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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 179
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2010 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| 38 Y/O FEMALE STATES HIT HAND AGAINST PROPANE TANK AT HOME DX: CONTUSION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| 24 YOF PROPANE TANK TIPPED OVER; FELL ON LT HAND. DX:CONTUSION, PERIP HERAL NEUROPATHY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2010 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| 44 YOM STRUCK ON LEFT HAND AT HOME BY A GAS TANK SUSTAINING A LACERATIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| GAS TANK BLEW UP BURNS TO HANDS FACE AND ARMS 21YOM NOT STATED I F FIRE DEPT. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/26/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| 22YOM, REPORTS SPILLED LIQUID PROPANE ONTO RT HAND LAST PM, PULLED VALV E OFF TANK IT WAS LEAKING>>BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PT WAS CAMPING AND PROPANE TANK EXPLODED 5% 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND A ND ABD. 33YOM NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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