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Accidents - Swimming pool chemicals - 50+ years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 276
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:102Face:86
All Of Body:86

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/28/2006Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Toilet bowl products
CHLORINE GAS VAPOR INHALATION; 2 D AGO PUT 2 CHLORINE TABS IN TOILET, T ODAY USED "***" TOILET CLEANER WHICH FOAMED & RELEASED GASES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2006Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
PT WAS PUTTING CHEMICALS INTO POOL AT HOME AND WIPED SWEAT OFF FACE SLEEVE OF SHIRT & HAD CHEMICAL ON SHIRT , DX: 1ST DEGREE BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2006Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
POOL CLEANER IN EYES CEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2006Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Containers
OPENING A CONTAINER OF CHLORINE TABS FOR SWIMMING POOLS CLEANING, LATER SOB " TOXIC INHALATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2006Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Cosmetics
PATIENT COMPLAINING OF BILATERAL EYE IRRITATION, FELL ASLEEP WITHOUT REMOVING EYE CREAM & WENT SWIMMING, CHLORINE IRRITATED EYES AGAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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