Accidents - Acids - 26-50 years old - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 782
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	402	All Of Body:	122
Hand:	106	Face:	59
Neck:	59	Lower Arm:	15
Finger:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/27/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Acids
DX LEFT EYE IRRITATION: EXPOSURE TO BATHROOM CLEANER (HYDROCLORIC ACID BASE) AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Acids
GOT SPRAYED IN FACE W/ACID MIXTURE, EYES BURNING DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids, Clothing accessories
WEARING GLOVES AND USING HYDROCHLORIC ACID TO CLEAN MOTORCYCLE AT HOME & ACID GOT IN GLOVES CHEMICAL BURN HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Acids
PT GOT ACID IN EYE; EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
28 Y/O W/M RECEIVED BURN TO EYES WHEN GOT BATTERY ACID INTO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT WAS AT HOME USING MURATIC ACID TO CLEAN A DRIVEWAY WHEN IT SPLASHED INTO HIS EYE CAUSING CEMICAL BURNS TO HI LT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Acids
PT GOT COIL CLEANING ACID IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
29 YO MALE BURNED RIGHT HAND WITH ACID LAST NIGHT CHEMICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Acids
ACUTE SPLASH INJ R EYE/35YOM STS AT HOME AT 6:10P TONIGHT GOT MURATIC A CID SPLASHED INTO R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT APPLIED TRICHLOROACETIC ACID TO THE DORSUM OF HAND C/O BURNING/PEELI NG OF SKIN, " PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
SODIUM HYDROCHLORIC SOLUTION SPLASHED IN FACE CHEMICAL BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
USING COIL CLEANER WITH ACID AND SPLASED IN EYE SUSTAINED A CHEMICAL BU RN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT SUSTAINED ACID SPLASH TO HAND 4 DAYS AGO, SWOLLEN, DX ACID BURN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/02/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Acids, Floors or flooring materials
BRONCHITIS-THROAT IRRITATION STARTED WHILE CLEANING MOTHER'S BASEMENT F LOOR W/ MURATIC ACID-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Acids
ANOXIA, VIA EMS, PT EXPOSED TO SULFURIC ACID FUMES IN THE BUILDING, C/O SOB, DIZZINESS, ENT NORMAL. NO ACTIVE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
PT BURNT FINGER,SPILLED ?ACIDS ON IT SUSTAINED " FINGER BURN"
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/05/2005	Age: 43 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: Anoxia
Product: Acids
SOB AFTER INHALING MURATIC ACID DX; SOB LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/03/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Acids
SULFURIC ACID SPLASHED ON NECK BURNS TO NECK SECONDARY TO ACID BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Acids
PT WAS USING MURIATIC ACID ON SATURDAY DEVELOPED RASH TO ARMS URTICARIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Acids
PT INHALED HYDROFLUORIC ACIDE WALKED THROUGH STREET DX HYDROFLUORIC ACID EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Acids
WALKED THROUGH HYDROFLUORIC ACID SPILL DX HYDORFLUORIC ACID EXPOSU RE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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