|
Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.
Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,239
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT LIGHTING GAS FURNACE AND "IT BLEW UP". NOSE HAIR, EYELASHES SINGED, FACE RED. UNKNOWN IF FDA. POSS. GAS INHALATION. D: FLASH BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| HAND BURN-@ HOME-BURNED WHILE LIGHTING PILOT LIGHT OF GAS FURNACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2003 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| 7 MONTH OLD MALE FURNACE MALFUNCTIONING. FIRE DEPARTMENT ON SCENE SMOKE INHALATION NOT CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| 13 YEAR OLD MALE IN ROOM SMELLING GAS FUMES FROM GAS FURNACE MALFUNCTIONED. FIRE DEPARTMENT ON SCENE. NOT CARBON MONOXIDE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| 33 YEAR OLD FEMALE IN ROOM SMELLING GAS FUMES FROM GAS FURNACE MALFUNCTIONING. FIRE DEPARTMENT ON SCENE. NOT CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| LIGHTING GAS FURNACE AND FLAMES SHOT UP IN HIS FACE SINGING HIM AND RES ULTING IN FACIAL BURNS,UNK IF FIRE DEPT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2003 | Age: 35 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: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT WITH HEADACHE, DIZZINESS AFTER BEING AT MOM'S HOME FOR THANKSGIVING X 1 NIGHT. FURNACE CO LEVEL 150. D: CO POISONING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2003 | Age: 36 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: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT AWOKE WITH HEADACHE AFTER BEING OVER AT FRIEND'S HOME 1 NIGHT FOR TH ANKSGIVING. FURNACE CO LEVEL 150. D: CO TOXICITY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2003 | Age: 55 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: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT AWOKE WITH HEADACHE, LIGHTHEADED AFTER STAYING AT HOME OVER THANKSGI VING WHERE FURNACE CO LEVEL WAS 150. D:CO POISONING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| BURN FACE - 36 YOM WAS WORKING ON FURNACE AND WHEN HE LIT THE PILOT LIG HT WAS FLASH BURNED, NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| RT HAND & FACE BURNS-@ HOME-LIGHTING FURNACE WHEN IT BLEW UP-FD PRESENT TREATED & SENT TO BURN CENTER |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 11/09/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| LACERATION TO FINGER FROM TIN OF FURNACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| FLASH BURNS ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT NATURAL GAS FURNACE WHEN IT EXPLODED IN FACE WITH 9% TOTAL BURNS AND DISLOCATED SHOULDER,UNK FIRE DEPT ATTEND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| BURNED FACE WHILE TRYING TO LIGHT PILOT LIGHT ON FURNACE DX:FIRST DEGREE FLASH BUN TO RT SIDE OF FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2003 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE 2 OR 3 DAYS AGO FRM HOME FURNACE, 150 PP/EMS, FURNACE REPAIRED, VOMIT X3 SINCE LAST PM; VOMITING PROB NOT FROM EXPOSR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| AT HOME TRIED TO GET PILOT LIGHT STARTED ON FURNACE DX FIRST AND SECON D BURNS TO RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2003 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PATIENT FOUND PARTIALLY UNRESPONSIVE WITH VOMITING WITH UNRESPONSIVE FA THER, CARBON MONOXIDE FROM HOUSEHOLD FURNACE; CO EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/02/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT WENT TO LIGHT A GAS FURNACE, IT FLARED UP AND BUNRED HIM DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| DX: CO POISONING. FURNICE VENT OFF LEAKING GAS . TO HYPERBARICS AT VM H OSP |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/24/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| DX: CO POISONING. FURNICE VENT OFF LEAKING GAS. TO VM HOSP FOR HYPERBAR ICS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/24/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| DX: CO POISONING. FURNICE VENT OFF LEAKING GAS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| DX:CO POISONING. FUNICE VENT OFF LEAKING GAS. TO HYPERBARICS AT VM HOSP ITAL |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/08/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT LIGHTING GAS FURNACE AT HOME DEVELOPED HEADACHE/S.O.B. FROM FUMES/SMOKE DX: SMOKE INHALATION NO FD MENTIONED IN REPORT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO FACE/FOREARMS; LIGHTING A GAS FURNACE & WAS FLASHED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Mobile/Manufactured home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| LP FURNACE IN TRAILER BLEW UP IN FACE, 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FORE ARMS, TRAILER BURNED TO GROUND. NOT STATED IF FD ATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT WAS LIGHTING PROPANE FURNACE & IT FLASHED BACK. FD NS. DX: FLASH BURN R HAND, LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT WAS AT HOME CHECKING THE PILOT LIGHT ON HIS GAS FURNICE WHEN IT BLEW UP IN HIS FACE CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2003 | Age: 10 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: Gas furnaces |
| 10 Y.O. B MALE W/EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. MOM STS THERE H AS BEEN A GAS SMELL IN THE HOUSE W/GAS HEATER. CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN 0.4 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2003 | Age: 4 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: Gas furnaces |
| PATIENT EXPOSED TO NATURAL GAS LEAK FROM FURNACE AT HOME, VOMITING; CO EXPOSURE, CO LEVEL NOT STATED IN CHART |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2003 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT WAS EXPOSED TO GAS LEAK IN THE HOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| LIGHTING GAS FURNACE BURN LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|
