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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 145
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/05/2004 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Lighter fluids, Metal containers |
| FACE BURNS, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH LIGHTER FLUID FROM A CAN AT HOME, C/O REDNESS ON MOUTH, NOSE, PAIN, BLISTERS ON HANDS, NO REC OF FD ATT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2004 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Lighter fluids, Charcoal |
| 67 YO BM - 2ND & 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO HANDS, FINGERS, & ABDOMEN - FLAMES FROM LIGHTER FLUID WHICH WAS PUT ON CHARCOAL NO MENTION OF FIRE DEP'T. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2004 | Age: 61 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: Lighter fluids |
| MULTIPLE FACIAL,TRUNK AND BILATERAL HAND BURNS.PT WAS LIGHTING A FIRE W ITH LIGHTER FLUID AND WAS BURNED.NO FIRE DEPARTMENT MENTIONED. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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