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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,246
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2003 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| SAT ON ACID CONTAINER AND ATE THROUGH PANTS DX: CHEMICAL BURN R BUTTOCKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2003 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PUT CALLOUS REMOVER IN EYE BY MISTAKE DX CHEMICAL CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2003 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| FACIAL BURNS, SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION W/NC02 DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/26/2003 | Age: 63 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 |
| ACUTE INGESTION OF CHEMICALS CONTAINING RED DYE DX: RASH ITCHING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2003 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT C/O CHEMICAL BURNS TO RT AND LEFT WRISTS FROM FOAM RUBBER SOLUTION 1 ST DEGREE BURN DORSAL WRISTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2003 | Age: 56 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 |
| CHEMICAL EXPOSURE.PT WAS AT A CHINESE RESTAURANT AND NEXT THEY WERE USI NG XYLENE AND IT WENT INTO RESTAURANTS DUCKS AND PT VOMITING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2003 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| 78 YO MALE GOT WEED SPRAY IN EYES,BILAT CHEMICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals |
| INGESTION, ALLERGIC REACTION - 71 YOM WAS EATING SOME CARROTS THAT WERE IN A BOWL THAT HAD RESIDUE FROM CLR ON IT, NOW FEELS FLUSHED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2003 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| BURN FOOT ON LIQUID WEED KILLER CHEMICAL BURNS RIGHT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2003 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT HAD ALLERGIC REACTION TO MULTIPLE AGENTS INCLUDING AGENTS THROAT SWO LLEN AND TROUBLE BREATHING ALLERGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT SPLASHED BATHROOM CLEANER IN EYE; CHEMICAL BURN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2003 | Age: 52 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 WAS BEING TREATED FOR EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals, Tableware and accessories |
| CHEMICAL INGESTION-ACCIDENTALLY DRANK 4-5 OZ OF WEXICIDE. NOT SURE HOW IT GOT IN HIS COFFEE CUP. HAS NAUSEA/VOMITING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals, Day wear |
| 56 Y.O.W/M WITH CHEMICAL BURNS TO LEGS. WAS USING ROUND UP WEED KILLER AND LEAKED THRU PANTS ONTO LEG AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2003 | Age: 80 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 |
| 80 YO FEMALE PUT FUNGICIDE IN RIGHT EYE INSTEAD OF VISINE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PUT *** INTO EYE BY MISTAKE DX: CHEMICAL BURN TO CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2003 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Chemicals |
| 54 YO FEMALE WAS SHORT OF BREATH AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO CHEMICALS USED IN BATHROOM AT CASINO - TOXIC FUME INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT DX CHEMICAL SPLASH BOTH EYES - 1ST DEGREE BURN TO FACE. PT STATES SHE WAS SPLASHED IN FACE AND EYES WITH ANTIFREEZE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chemicals, Clothes dryers |
| ALLERGIC RHINITIS - 57 YOF C/O BURNING AND ITCHING EYES AND SORETHROAT X2 DAYS, EXPOSED TO CHEMICALS SPRAYED IN DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT C/O FACIAL SWELLING AFTER GARDENING AT HOME WITH CHEMICALS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chemicals |
| CHEMICAL DYE IN LEFT EAR - CHEMICAL IRRITATION LEFT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT EXPOSED TO XYLENE SPILL AT HOSPITAL YESTERDAY, HEADACHE ASTHMA POST INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Chemicals, Bags |
| 59YOM LIFTED BAGS OF ROCK SALT NOW HAS FLANK PAIN DX: ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMBAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chemicals |
| BECAME ILL AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO CHEMICAL AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT WAS USING MOSS REMOVER ON SIDING. DX: BILAT HAND CHEMICAL BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2003 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED EXPOSURE TO GAS AFTER E WAS EXPOSED TO GAS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2003 | Age: 52 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 |
| 52 YO F INHALED SOME UNKNOWN CHEMICAL. DX INHALATION OF NOXIOUS FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITS - PT ACCIDENTALLY PLACING CORN REMOVER IN RT EYE INSTEAD OF VISINE EYE DROPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| BURN TO HAND FROM CHEMICALS AT MARKET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT C/O CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE S/P SPRAY ACCIDENTALLY GETTING INTO HIS EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2003 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| 81 YOF CHEMICAL BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2003 | Age: 73 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 DX CHENICAL EXPOSURE - C/O CHEMICAL MADE BY NEIGHBOR FROM APT BELOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Chemicals |
| 58 YO MALE GOT CHEMICAL ROCK SALT IN EYES F/B EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2003 | Age: 61 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: Anoxia |
| Product: Chemicals, Floors or flooring materials |
| CHEMICAL EXPOSURE STRIPPING FLOORS - INHALATION FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| ACCIDENTALY PUT CHEMICAL IN EYE WHEN THOUGHT IT WAS EYE MEDICATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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