Accidents - Chemicals - 50+ years old - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,971
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	744	All Of Body:	472
Lower Arm:	272	Lower Leg:	76
Hand:	76	Upper Leg:	68
25 - 50% Body:	68	Neck:	46
Foot:	38	Face:	30
Upper Trunk:	15	Mouth:	15
Lower Trunk:	15	Unkown:	15
Finger:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/15/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Chemicals
69 YO MALE HAD CHEMICAL CLEANER SPLASH IN LEFT EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Chemicals
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO RT EYE( ORGANIC SPRAY) DX: CHEMICAL BURN TO EYELIDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals
83 YOF CC:EYE PN AFTER USING HAIR SOL FOR ECZEMA 11/27,NOW MOD RED/BURN DX: LFT EYE-CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS DUE TO EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals
PT "SOME CHEMICAL SPILLED ON MY HANDS" C/O DRYNESS AND ITCHINESS TO BOTH HANDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Chemicals
PATIENT SUSTAINED SPRAIN TO CERVICAL AFTER SWALLOWED SILICONE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Chemicals, Sinks
SMOKE INHALATION.PT HAD A CHEMICAL EXPLOSION UNDER SINK AND IT CAUGHT F IRE AND PT PUT IT OUT WITH TWO BUCKETS OF WATER.NO FIRE DEPARTMENT THER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2002	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: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals
HAD HOME FUMAGATED FOR MOLD BROKE OUT IN RASH OVER ENTIRE BODY DX ALLGE RIC REACTION TO CHEMICAL FUMAGATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Chemicals
71 YO FEMALE EXPOSED TO CLEANING CHEMICALS LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/05/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals
USING CHEMICALS @ WK. NOW C/O PAIN TO (L) FOREARM DX: (L) HAND IRRITATI ON, MILD EDEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals
EXPOSED TO UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Chemicals
GOT ASPHALT SEALER ON ARM / RED AND TENDER DX: CHEMICAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals, Floors or flooring materials
PT DEVELOPED BURNING TO CHEST AFTER INHALING CHEMICALS WHILE SPRAYING MOSQUITOES IN HIS YARD, THEN COLLAPSED TO FLOOR(CHEM EXPOS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals, Bottles or jars
PT DRANK 3-4 OZ OF METHYL ETHYL KETONE PEROXIDE WHICH WAS IN DRINKING W ATER BOTTLE. DX: CHEM BURNS OROPHARYNX/FACE/NECK/CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/14/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals
CHEMO POISONING, FEVER - 83 YOF ON CHEMOTHERAPY, DEVELOPED FEVER LAST N IGHT, GIVEN *** AND DEVELOPED CHILLS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals
PAIN TO LT WRIST. CHEMICAL BURNS TO BOTH LEGS. SLIPPED AND FELL INTO CHEMICAL MIX. DX; SPRAIN LT WRIST/ PARTIAL THICKNESS CHEMICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals
INHALED ANT AND ROACH KILLER C/O THROAT IRRITATION S.O.B DUE TO ORGA NOPHOSPHATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals
SPRAYED SILICONE IN EYES CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals
=73YOM BURN TO ARM TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE WHILE CLEANING ON COTTAGE DX/CHEMICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals, Tables
ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF WATERBED CONDITIONER THAT WAS ON BEDSTAND NEXT TO COUGH MEDICINE(DIMETHYL BENZYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDE 10%)/ACC INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/22/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Chemicals, Towels or cloths
C/O RASH. PT GRABBED THE WRONG WASH CLOTH TO WIPE OFF FACE AND USED ONE THAT HAD CHEMICALS ON IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Chemicals
CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - 64 YOM WHO SPLASHED ACETONE INTO RIGHT EYE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals
PT SUST BURN TO MOUTH FROM CHEMICAL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 53 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: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals, Desk supplies
53YOF-POSSIBLE ANTHRAX EXPOSURE-OPENED ENVELOPE AT HOME WHITE POWDER IN IT-STARTED ITCHING ON HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chemicals
CHEM IRRITATION R EYE/59YOM GOT MURIATIC ACID IN R EYE 15 HRS AGO. IRRI TATED EYE LAST PM. DENIES PAIN. C/O SLIGHT HAZYNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chemicals
BILATERAL EYE IRRITATION, BOT CLEANING SOLUTION IN EYES WHILE KEEPING A FRIEND CLEAN ON AIRPLANE, DOESNT KNOW NAME OF CHEMICAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals
PATIENT INHALLED *.(NO OTHER DETAILS EXCEPT THAT PT LEFT WITHOUTBEING SEEN). DX: SHORT OF BREATH/POSIONING FROM INHALATION OF *.
