Accidents - Automotive chemicals - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,265
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	222
Year 1998:	37
Year 2000:	170
Year 2001:	320
Year 2002:	272
Year 2004:	233
Year 2005:	129
Year 2006:	255
Year 2007:	109
Year 2008:	303
Year 2009:	90
Year 2010:	121

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,055	All Of Body:	278
Hand:	265	Lower Arm:	149
Upper Leg:	148	Finger:	114
Internal:	80	Wrist:	71
Elbow:	71	Face:	15
25 - 50% Body:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/19/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Automotive chemicals
51 Y MALE SHOT HYDRAULIC FLUID INTO FINGER WHEN CUTTING FINGER WHILE FEELING TUBING CAUSING LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2010	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
53YOM;PT. WAS CHECKING FLUIDS ON CAR; PT WAS SPLASHED ON WRIST; PT C/O BURNS TO LT. WRIST; DX: 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO LT. WRIST#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
58 YOM C/O FINGER PAIN GOT CHEMICALS ON IT AFTER WASHING CAR WITH ALUMINUM CLEANER. DX-CHEMICAL BURN FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
51 YR OLD MALE DX CHEMICAL BURN OF HAND - S/P HX OF HAND RASH AFTERUSIN G CHEMICAL TO WASH CAR X2 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF TRANSMISSION FLUID-WAS SYPHONING FLUID FROM CAR ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED A MOUTH FULL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT WAS WORKING ON CAR AND GOT BRAKE CLEANER INTO EYE DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT SPRAYED AN AEROSOL CAN OF FIX A FLAT INTO LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
GOT BRAKE FLUID INTO EYE DX: CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Automotive chemicals
52 YO M INGESTION OF RADIATOR STOP LEAK CONFLICTING STORY POSSIBLE INTENTIONAL INGESTION POSSIBLE SPILL INTO MOUTH*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT HAD POWER STEERING FLUID IN EYES-CORNEAL INJURY FROM FLUID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED "***" INTO R EYE-LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 53 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: Automotive chemicals
THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID IN A POP BOTTLE AND ACCIDENTLY TOOK A DRINK OF IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT HAD HYDRAULIC FLUID SPILL ON HIS FOREARM AND RECEIVED AN ABRASION TO THIS AREA. DX: RIGHT FOREARM ABRASION FROM HYDRAULIC FLUID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Automotive chemicals, Pressurized containers
WORKING IN OWN GARAGE WITH FOAM SEALANT, CAN LEAKED SEALANT ONTO BOTH H ANDS, PT UNABLE TO REMOVE DX: SURFACE FOREIGN MATTER OF BOTH HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Automotive chemicals, Metal containers
REMOVING A DRY GAS CONTAINER, CUT FINGER ON THE PLASTIC PIECE OF THE CA N " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR AT HOME AND GOT CARBEURATOR CHOKE FLUID IN RI GHT EYE CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Automotive chemicals
ANGIO EDEMA-FACIAL SWELLING SINCE USING *** ON CAR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
CARBURATOR CLEANER SPLASED IN EYE DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT WORKING ON CAR AND GOT BRAKE FLUID IN EYE C/O PAIN CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT WITH UPPER THIGH REDNESS. NO NEW MEDS OR DETERGENTS BUT MAY HAVE BEE N TOUCHED ON THIGH BY CARBURATOR CLEANER. D: POSS. CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
HUFFING CARBURATOR FLUID, HALLUCINATING DX: SUBSTANC ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT CLANING HER RV WHEN SHE GOT SOME OF THE CLEANER IN BOTH EYES STARTED TO BURN CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
DRY CHEMICAL FELL ON PATIENT IN A GAS STATION DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2004	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT SPRAYED BRAKE CLEANER ON SOME WASP AND LATER DEVELOPED PAIN AND SWEL LING TO ELBOW WHICH WAS EXPOSED TO BRAKE CLEANER. CONTACT DERMAT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
INHALING SUBSTANCE, ADMITS TO INHALING CARBURATOR FLUID DX: INHALANT ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Automotive chemicals
GOT BRAKE CLEANER IN HIS EYE OS TRAUMA WITH CHEMICALABRASION OF CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Automotive chemicals
ACCIDENTALLY INJECTED LEFT HAND WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID UNDER HIGHPRESSURE WHEN WORKING ON HIS ***.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 62 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: Automotive chemicals
IRRITANT CONJUNCTIVITIS R EYE - GOT BRAKE FLUID IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
AUTOMOTIVE *** SPLASHED IN EYE CHEMICAL SPLASH TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: 25 - 50% Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Automotive chemicals
WORKING ON A CAR USING A CHEMICAL SOLUTION THAT IGNITED FROM CAR BATTER Y PT'S SHIRT CAUGHT FIRE F.D. NOT NOTIFIED DX PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/01/2001	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2001	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2001	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2001	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2001	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2001	Age: 60 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: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2001	Age: 54 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: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2000	Age: 52 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: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2000	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2000	Age: 62 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: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2000	Age: 51 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: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/1998	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire:
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/1998	Age: 52 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: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/1997	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/1997	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire:
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/1997	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/1997	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	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: Automotive chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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