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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 444
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| LEFT RIB CAGE PAIN-FELL AT HOME STRIKING LEFT SIDE RIB CAGE ON METAL HE ATER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| DUST FROM HEATER BLEW IN EYE CAUSING PAIN DX:CORNEA ABRASION, FOREIGN BODY TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| STATES HE FELL , TRIPPED OVER HEATER DX HEAD CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT USED A SPACE HEATER IN HIS HOME; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/07/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| DX 3RD DEGREE BURN TO LOWER BACK: FELL AT HOME AND STRUCK BACK ON HEATER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| LUMBAR PAIN. PT FELL INTO A HEATER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT FELL ON HEATER; CHEST WALL CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY MILD: TRIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON HEATER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 18YOBF-CONTUSION RIGHT FOOT-HEATER FELL ON FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT WITH SMOKE INHALATION AFTER INVOLVED IN HOUSE FIRE WHEN HEATER CAUGHT ON FIRE, FD DID ATTEND , DX:SMOKE INHALATION, CO EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| CO POSIONING.PT HAD A BIRDS NEST IN HEATING SYSTEM. CO LEVEL WAS 7.9 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT WAS UNPLUGGING AN ELECTRIC HEATER AND SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO RI GHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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