BURN TO RIGHT HAND K CHLORATE AND SULFER S DIOXIDE. DX 1ST DEGREE CHEMICAL BURN RIGHT ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| 28 YO F CUT FINGER WHILE WORKING ON LABS IN LABORATORY LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| ELEM MERC EXP/12YOWM 2 DAYS AGO @ SCH PLAYING W/ELEMENTAL HG & SINCE HA S SMALL SPOTS ON WRISTS.FUNNY TASTE IN MOUTH.LEGS ACHE,NOT SLEEPING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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