Accidents - Fuel-burning lighting equipment - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Mouth

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 111
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2001:	83
Year 2002:	15
Year 2003:	6
Year 2008:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/30/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
FELL OVER DOG ONTO LANTERN;DX LACERATED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
STRUCK IN FACE BY BAMBOO TORCH THROWN BY ANOTHER CHILD AT HOME; LIP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
WAS RUNNING WITH A CHEM LIGHT IN MOUTH AND FELL, CUT TOP OF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2001	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2001	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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