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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 354
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/28/2010 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Furniture polishes or waxes |
| 66YOF GOT FURNITURE POLISH IN RIGHT EYE CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2009 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Furniture polishes or waxes, Furniture |
| C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF DYPSNEA/SOB WHLE POLISHING THE FURNITURE THEN PASSE D OUT&FELL >>SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/14/2007 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Furniture polishes or waxes |
| PT AWOKE AND DRANK FROM A BOTTLE OF FURNITURE POLISH INSTEAD OF HER WAT ER SPIT IT OUT RINSED MOUTH DX// ACCIDENTAL INGESTION A SYMPTOMATIC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Furniture polishes or waxes |
| BURNT FINGER ON HOT WAX " BURN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Furniture polishes or waxes |
| SLIPPED ON FURNITURE POLISH AND FELL SPRAIN LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Furniture polishes or waxes |
| PATIENT WAS USING FURNITURE POLISH AS A STARTER TO BURN TRASH AT HOME, EXPLODED. DX-2ND DEGREE BURNS MULTIPLE SITES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2005 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Furniture polishes or waxes, Aerosol containers |
| TRAUMA EYES.PT.REFERS WHILE SPRAY FURNITURE POLISH FELL ON EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Furniture polishes or waxes |
| GENERALIZED URTICARIA, USED "NEW ***" LAST NIGHT AND TODAY, HIVES ON TR UNK AND SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2000 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Furniture polishes or waxes, Furniture |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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