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Accidents - Coal or wood-burning stoves - 50+ years old - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,293
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:510Hand:263
All Of Body:195Eyeball:68
Lower Trunk:68Face:66
Neck:59Upper Arm:30
Head:15Upper Leg:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/24/2005Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING - PATIENT PRESENTS FROM HOME ON ADVISE OF FIR E DEPARTMENT AFTER DISCOVERING COAL STOVE MALFUNCTION - CO EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2005Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
PT. WAS LOADING WOOD IN HIS HEATER AND BECAME DIAPHORETIC AND HAD BACK PAIN. DIAGNOSIS; BACK PAIN, DIAPHORESIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2005Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
FELL WHILE PUTTING WOOD INTO HEATER CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/11/2005Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
83 YOM SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE TO EYE WHEN SMOKE WENT INTO EYE AFTER OPENING DOOR TO WOOD BURNING STOVE. FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT ATTEND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2005Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
FINGER CRUSHED BY PIECE OF WOOD WHILE PUTTING IT INTO WOODSTOVE/ COMPOU ND FX LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves, Chimneys
USING WOODBURNING STOVE TO HEAT,CLOG IN CHIMNEY C/O DIZZY, IRREGULAR HE ART RATE/ CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE, NOFD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT A PELLET STOVE WITH ALCOHOL AND RECEIVED FLASH BURN S TO HAND,NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
SMASHED FINGER PUTTING WOOD INTO WOOD BURNING FURNACE/ FINGER TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
FOREIGN BODY FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS SHE GOT A WOOD SPLINTER IN RIGHT THUMB WHEN LOADING WOOD INTO WOOD STOVE AT HOME JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
PT BURNED ARM ON WOOD STOVE. DX: L ARM BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2005Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves, Metal cookware
REACHING FOR TEA KETTLE ON WOOD STOVE, TRIPPED BURNING HAND ON STOVE. DX; 2ND DEGREE BURNS HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2005Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
CUT FINGER ON WOOD STOVE/ LAC LT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
HURT NECK CLEANING ASHES OUT OF STOVE DX CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2005Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
75 Y/O F INJURED R THUMB WHILE PUTTING WOOD INTO WOOD STOVE AND GOT LAR GE SPLINTER AT HOME. DX; FOREIGN BODY R THUMB REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN LOG AND WOOD STOVE DOOR. DX. FX/CONT/HEMA R MIDD LE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2005Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
SYNCOPAL EPISODE-WORKING IN GARAGE-@ HOME-ALL DAY W/ WOOD BURNING STOVE ? CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-COHB RESULTS PENDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
PT FRACTURED A FINGER FROM LOADING WOOD IN A WOOD STOVE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2005Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
PT TRIED TO MOVE 400LB LIT WOOD STOVE WHICH FELL ON HIM. DX: PART THICK BURNS BILAT PALMS, FULL THICK BURNS R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/19/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
PT. LOST BALANCE WHILE PUTTING WOOD IN STOVE AND BURNED HER HAND ON STOVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
PT TOUCHED WOOD STOVE. DX: SECOND DEG BURN R PALM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves
PT CUT L HAND ON EDGE OF WOOD STOVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2005Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves, Clothing accessories
PT WAS AT HOME PUTTING WOOD IN HIS WOOD BURNING STOVE WHEN HIS GLOVE CA UGHT FIRE CAUSING A BURN TO HIS LT THUMB/FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT ATTEND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Coal or wood-burning stoves, Fuel oils
PT THREW OIL IN A WOOD BURNING STOVE & FLAMES BLEW UP IN HIS FACE DX: 1ST DEGREE FACIAL BURNS; NO FD PRESENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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