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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,106
See also: Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/23/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Doorsills or frames |
| 23YOM TURNING OFF FIRE ALARM ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HEAD ON HARD SURFACE, THE DOOR FRAME;CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PUNCHED FIRE ALARM INJURED HAND. DX HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| WAS UNPLUGGING A SMOKE DETECTOR AND GOT SHOCKED C/O PAIN TO (R) HAND A ND FOREARME DX- ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Ceilings and walls |
| PT HIT HEAD ON FIRE ALARM ON WALL WHILE AT SCHOOL, LACERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PLAYING AROUND WITH FRIENDS AND RAN INTO FIRE ALARM CUTTING FOREHEAD LACERATION FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO HEAD FROM FIRE ALARM BOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT SMELLED SMOKE AND HEARD FIRE ALARM, BROKE WINDOW WITH HANDS & JUMPED FROM 2ND STORY WINDOW, THUM LAC, FIRE DEPT ARRIVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| C/O PT STATES STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON FIRE ALARM BOX DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2005 | Age: 16 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: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PT, WHO GOT MAD, PUNCHED GLASS OVER FIRE ALARM AND LACERATED FINGER. D: FINGER LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PT SUSTAINED ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM A SMOKE DETECTORDX; SUPERFICIAL BURN S TO RT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Other furnaces |
| SMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF @ HOME @ 0530, FURNACE MALF'N, FIRE DEPT CO2 SHOW 78% UPSTAIRS, 40% DOWN, NO WINDOWS OPEN, COHB 8.4. CO2 TOXICITY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PT FELL ON SHOULDER WHILE CHANGING SMOKE DECTECTOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Other furnaces |
| AWAKENED BY SMOKE ALARM AT HOME, FIRE COMPANY ATTENDED AND FOUND FURNACE WAS BACKED UP. DX SMOKE INHALATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2001 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2001 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2001 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2001 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Beds |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2001 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2000 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2000 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, House repair or construction materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2000 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/1999 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Chairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/1999 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Clothes dryers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/1998 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/1997 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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