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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 615
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| PT STATES A HUMIDIFIER MOTOR FELL HITTING HER IN THE SHOULDER DX: CONTUSION LEFT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2004 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Humidifiers, Vaporizers |
| PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL ON HUMIDIFIER OR VAPORIZER AT HOME; BURN TO TH IGH, ABDOMINAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| PATIENT BURNED HAND BY STEAM FROM HUMIDIFIER; 1ST DEGREE BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2004 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| PT BURNED LT HAND/3RD DIGIT ON HUMIDIFIER, 2 DEGREE BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2004 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| STEAM BURN FROM HUMIDIFIER BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| PT WAS BURNED BY HUMIDIFIER WATER. DX: L THIRD/FOURTH FINGER BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| LACERATED TOE ON EDGE OF HUMIDIFIER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| UPPER ARM HEMATOMA-@ HOME-HIT ARM ON HUMIDIFIER SHE WAS CARRYING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| "CUT FINGER WITH THE METAL OF A HUMIDIFIER" DX: R 3RD FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A HUMIDIFIER AND INJURED LOWER ARM. DX LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| LIFTING A HUMIDIFIER AT HOME. DX. ACUTE CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN, ACUTE S ICATICA L. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| FELLL & HIT FACE ON HUMIDIFIER & PASSED OUT. SYNCOPE & RT FACIAL CT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2004 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Humidifiers, Vaporizers |
| PATIENT PULLED HUMIDIFIER WITH WATER OR WARM AIR MIST VAPORIZER ONTO FA CE WHILE IN BEDROOM AT BABYSITTER'S HOUSE; 2ND DEGREE 4.5% FACIAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/17/2004 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| BURNED HAND ON HOT HUMIDIFIER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| STEAM BURN TO BOTTOM OF L FOOT FROM A HUMIDIFIER,NO FIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2004 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Humidifiers, Hot water |
| 2 DREGREE BURN R FOOT; MOM STATES PT KNOCKED OVER HUMIDIFIER & HOT WATE R SPLASHED ONTO FOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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