Accidents - Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings - Years 1997-2010 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,328
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	225
Year 1998:	151
Year 2000:	208
Year 2001:	154
Year 2002:	230
Year 2003:	228
Year 2004:	171
Year 2005:	135
Year 2006:	125
Year 2007:	114
Year 2008:	207
Year 2009:	170
Year 2010:	204

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	139
6-15 years old:	126
16-25 years old:	151
26-50 years old:	1,215
50+ years old:	696

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/18/2010	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
33YOM WAS TRYING TO CATCH PROPANE TANKE AND INJ THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
54YOF PROPANE TANK FELL ON HAND/ LAC THUMB LWT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/16/2010	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
21 MO M PULLED A 30LB PROPANE GAS TANK DOWN HURT HAND. DX FINGER FRACT URE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
FINGER LAC-81YOM-HEMATOMA-BUTANE GAS TANK FELL ON FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2009	Age: 31 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: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
R HAND FINGERS BURN/31YOM AT HOME WENT TO LIGHT PROPANE TANK AND SUSTAI NED BURNS TO 4 FINGERS R HAND. NO FIRE DEPT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
DX FELON, EARLY: C/O L INDEX FINGER PN X 3D. USE PROPANE W BARE HAND 1 WK AGO. NOTICED INC SWELL'G, PUSATILE PN X 3D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PULLED OVER AN EMPTY PROPANE TANK. DX FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/14/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
FINGER INJURY FROM PROPANE TANK FALLING ON LEFT 3RD FINGER. DX-LEFT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PATIENT HURT WHEN FINGER CUT WITH LID OF GAS TANK AT HOME DX: RT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PT WITH CONTUSION TO FINGER FROM DROPPING A CANISTER OF PROPANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
DX 2ND DEGREE BURN: ACC SPLASHED COLD PROPANE ONTO RIF DORSAL ASPECT 3D AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER A STEP&FELL FORWARDS LANDING ONTO CEMENT FLOOR&CAUGHT FING ER ON PROPANE TANK>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PT CUT L INDEX FINGER OPENING GAS TANK AT HOME. DX. LAC L INDEX FINGER .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
38 YO INJURED FINGER ON PROPANE TANK CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
DROPPED PORPANE GAS TANK ONTO FINGER " FX/LAC'
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
73 YOM HAD LAC TO R SMALL FINGER FROM PROPANE TANK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
28 YOM LEFT SMALL FINGER LAC INCISED ON GAS TANK AT STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings, Gas or LP grills or stoves
LACERATION FINGER - 53 YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATED RIGHT RING FINGER WHEN SHE DROPPED A PROPANE TANK FROM THE GRILL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PROPANE BOTTLE FELL ONTO PT'S HAND. DX: R FOURTH FINGER LAC 1 CM, R HAND CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2005	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
ACCIDENTALLY OPENED PROPANE TANK NO FINGER IS FROZEN DX: R INDEX FINGER FROSTNIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
TWISTING LINE FOR PROPANE TANK CONNECTION YESTERDAY. RT THUMB INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
R THUMB SWOLEN, THINKS HE FROZE IT W/BUTANE DX: CELLULITIS 1ST DEGREE BURN R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
CONTUSION TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK BY PROPANE TANK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PATIENT WAS REMOVING A PROPANE TANK OUT OF TRUCKBED AND IT HAD A SHARP EDGE. DX; LACERATION TO L RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PT STATES HE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN 2 PROPANE BOTTLES LACERATING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
BURNED RT INDEX FINGER ON PROPANE C/O BLISTERING C.O MILD REDNESS OF R LONG PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings, Floors or flooring materials
PT DROPPED A PROPANE TANK ONTO RIGHT FIFTH FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TA NK AND A CONCRETE FLOOR FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PT MOVING PROPANE TANK FELL ONTO HAND INJURING FINGER DX FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PT WAS CUT ON PROPANE TANK IN NATIONAL FOREST. DX: L FOURTH FINGER LAC 2CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2003	Age: 33 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: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
BURNED FINGERS WHILE USING SMALL PROPANE TANK, NOT STATED IF FIRE DEPT. ATTENDED DX:SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings, Other fireplaces
DX:L PHALANGES FX X 4 FINGERS L HEAD LAC. CLEANING FIREPIT AND PROPANE CANNISTER EXPLODED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/26/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
76 YOM WAS TAKING A PROPANE TANK OFF THE BED OF HIS TRUCK; TANK SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS THUMB. LACERATION OF LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
CUT KNUCKLE ON METAL PROPANE TANK INFECTED LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
SECOND DEGREE BURN LEFT INDEX FINGER - BURNED WHEN A PROPANE TANK EXPLO DED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PT SCREWING PROPANE CYLINDER INTO OUTDOOR HEATING LAMP AND CYLINDER DRO PPED CAUSING A CUT TO FINGER DX: SKIN AVULSION LT INDEX FINGER 3.5 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PT HAD 46 LB TANK FALL ON L HAND, FX 2ND DIGIT L HAND CRUSH INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2001	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2001	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2000	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2000	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2000	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/1998	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/1998	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/1998	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/1998	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/1997	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/1997	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/1997	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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