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Accidents - School laboratory chemicals - Year 2003 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 192
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:61
16-25 years old:130

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: 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: 03/05/2003Age: 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

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