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Accidents - School laboratory chemicals - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 429
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:100
16-25 years old:329
Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Arm:192Eyeball:123
Upper Leg:69Hand:16
Unkown:16All Of Body:12

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/18/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: School laboratory chemicals
CHEMICAL BURNS (L) FOREARM, V. EMS, PT SUST CHEMICAL BURNS DURING A CLA SS, C/O REDNESS FOREARM, (R) HAND, NO BLISTERS, POISON CONTROL NOTIF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: School laboratory chemicals, School equipment
IN CHEMISTRY CLASS AT SCHOOL, HOOD BROKE AND SHE SNIFFED NITRIC ACIDUP HER NOSE, W/ FREQ COUGH AND NASAL BURNING; STRIDOR S/P NOXIOUS FUMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: School laboratory chemicals
CONT DERM. PT HAD A REACTION TO CHEMICALS IN CLASS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2003Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: School laboratory chemicals
POSS. INGESTION OF " BLUE POWDER" IN CHEM. LAB AT SCHOOL. PT. TOUCHED POWDER W/O WASHING HANDS. DX: CUPRIC CHLORIDE EXPOSURE / INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: School laboratory chemicals
PT WITH POSSIBLE SULFURIC ACID CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO LEG AND POSSIBLY AR M ON CAMPUS. SEEN 1ST AT STUDENT HEALTH. D:CHEMICAL BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: School laboratory chemicals
BURNED LT. HAND AT SCHOOL WITH SULFURIC ACID, TRYING TO MAKE FIRECRACKE RS. DX. CHEM BURNS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: School laboratory chemicals
PT SUSTAINED CHEMICAL SPILL TO ARM (BENZYL BROMIDE, NA BICARB, PYRIDINE & OTHERS) WHILE IN CHEMISTRY CLASS. D: CHEMICAL BURN, ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: School laboratory chemicals
STUDENT EXPOSED TO COPPER SULFATE POWDER IN SCHOOL. D: CHEMICAL EXPOSUR E, EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: School laboratory chemicals
STUDENT SPILLED FORMIC ACID ON FOREARM DURING CHEMISTRY LAB. D: PARTIAL THICKNESS ACID BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: School laboratory chemicals
PT, WEARING CONTACT LENSES, WAS DISSECTING SQUID IN BIOLOGY LAB WHEN FO RMALDEHYPDE SPLASHED IN EYE. EYE BURNING. D:ALKALI EXPOSURE, EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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