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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 263
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/10/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Matches |
| 28 Y/O/M LIT A MATCH PIECE OF SULFER WENT IN EYE DX: R EYE FB RESOLVED / CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Matches |
| LIT HAIR ON FIRE WITH A MATCH. DX. BURN FACE AND FOREHEAD.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Matches |
| USING RUBBING ALCOHOL TO CLEAN ABRASION ON LEG AND THEN LIT A CIGARETTE WITH MATCH,IGNITED LEG BURNING IT WITH 9%TBSA,UNK IF FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/21/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Matches |
| PT LIT A MATCH IN HIGH WIND WHEN PIECE BROKE OFF AND WENT INTO EYE. DX: PENETRATING INJURY R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Matches |
| PT STRUCK A MATCH 3 DAYS AGO & PIECE HIT LOWER EYELID. NOW WITH PAIN, SWELLING, BLURRED VISION. DX:FACIAL CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Matches |
| PT IN A DUMPSTER WITH A BLOOD ALCOHOL OF 480 AND TRIED TO LIGHT A CIGAR RETTE WITH A MATCH AND LIT THE TRASH ON FIRE BURNS TO CHEST FACE NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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