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Accidents - Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners - 50+ years old - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 189
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Foot:76Eyeball:66
All Of Body:46

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 06/17/2005Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
PT SPILLED MINERAL SPIRITS ON FOOT; CHEMICAL BURN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2005Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
PT DX ASTHMA EXACERBATION DUE TO INHALING PAINT REMOVER AT HOME THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
PT.INJ.L.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING PAINT THINER & SPLASHED SOME IN EYE. DX ; CORNEAL ABRASION L.EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
PT DX UNINTENTIONAL INGESTION - S/P ACCIDENTALLY DRANK A MOUTHFUL OF PAINT THINNER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2005Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
PHARYNGITIS-SINCE WORKING W/ PAINT THINNER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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