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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 387
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/05/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| WAS LIGHTING A WATER HEATER WHEN FLAME FLASHED BACK AND BURNED PT'S FAC E DX- BURN NO FIRE DEPT RESPONCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT WITH BURNS TO FACE AFTER LIGHTING HOT WATER HEATER AND FLAME FLASHED BACK ON PT CAUSING BURNS. DX PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS TO FACE NO FIRE DE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| 57 Y/O REPAIRING HIS HOT WATER HEATER, FELL STRIKING CONCRETE. DX-LAC. RIGHT EYEBROW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| WORKING ON HOT WATER HEATER; IT TIPPED OVER & CAUGHT HIS NOSE. NASAL L AC > 24 HRS OLD, INFECTED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters, Footwear |
| PT STATES WHILE TAKING OFF HIS SHOES HE HIT HIS FOREHEAD ON THE WATER H EATER IN THE MUD ROOM DX LACERATION TO FOREHEAD 1 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT WAS CHANGING A WATER HEATER AND FELL ONTO BUTTOCKS, WATER HEATER HITTING PT IN FACE. DX: NOSE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT WAS LIGHTING WATER HEATER PILOT LITE AND IT FLASHED, BURNED FACE NO F.D. ATTENDANCE NOTED IN ER RECORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| WAS WORKING O A WATER HEATER WHEN GAS FLARED UP AND CAUSED A FLASH BURN TO PT'S FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| WAS PUSHED BY SISTER HIT FOREHEAD ON HOT WATER HEATER COVER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| 1% FACIAL BURN.PT LITE A PILOT LIGHT IN WATER HEATER AND IT FLASHED AND BURN ED FACE.NO FIRE DEPT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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