Disposition: Not recorded

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals
USE SOLUTION THINKING IT WAS SHAMPOO. BOTTLE LABEL PEELED OFFCHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals
PT BROUGHT IN FOR EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL /UNKNOWNDX: EXPOSURE TO UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals, Tableware and accessories
PT. ACCIDENTLY DRANK SOME CHEMICALS THAT WERE IN A CUP. THE CHEMICAL W AS BAR KEEPERS FRIEND A POLISH REMOVER-- CHEMICAL INGESTION, POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Chemicals
CORN ABR. PT SPLASHED A CHEMICAL INTO EYE AT HOME WHEN CLEANING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals
BURNS 2ND DEGREE (L&R) HANDS, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH SOME CHEMICAL AT HOME, C/O REDNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Chemicals
RT CONJUNCTIVITIS AWOKE WITH EYE DRAINING AND RED WORKS WITH CHEMICALSI N A GREEN HOUSE BUT UNSURE WHAT CAUSE SYMPTOMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Chemicals
ALLERGIC REACTION ON FACE-EITHER FROM SPRAYING WEEDS AT HOME- OR SUNBURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals, Toilets
PT CLEANED TOILET AT HOME WITH MURIATIC ACID, SAT ***N ON TOILET TO GOU RINATE STILL SOME ON THE SEAT, CHEMICAL BURNS BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Chemicals
ITCHY RASH TO LEFT LOWER LEG LEG AND ANKLE, EXPOSED TO CHEMICAL IN BASE MENT YESTERDAY, ALSO HAD BEEN OUTSIDE. CONTACT DERMATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chemicals
EXPOSED TO BEAUTY CHEMICALSALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals
PT SPRAYED FOGGER AT HOME, INHALED IRRITANT DX: CHEMICAL INHALATION, FOGGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Chemicals
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN CHEMICAL GOT IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals, Metal containers
INHALED CLEAR, ODORLESS CHEMICAL GAS FROM CAN AT CASINO NON-TOXIC INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals, Containers
INHALED CLEAR, ODORLESS CHEMICAL GAS FROM CAN AT CASINO NON-TOXIC INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chemicals
PT WORKING CREOSITE AT HOME, SUSTAINED A BURN TO RT LOWER ARM, CELLULIT IS LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals
PT BROUGHT IN FOR EVAL AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO METH LAB DX: METH EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals
PT USING *** AT HOME, SUSTAINED CHEMICAL BURNS TO BOTH THIGHS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: 25 - 50% Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chemicals
C/O RASH TO LT SIDE OF NECK, POSS. FROM CEFTIN OR CHEMICAL CLEANING THE GRIDDLE. * DERMATITIS TO NECK AND FACE. DO NOT * PT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chemicals
PT SRAYED CHEMICAL IN YARD0 G0T INTO EYES DX: ACUTE DELUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals
CHEMICAL BURN TO EYES WHEN CHEMICAL GOT IN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Chemicals
PT ACCIDENTLY PUT EYE GLASS CLEANING CHEMICAL IN BOTH EYES THINKING THE Y WERE EYE DROPS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chemicals
R CORNEAL ULCERATION; ACETONE ACCIDENTALLY SPLASHED IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals
POISONING, VIA EMS, PT INGESTED SOME CAUSTIC LIQUID AT HOME, ADM ER CONCOURSE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/12/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals
CHEMICAL BURN TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Chemicals
CHEM. CONJUNCTIVITIS/56YOWF STS HAD ROCK SALT BLOWN ONTO FACE & REYE. F LUSHED EYE/WASHED FACE & CONTINUES BURNING R CHEEK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Chemicals
PATIENT HAD CHEMICAL METHYLINE CHLORIDE SPLASH IN EYE. D:CHEMICAL CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chemicals
PT SPILLED POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE ON FEET, LYE BURNS BILATERAL FEET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chemicals
WORRIED WELL - WAS USING A DE-ICER ON HIS DRIVEWAY AND THOUGHT HE HAD GOTTEN SOME IN HIS LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Chemicals
EXPOSED TO CHEMICAL WHEN AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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