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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 489
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/24/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals, School equipment |
| PATIENT IN CHEMISTRY CLASS AT SCHOOL, TEACHER PLACING SODIUM HYDROXIDE IN WATER, HOOD NOT CLOSED, LIQUID SPLASHED ON ARMS; CHEMICAL BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT IN LAB AT UNIVERSITY WHEN AN ETHANOL SOLUTION OF KOH SPLASHED PT IN R EYE DX- CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT WAS HANDLING CITRIC ACID POWDER IN SCIENCE CLASS AT SCHOOL. GOT SOME ON R HAND, RUBBED EYES. EYE FLUSHED OUT. ITCHING, TEARING. DX CHEM CONJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2009 | Age: 25 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 |
| STUDENT GOT FORMIC ACID SPLASH TO EYE IN LAB. WAS WEARING CONTACT LENSE S. DX:CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT WITH COUGH AND GREENISH SPUTUM. THINKS POSSIBLE ALLERGIC RXN TO ACID S WHILE STUDENT IN CHEM LAB AT UNIVERSITY. LPTMS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/24/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| BILATERAL EYE INJURY FROM ACETONE GETTING INTO BOTH EYES. DX-ACUTE BILATERAL EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals, Clothing accessories |
| PT WAS USING CHEMICALS IN CLASS AT SCHOOL, WEARING DISPOSABLE GLOVES, D EVELOPED SWELLING,ITCHING TO HANDS,WARM FACE, DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT WAS IN CHEMISTRY LAB AND INJECTED SELF W/ *** ON THE THUMBC/O THUMB BEING BLUE W/ NUMBNESS/PAIN.DX: CHEMICAL INJECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT IN CHEMISTRY LAB, WORKING WITH NITROBENZINE, C/O DIZZINESS DX;; TO XIC CHEMICAL INHALATION / EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2009 | Age: 29 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, Eye protection devices |
| MEDICAL CHEMIST GRADUATE STUDENT SPLASHED DICHLOROMETHANE ONTO SIDE. TO OK OFF GOGGLES & SOME SPLASHED IN EYE. D:CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals, Chemistry sets or science kits |
| IN SCIENCE CLASS, A STUDENT PLACED THE "SLIME" THEY WERE MAKING ONTO BU RNER&IT BEGAN SMOKING,+DIZZINESS&CHEEK ITCHING>>POLYVINYL ETOH/NA EXPOS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT W/ DIFFICULTY BREATHING. THINKS HE INHALED CHEMICAL FUMES DURING ORG ANIC CHEMISTRY LAB. CHLOROFORM, ZINC ACETATE, METHANOL. LPTMS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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