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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 152
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Diesel fuels |
| FELL ASLEEP WHILE DRIVING ON 2-LANE HIGHWAY, CROSSED CENTER LANE & INTO TRACTOR TRAILER CAUSING FUEL LEAK FROM TRK. DX ABRAS FACE, RT HAND, ELB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Diesel fuels, Coal or wood-burning stoves |
| THROWING DIESEL FUEL INTO WOOD STOVE AT HOME, SPILLED ON SHIRT, CAUGHT FIRE .DX: 2ND, 3RD DEGREE BURNS FOREARM, HAND. FIRE DEPT. ATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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