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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,072
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/19/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Bottles or jars |
| 45YOM DRANK A MOUTHFUL OF PAINT THINNER THAT WAS IN WATER BOTTLE POISON INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2010 | Age: 27 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 27YOF,DERMATITIS TO ALL OF BODY S/P USING PAINT THINNER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 33 YO M INGESTED PAINT THINNER, DETAILS MINIMAL DX: STABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT WORKED AROUND PAINT THINNER,NOW HAS HA & CP. DX##: REACTIVE AIRWAY , SOLVENT EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| WORKING W PAINT THINNER AT HOME AND BREATHED FUMES DEVELOPED HEADACHE DX HEADACHE TO INHALED FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY DRANK PAINT THINNER THINKING IT WAS WATER. DX: ACCIDENTAL MINERAL SPIRITS INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT DX ACCIDENTAL POISONING - S/P PT C/O "I SWALLOWED PAINT THINNER" WHILE CLEANING FLOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2008 | Age: 26 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: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PAINT THINNER EXPOS/26YOM STS ACCIDENTALLY DRANK TINY AMOUNT OF PAINT THINNER.DID NOT SWALLOW.SPIT IT OUT.C/O BURNING MOUTH,TONGUE & NOSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Drinking glasses |
| PATIENT PICKED UP A GLASS, FILLED IT UP WITH BEER, DID NOT REALIZE IT HAD SOME PAINT THINNER IN IT, VOMITED 10 MIN. LATER. DX-CHEM. INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| REPORTS BEEN EXPOSED TO PAINT THINNER @ THE NERUOSURGICAL OFFICE TODAY, NOW WITH PRURITIS& SHORTNESS OF BREATH >> ALLERGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| DRANK UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF PAINT THINNER, THOUGHT IT WAS WATER DX; ACCIDENTAL INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2007 | Age: 30 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: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Nonglass bottles or jars |
| ACC INGESTED A MOUTH FULL OF PAINT THINNER WHICH LOCATED IN A H2O BOTTL E " ACC INGESTION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY DRANK PAINT THINNER THAN VOMITED AND DEVELOPED EYE HEMM ORHAGE DX// ACCIDENTAL INGESTION SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMMORHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2006 | Age: 29 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: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| EXPOSED TO PAINT THINNER, NOW C SOB&DIZZINESS " INHALATION INJ" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Alcohol |
| POISONING, VIA EMS, PT DRINKING BEER, TOOK A CUP FROM A BOTTLE & DRANK IT, CONTAINING THINNER, C/O CRAMPS, DIZZINESS, ADM ER. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/05/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| ALLERGIC REACTION/PT.REFERS WHILE OPENING PAINT.BEGAN DIZZINESS AND NAU SEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2005 | Age: 27 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: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| INTOXICATION WITH THINNER.PT.REFERS WHILE USING THINNER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT AT SCHOOL WHEN THERE WAS SOME RECONSTRUCTION GOING ON INHALED SOME P AINT THINNER AND GOT SICK THROAT TIGHT POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Containers |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY SWALOWED PAINT THINNER THINKING IT WAS HIS WATER JUG AC CIDENTAL POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/29/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT. USED PAINT THINNER WEDS, NAUSEA SINCE THURSDAY WITH ONE EPISODE OF VOMITING FEELING DIZZY. DX. ACUTE HA, NAUSEA, DIZZINESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2004 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| 28 YOM STATES HE WAS EXPOSED TO PAINT THINNER 3 DAYS AGO. CLAIMS HE INHALED IT. HAS HAD 2 BRIEF EPISODES OF L CHEST PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT AGITATED, HALLUCINATING, PSYCHOTIC AFTER SNIFFING PAINT THINNER. TES TS POSITIVE FOR AMPHETAMINE & THC. D: POLYSUBSTANCE ABUSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2004 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT INHALING LACQUER THINNER STRAIGHT FOR TWO DAYS DEVELOPED SEVERE HEAD ACHE AND NAUSEA INHALATION OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 09/13/2003 | Age: 39 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: Other |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS - PATIENT PRESENTS COUGHING UP RED PAINT IN SPUTUM - HAD BEEN SPRAY PAINTING A CAR - DID NOT WEAR MASK OR VENTILATOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2003 | Age: 28 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: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Bottles or jars |
| PT MISTAKENLY DRANK 6 OZ. PAINT THINNER LAST NIGHT. HAD PLACED IT IN A *** BOTTLE AND HAD FORGOTTEN. VOMITING. D:TOXIC INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT COMPLAINT OF CHEST PAIN DIZZINESS HEADACHE, DIZZINESS SHORTNESS OF B REATH, QUESTION SECONDARY TO RECENT PAINT THINNER POLYURETHANE USE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2002 | Age: 50 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: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| ALLERGIC REACTION - PATIENT REPORTS SUDDEN AND ACUTE ONSET OF HEAD PAIN - WAS IN HOUSE BEING PAINTED WITH LATEX PAINT - LATEX ALLERGY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2001 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2001 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2001 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2000 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2000 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Glass bottles or jars |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2000 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2000 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2000 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/1999 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/1999 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/1999 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/1999 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/1998 | Age: 43 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: Poisoning |
| Product: Paint or varnish thinners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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