Accidents - Clothing irons - 16-25 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 672
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Leg:	160	Hand:	117
Head:	103	Face:	59
Lower Trunk:	45	Lower Arm:	44
Ankle:	43	Upper Trunk:	21
Foot:	15	Toe:	15
Knee:	14	Upper Leg:	14
Finger:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/20/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothing irons
PT HAD AN IRON FALL ONTO RIGHT GREAT TOE SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
DROPPED CLOTHING IRON ON ABD DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing irons
HEAD LAC, PT FELL INTO AN IRON HITTING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
17 Y/O BURNED FOREARM WITH CLOTHING IRON. DX-FURN FOREARM, PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons, Ironing boards or covers
PT WAS IRONING CLOTHES WHEN HE BENT DOWN HIT THE IRONING BOARD AND THE IRON FELL ON FACE DX SECOND DEGREE BURN CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
BURNED CHEST AREA WITH AN IRON DX- BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothing irons
DROPPED IRON, STRUCK ANKLE. CONTUSION LT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothing irons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT C/O IRON HIT HEAD - FELL OFF SHELF 3 FEET ABOVE. CONTUSION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
PATIENT PICKED UP HOT IRON FROM WRONG SIDE, BURNED HAND. DX; BURN TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
AT COUSINS HOUSE AND BURNED BY AN IRON. DX BURN - CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
HOT IRON FELL ON HER LEG BURN THERMAL SECOND DEGREE LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
PT IRONING LAST NIGHT;TURNED & HIT LEG ON HOT IRON;OPEN BLISTERED AREA. TO RT CALF. DX: BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothing irons
PT STATES TWISTING KNEE , STANDING WHILE IRONING DX: KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
BURN TO L FA ON IRON DX; HEALING BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Clothing irons
IRONING AND LEANED OBER AND STEAM BURNED ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothing irons
C/O FOOT PAIN, SWELLING WITH INTIAL REDNESS TAHT PROGRESSING AFTER AN I RON FELL ONTO THE DORUSM OF FOOT>>CONTS/CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothing irons
CHI AFTER A IRON FELL ON HEAD AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
23 YO FEMALE BURNED HAND ON IRON FIRST DEGREE BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
BURNED FOREARM ON A HOT IRON BUT LEFT WITHOUT BEING TREATED
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/09/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Clothing irons, Electrical outlets or receptacles
BURNED PLUGGING IRON INTO OUTLET/ELECTRICAL BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
ACCIDENTALLY BURNT THE PALMER SURFACE OF THE HAND ONTO HOT SURFACE OF I RON >> BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
TOUCHED ABDOMEN WITH AN IRON/ABDOMINAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2008	Age: 25 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
DX (LWBS) 1-2 DEGREE BURN NOTED B/T INDEX AND THUMB, CMS TO EXTREMITY, PT STATED WITH IRON
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/02/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
PT TRIPPED, FELL CAUSING CLOTHING IRON TO FALL ON THIGH CAUSING BURN DX:BURN TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing irons
DROPPED HOT IRON FELL OVER ON LEG BURN LEFT LOWER LEG SECOND DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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