Accidents - Heaters or heating systems - 50+ years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,245
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:	200	Face:	173
Lower Trunk:	141	Lower Arm:	117
Lower Leg:	104	Foot:	92
Head:	75	Upper Leg:	75
Wrist:	71	Ankle:	71
Knee:	45	Finger:	30
Toe:	30	Mouth:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT BURNED LEG WHEN GETTING TOO CLOSE TO HEATER AT HOME DX:BURN TO SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PATIENT WAS FOUND ONTO A HEATER AFTER LOSING CONSCIOUSNESS FROM CHEST PAINS SUSTAINING 2ND DEG BURNS TO BACK & LT ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/19/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FELL AND BUMPED INTO HEATER SPRAIN LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT WAS FOUND BY WIFE THIS AM NEXT TO HEATER W/BURNS TO KNEE. DX: FULL THICKNESS BURNS R KNEE & L ANT TIBIA, A FIB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/08/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Heaters or heating systems
RECENTLY STRUCK LEG ON SPACE HEATER BRUISTIN AND HEMATOMA RIGHT KNE E PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT C/O CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING, DUE TO HEATER MALFUNCTIONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FELL ON HEATER/FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Blankets
SPACE HEATER FELL ON BLANKET AND BLANKET CAUGHT FIRE. FD NS. DX: BILAT LEG BURN, MILD SMOKE INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Heaters or heating systems
60 YOF, TRIPPED OVER HEATER @ HOME LANDED ON BUTTOCKS, CONTUSION TO LUMBAR AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT FELL ASLEEP WITH A HEATER BY HER FEET AND WOKE UP WITH BURNS TO BOTH FEET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Carbon monoxide detectors
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HOUSE W CO ALARM GOING OFF FROM FAULTY HEATER DX:TOXIC EFFECT OF CARBON MONOXIDE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/28/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Heaters or heating systems
CO POISONING - 51 YOF EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE WITH FAMILY WHEN HOOK UP TO HEATER WAS DISCONNECTED, EXPOSURE FOR ABOUT 7 WEEKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT STEPPED ON HEATER COIL. DX: FOOT BLISTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT TRIPPED OVER HEATER AND HIT HEAD ON BOOKSHELF DX: HEAD CONT/HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
CUT FINGER ON A METAL BLADE OF HEATER FAN " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT W/DIABETES & PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY PROPPED FEET AGAINST SPACE HEATER. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS 5% R FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/03/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FOREARM LAC-CUT ON A HEATER-@ FRIEND'S HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT STATES HEATER FELL ON FOOT 1 WK AGO, TO ER WITH FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Heaters or heating systems
BUMPED ARM AND HEAD ON BATHROOM HEATER PREVIOUS EVENING HEMATOMA TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
CUT FINGER WHILE WORKING ON A WATER HEATER " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
LOST BALANCE AND FELL ONTO HEATER LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
84 YO MALE PASSED OUT AND FELL INTO HEATER AT BUS TERMINAL LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2006	Age: 88 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: Heaters or heating systems
PT WAS IN APT WHERE FIRE STARTED FROM WALL HEATER. +FD. DX: SMOKE INHALATION, MICROCYTIC ANEMIA, MILD RI, HYPONATREMIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT DX BURNED RT FOOT - PT C/O SHE BURNED SOLE O FOOT ON HEATHER X4 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FELL AGAINST HEATER " TIB PLATEAU FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
TOE LAC-CUT TOE ON METAL HEATER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
BILATERAL THIGH BURNS.PT FELL AGAINST A SPACE HEATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
55 YO MALE FELL ASLEEP WITH FEET ON SPACE HEATER AT MOTHER'S HOUSE BURN LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT TRIPPED OVER HEATER. DX: HEAD/CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Telephones or telephone accessories
PT TRIPPED AND FELL, HIT HEAD ON HEATER WHILE REACHING FOR PHONE, LOST BALANCE, LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
81 YOM BURNS BUTTOCKS FROM FALLING ONTO A HEATER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STEPPING OVER A HEATER AND FELL STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PATIENT FELL TODAY, HIT FACE ON HEATER AT HOME. DX-LACERATION LIP SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT FELL OVER HEATER. DX: R DISTAL RADIUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Chairs
GOT UP TO TURN HEATER OFF, FELL, POSSIBLY HITTING A CHAIR FRACTURE LT DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Heaters or heating systems
BREATHING GAS FUMES FROM HEATING SYSTEMINHALATION INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Heaters or heating systems
CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-C/O SOB, CHEST PAIN AND LETHARGY AFTER BEING E XPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES FROM HEATER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/19/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT DX 2ND DEGREE BURN OF RT BIG TOE - S/P PT FELL ON HEATER A WEEK AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Floors or flooring materials
WENT TO ADJUST HEATER, FELL IN FLOOR @ NURSING HOME DX TIB / FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/13/2006	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL ON HEATER. DX; 2 .5 CM LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT WALKIING INTO LIVING ROOM TO TURN OFF SPACE HEATER. SLIPPED AND HYPEREXTENDED KNEE. NOW THIGH PAIN. D:HAMSTRING STRAIN, CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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