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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 759
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| RIGHT HAND BURN. PT SUFFERED A FLASH BURN FROM HOT WATER HEATER FD DID NOT ATTEND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT WORKING ON A HOT WATER HEATER AND SUSTAINED A PW TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT PRESENTS TO ED FROM HOME W/ C/O BURNING TO HIS R HAND WHEN ATTEMPTIN G TO LIGHT PILOT ON GAS WATER HEATER. DX. BURNS 1ST & 2ND DEG R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters, Lighters |
| FLASH WHEN LIGHTING PILOT LIDHT WITH LIGHTER,[ GAS H2O HEATER], DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT RETURNED FROM VISIT W/ DAD W/ A BURN ON HIS R HAND. DAD SAYS ITS FRO M PT PLAYING W/ WATER HEATER NOZZLE. SCALD BURN. DX R HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT FELL IN HIS GARAGE JAMMED RIGHT HAN D INTO THE HOT WATER HEATER SUST AINED A HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT SUS BURN TO HAND AFTER GAS WATER HEATER WENT OFF% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT WAS BURNED WHILE LIGHTING PILOT LIGHT ON GAS WATER HEATER. DX: 2% TBSA R HAND, 2ND, 3RD DIGITS. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| AT HOME PT CUT R HAND ON A WATER HEATER DX R HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT WAS LIGHTING A PROPANE WATER HEATER AND HAD AN EXPLOSION OF PROPANE ON HAND. DX: BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| LAC HAND ON HOT WATER HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| LEANED ON HOT WATER HEATER AT LOCAL RESTAURANT BURNS TO RT HAND * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water heaters |
| WATER HEATER FELL ON HAND DX: SPRAIN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT BURNED HAND WHILE LIGHTING PILOT LIGHT ON HOT WATER HEATER. NO FD. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OF RIGHT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT WAS LIGHTING PROPANE WATER HEATER AT HOME HAD FLASH BURN FROM IGNITI ON. DX: 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water heaters |
| DROPPED HOT WATER HEATER ON HAND AT HOME, C/O HAND PAIN. DX-FRACTURE METACARPAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT WAS AT HOME TRYING TO LIGHT THE PILOT LIGHT ON ON A GAS WATER HEATER FLASH BURNED TO BOTH HANDS AND FACE/NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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