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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 291
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2009 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Lighter fluids |
| PT CAUGHT HAND ON FIRE WHILE TRYING TO FILL LIGHTER W/ LIGHTER FLUID. . DX. 1ST DEG BURN L HAND. DID NOT STATE WHETHER FD ATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| RT HAND BURN.PT HAD A LIT CIGARETTE BURN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Plastic bags |
| ONE WEEK AGO PT WAS USING A LIGHTER TO LIGHT A PLASTIC BAG A PIECE OF OF THE BAG FELL ONTO HIS HAND/FINGER BURNING. DX HEALING BURN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Containers |
| PLAYED WITH LIGHTER AND EMPTY GAS CAN;DX BURNED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT WAS LIGHTING CIGARETTE WHEN LIGHTER EXPLODED. FD NS. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| BURNS TO HAND WITH CIGARETTE LIGHTER. DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Other glass bottles or jars |
| PATIENT PUT A CIGARETTE LIGHTER INSIDE A WATER BOTTLE AND LITE THE LIGH TER; FLAMES SHOT OUT OF THE BOTTLE. BURNS, RIGHT HAND. FIRE; NO FD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT BURNED HAND WITH A *** LIGHTER AT HOME 1ST DEGREE BURN LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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