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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 957
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PAIN AND REDNESS TO FINGER AFTER WORKING WITH CHEMICAL DX: CELLULITUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chemicals |
| 52 YOF WAS EXPOSED TO CHEMICALS FROM HEAD LICE TREATMENT ALLERGIC REACTION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT W/ SORE TO R INNER ANKLE,SKIN ABRASION,BURN PER ER NOTES LOOKS LIKE CHEMICAL BURNS, DX SUPERFICIAL L ANKLE CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT DX CORNEAL INJURY TO RT EYE - S/P DUE TO CHEMICL EXPOSURE (***.PT TH OUGHT IT WAS HIS REGULAR EYDROP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT DX CORNEAL INJURY TO RT EYE - S/P PT FELL FROM SLIPPING AND TRIPPING TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2008 | Age: 56 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 |
| PT AWOKE TO SMELL OF STRONG ODOR;PASSING OUT GAGGING FOR BREATH. DX: TO XIC EXPOSURE; CHEMICAL INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 87 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, Air conditioners |
| POISONING INGESTION FROM AMMONIA CHLORIDE USED IN AIR CONDITION UNITS. DX-AMMONIA/CHLORIDE INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 57 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, Fans |
| PT WAS EXPOSED TO BORIC ACID LAID DOWN FOR ROACH PROBLEM, FANS WERE ON, HAD S.O.B., DIZZINESS & ANXIETY. DX-NON-TOXIC BORIC ACID EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PRESENTS WITH RASH ONTO ARMS&LEGS STATUS POST EXPOSURE TO ?CHEMICALS >> RASH |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| 70 YOM SUSTAINED BURNS TO UPPER AND LOWER BACK AFTER LEANING BACK AGAIN ST AN AREA SPRAYED WITH CHEMICALS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 62 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, Fire extinguishers |
| PT DX TOXUC EFFECT SECONDARY EXPOXURE TO HALON - COVERED WITH WHITE POWDER SUBSTANCE FROM EXTINGUISHER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT SUSTAINED CHEMICAL BURN TO EYES AFTER *** GRAY PUTTY WENTINTO HIS EY ES* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2008 | Age: 60 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 |
| PT KNELT IN CHEMICALS AGT FRIEND'S HOUSE. DX: BILAT LEG BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 60 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 |
| PT WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO CHEMICAL FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT REMODELING HIS KITCHEN AND GOT SOME CHEMICALS ONTO HANDS RED AND BU RNING CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| BURNED FINGER. R INDEX FINGER BURNED W LIQUID NITROGEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT HAD CALCIUM CHLORIDE SPLASH INTO L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 52 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 |
| PT DX ACTE EXACERBATION OF ASTHMA - S/P PT C/O SNIFFING STRONG CHEMICALS TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 66 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, Sinks |
| SHORTNESS OF BREATH. PT INHALED FUMES FROM CHEMICALS POURED DOWN A SINK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | Age: 58 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: Other |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT C/O CHEMICAL EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | 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 EXPOSED TO CHEMICAL FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | 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, Sinks |
| SUDDEN ONSET OF CHEST PAIN, SHORTNESS OF BREATH AFTER INHALING FUMES FR OM "LIPQUID FIRE" WHILE POURING IT DOWN TO CLEAR A SINK CLOG>>FUME EXPO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 51 YO F FACIAL SWELLING POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | Age: 53 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, Refrigerators |
| PT EXPOSED TO *** FROM REFRIGERATOR, DEVELOPED MILD SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Chemicals |
| PT HAD CHEMICAL SPLASHED INTO RT EYE DX: CHEMICAL BURN(ALKALINE) - CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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