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Accidents - Other furnaces - 50+ years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 869
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Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:265Face:146
Hand:119Lower Trunk:90
Finger:75Shoulder:71
Wrist:71Lower Leg:14
Toe:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/19/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Mobile/Manufactured homeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Other furnaces
PT LIVES IN A MOBLE HOME, FOUND OUT THE FURNACE WAS FAULTY DX CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE//CAROXYHEMOGLOBIN 1.6
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2008Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Other furnaces
PT WAS AT HOME CHANGING A FILTER ON A FURNACE, HAND SLIPPED CAUSING A PARTIAL THUMBNAIL AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other furnaces
PT LAC HAND ON FURNACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2008Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Other furnaces
POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO CO, PT REPORTS PROBLEM WITH FURNACE---CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Other furnaces
PT @ HOME WHEN FURNACE EXPLODED; HAS BURNS ON FACE & HANDS. 1ST DEGRE E BURNS TO LT SIDE OF FACE. FIRE DEPT ATTENDED SCENE OF ACCIDENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Other furnaces
PT PUFF BACK FROM FURNACE CO LEVEL IN HOME HIGH PT HAS NO SYMPTOMS CO L EVEL 1.7 DX// CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2008Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Other furnaces, Thermostats
74YOF WAS ADJUSTING THERMOSTAT ON FURNACE,STEAM RELEASHED BURNING LT HAND;2ND DEGREE BURN TO LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2008Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other furnaces
NS:LOW BACK PAIN,STATES HAD FURNACE FIRE @ HOME,WENT INTO YARD,FALLING IN GRASS ON BUTTOCKS,STATES LOW BACK PAIN,UNK IF FIRE DEPT AT SCENE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Other furnaces
ACCIDENTALLY SCRAPED HER SHIN ON A CEMENT PART OF THE FURNACE >>SKIN TEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Other furnaces, Generators or power plants
CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-UNRESPONSIVE IN HOUSE-HAD BEEN CUTTING UP A FU RNACE WHILE USING A GASOLINE GENERATOR ENCLOSED UP IN A HOUSE-COHB 40.9
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 06/07/2008Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other furnaces
REPORTS ACCIDENTALLY STUBBED TOE AGAINST A FURNACE >>FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other furnaces
PT TRIPPED OVER A SMALL FURNACE-CONTUSION RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other furnaces
55 YOM LIFTING UP ON A FURNACE TO INSTALL WHEN IT SLIPPED AND HE TRIED TO CATCH THE FURNACE. DX: LACERATION TO LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2008Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other furnaces
WORKING WITH FURNACE IN BASEMENT NEAR SYNCOPE - VASOVAGAL REACTION / EPISTAXIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other furnaces
FOREHEAD LAC-FELL-HIT HEAD ON FURNACE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other furnaces, Doorsills or frames
60Y/O,F,SLIPPED ON WET TILE INTO FURNACE,HIT HEAD ON DOORWAY, FALL, R LOWER THORACIC PAIN, L FOREHEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2008Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other furnaces
LOW BACK PAIN-AFTER MOVING FURNACE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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