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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 119
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2006 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT IS A PHD STUDENT AND WAS EXPOSED TO ACID IN THE LAB TO HIS RIGHT HAN D SUSTAINING A CHEMICAL BURN. PT WORRIES ABOUT POTENTIAL DANGER TO EXPO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| DX>PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS BIL HANDS AND FAC. CORNEAL ABRASION. U OF W CHEM STUDENT MIXING SODIUM TETRAFLUORINE WHEN IT EXPLODED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/1997 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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