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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 468
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2007 | Age: 45 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: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| 45 Y/O M BURNED NOSE DURING PROPANE FLAME FLASH BURN AT HOME. DX; FACIAL BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2007 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PT HOOKING UP PROPANE TANK AND IT BLEW UP IN HIS FACE PT TRANSF. TO UNI VERSITY HOSPITAL DX// BURNS TO FACE AND HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 11/12/2007 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings, Motor vehicles or parts |
| HAD 4 PROPANE TANKS IN A MV&THEY OVER FLASHED PT TO THE FACE/ARMS/HAND S >> BURN, FD DOC NOT FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2007 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| FELL INTO PROPANE TANK AT HOME INJURING FACE. DX; LACERATION FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PROPANE TANK EXPLODEDINTO FACE WHILE TRYING TO CUT IT >> CHEMICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PT DX BURN TO FACE,HEAD,CHEST,NOSE AND UPPER HAND - S/P PROPANE TANK EXPLODED AT FRIEND'S HOUSE.FIRE FIGHTER ATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A PROPANE TANK AT HOME, SUSTAINED ABRASIONS TO FACE DX: ABRASIONS TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT IN BACK OF TRUCK, LOOSE PROPANE TANK HIT PT IN FACE, HAS FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings, Cutting torches |
| BURNS FACE - 39 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH 2ND DEG BURNS OVER RIGHT SIDE OF FOREHEAD - STATES A GAS TANK HE WAS CUTTING WITH A TORCH EXPLODED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2007 | 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: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| CHILD CLIMBING ON A PROPANE TANKE WHEN FELL AND HIT CHIN. D: CHIN ABRAS ION, INTRAORAL LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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