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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 663
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other furnaces |
| FURNACE BLEW UP IN PT'S FACE.BILATERAL EYE FOREIGN BODYS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other furnaces |
| LACERATION RT 5TH FINGER-SUS 2CM LACERATION TO RT 5TH FINGER ON PIECE O F SHARP METAL ON FURNACE. HAS MILD BLEEDING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Other furnaces |
| CARBON MONO EXP. THE PILOT LIGHT KEPT GOING OUT ON FURNACE. PT CO LEVEL WAS 17.3. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2002 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other furnaces |
| PT FELL LOST BALANCE AT HOME HIT ARM ON FURNACE DX: FX FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/02/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Other furnaces, Solid room deodorizers or fresheners |
| SMOKE INHALATION.FIRE WAS STARTED BY FURNACE CAUSING INSCENTS TO SPARK AND SPARK A PILLOW.NO FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other furnaces |
| LACERATION HAND TENDON INVOLVEMENT - 73 YOM DEEPLY SCRAPED THE BACK OF RIGHT HAND, 4TH KNUCKLE, ON A FURNACE WHILE WORKING ON IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Other furnaces |
| ANOXIA - PATIENT PRESENTS VIA AMBULANCE FROM HOME - FOUND UNCONSCIOUS - FURNACE MALFUNCTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Other furnaces |
| 68 YOM HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING D/T FUMES FROM A BLOCKED FURNACE. ANOX IA |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 10/02/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other furnaces |
| SHE TURNED HER FURNACE ON FOR THE FIRST TIME AND STARTED COUGHING DUE TO THE DUST DX: COUGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other furnaces |
| PT INJURED BACK INSTALLING FURNACE, ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN SECONDARY TO ST RAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other furnaces |
| PT. RECEIVED FRACTURE TO HIS FINGER WHEN AN OLD FURNACE FELL OFF END OF A TRUCK AND LANDED ON FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2002 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Other furnaces |
| WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE FURNACE, TOOK THE DOOR OFF AND IT BLEW UP I N HER FACE. SMOKE INHALATION FIRE DEPARTMENT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/27/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other furnaces |
| PT INJURED WORKING ON FURNACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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