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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,493
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| FELL HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF FIREPLACE DX: HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT TRIPPED ON FIREPLACE. DX: L KNEE STRAIN, PROB MENISCAL TEAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2004 | Age: 32 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT FELL ASLEEP IN HOUSE THAT FILLED WITH SMOKE FROM FIREPLACE. WOKE UP WITH HEADACHE, DIZZINESS. VOMITED. ?FDA. D: CO POISONING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT STEPPED DOWN FROM FIREPLACE AND HEARD POP IN ANKLE WHEN LANDING. D: TALUS FX, DISTAL FIBULAR FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WENT TO CATCH A LOG FALLING OUT OF FIREPLACE AND FELT A POP IN BACK.NO FIRE INVOLVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT WAS TRYING TO LIGHT AN OUTSIDE FIRE PLACE AT HOME SUSTAINED A THERMA L BURN TO LEFT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2004 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| STEPPED OFF FIREPLACE - TWISTED FOOT - SPRAIN RIGHT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT C/O FALL. PT DRINKING ETOH PLAYING WITH CHILDREN LOST BALANCE FELL A ND HIT BACK ON FIREPLACE. DX BACK/PAIN INJURY LFT LEG PARALYSIS.NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 11/02/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT BURNED L THUMB ON FIREPLACE. DX: L THUMB BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT JAMMED FINGER IN FIREPLACE. DX: FX L FOURTH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| TRIPPED - FELL HIT HEAD ON THE CORNER OF THE FIREPLACE SCALP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2004 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| STUB TOE ON FIREPLACE BRICK FX TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| STATES HE FOOT ON CORNER OF FIREPLACE DX LT FOOT FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| CARBON MONOCIDE EXPOUSURE - PATIENT EXPOSED TO CO BY FIREPLACE FLUE BLO CKED BY TRASH - PATIENTS REPORTS NAUSEA AND CHEST DISCOMFORT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| LIGHTING GAS FIREPLACE WHEN IT FLASHED& BURNED PT FACE (NOT NOTED IF FD IN ATTENDANCE) DX 1ST DEGREE BURN TO FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2004 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT FELL INTO FIREPLACE. DX: CONT R SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| RT KNEE SPRAIN.PT WAS CLEANING OUT FIREPLACE AND WAS GETTING UP AND TWI STED KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| THUMB FX-@ HOME-FELL ONTO FIREPLACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PAIN/SWELLING TO R FOOT, METAL PIECE FROM FIREPLACE FELL ON FOOT LAST PM DX: CONTUSION R FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2004 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT STEPPED OFF A FIREPLACE HEARTH AND HEARD A SNAP IN FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| FX L MID TOE/41YOF AT HOME STUBBED TOE ON BRICK FIREPLACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| FELL HITTING LIP ON FIREPLACE DX: LACERATION TO LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| FELL AGAINST FIREPLACE DX. LIP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2004 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| HE WAS BUILDING FIREPLACE AND ROCK STRUCK EYE - ABRASION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT LIFTED A FIREPLACE INSERT AND DROPPED IT. DX: R MIDDLE FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | 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: Other fireplaces, House repair or construction materials |
| 46YOF-CLOSED HEAD INJURY-FELL AT HOME-HIT HEAD ON CORNER BRICK FIREPLAC E |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/24/2004 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT HIT TOE ON FIREPLACE; TOE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| HIT TOE AGAINST EDGE OF FIREPLACE DX: R 5TH TOE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PATIENT WAS PUTTING LOGS ON THE FIREPLACE WHEN SHE BEGAN TO HAVE LUMBAR PAIN. DX-LOW BACK STRAIN. NO FIRE DEPARTMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2004 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| LIGHTING FIREPLACE, BURNED RIGHT HAND DX: 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HAND FIRE DEPT DID NOT ATTEND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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