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Accidents - Dehumidifiers - Year 2007

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 110
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:30
50+ years old:80
Accidents - Body Parts:
Wrist:80Face:30

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/06/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Dehumidifiers, Doorsills or frames
PT HIT HEAD ON DEHUMIDIFIER AND THEN HAD TANTRUM HITTING HEAD ON DOOR FRAME. DX: FOREHEAD CONT, SYNCOPE, BREATH HOLDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2007Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Dehumidifiers, Alcohol
52Y/O,M,THINKS THAT HE STRUCK R HAND ON DEHUMIDIFIER WHILE INTOXICATED, PARTIAL THICKNESS SKIN AVULSION R WRIST, ALCOHOL INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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