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Accidents - Water heaters - 16-25 years old - Year 2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 402
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Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:135Hand:95
Lower Leg:75Lower Trunk:47
Face:32Lower Arm:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/12/2010Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Water heaters
19 YOF PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESET HOT WATER HEATER AND IT SHOCKED HER. SYNCOPAL EPISODE AFTER ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2010Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water heaters
24 YOF MOVED HOT WATER HEATER. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2010Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water heaters
23 YOM LBP LIFTING WATER HEATER DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2010Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
18 YO WHITE MALE HIT A WATER HEATER BECAUSE HE WAS ANGRY DX: HAND CONTU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2010Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
17YOF BURNED HANDS WHILE LIGHTING PILOT ON HOT WATER TANK DX: FIRST / SECOND DEGREE BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2010Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
PUNCHED A HOT WATER HEATER AT HOME. CONTUSION RIGHT HAND. 20 YOF*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2010Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Water heaters
20YOM WAS INFORMED BY DTE THAT HOT WATER HEATER TANKE WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY AND THAT CARBON MONOXIDE HAS BEEN IN HOUSE FOR 4 MONTHS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2010Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
17YOF BURNED LOWER LEG ON HOT WATER HEATER WHILE CLEANING AROUND IT AT HOME X2-3 DAYS, NOW W/PAIN, REDNESS AND BLISTERS; BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2010Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water heaters
25 YOF WAS SCRAPED ON METAL PART OF HOT WATER HEATER. DX: L FOREARM LAC 2 CM W/10 CM ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2010Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
^21 YOM HADE A WATER HEATER HIT HIS SHIN WHILE HE WAS IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK/ CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2010Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
19 YOF WAS TRYING TO LIGHT PILOT LIGHT ON HOT WATER HEATER & IT FLASHED BACK. FD NS. DX: FACIAL BURN, CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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