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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,683
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| CO POISONING-@ HOME-PROBLEMS W/ HEAT EXCHANGER OF GAS FURNACE-AWAKENED W/ HEADACHE-COHB 20.6 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| CO POISONING-@ HOME-PROBLEMS W/ HEAT EXCHANGER OF GAS FURNACE-AWAKENED W/ HEADACHE-COHB 22.5 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2004 | Age: 48 years | 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 |
| CO POISONING-@ HOME-PROBLEMS W/ HEAT EXCHANGER OF GAS FURNACE-AWAKENED W/ HEADACHE-COHB 15.8 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2004 | Age: 23 years | 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 |
| CO POISONING-@ HOME-PROBLEMS W/ HEAT EXCHANGER OF GAS FURNACE-AWAKENED W/ HEADACHE-COHB 14.0 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FACIAL AND HAND 1ST AND 2ND DEG BURNS. PT WAS SITTING ON COUCH WHEN GAS FURNACE BLEW UP SINGING HIS FACE AND HANDS. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/01/2004 | Age: 13 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 |
| POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE FROM LEAKY GAS FURNACE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 12/01/2004 | Age: 11 months | 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 |
| TREATED FOR CARBON MOXOXIDE EXPOSURE FROM LEAKY GAS FURNACE. FIREFIGHTE RS AT SCENE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 11/21/2004 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| IXPOSED TO CO FROM FURNACE LEAK/ (COHB 1.6) EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| EXPOSED TO CO FROM FURNACE LEAK, HIGH LEVELS IN HOME PER GAS CO/ (COHB 5.1)/ EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| EXPOSED TO CO FROM FURNACE LEAK (COHB 2.9)/ EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2004 | Age: 27 years | 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 |
| EXPOSED TO CO FROM FURNACE LEAK, HIGH LEVELS IN HOUSE PER GAS CO/ (COHB 2.6)/ EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2004 | Age: 15 years | 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 |
| HAD WORK DONE ON FURNACE IN HOUSE, FOUND CO LEAK, NAUSEA, HEADACHE FOR 2 WKS; CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2004 | Age: 61 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 |
| CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-C/O HEADACHE AND NAUSEA & VOMITING ONSET BY GA S FURNACE LEAK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2004 | Age: 53 years | 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 |
| CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-C/O NAUSEA, HEADACHE AND DIZZINESS ONSET BY GA S FURNACE LEAK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2004 | Age: 17 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 |
| PT WAS LIGHTING GAS FURNACE & WAS BURNED WHEN IT FLASHED. DX: FIRST DEG BURN R HAND/ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2004 | Age: 12 years | 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 |
| PLAYING AT HOME IN BASEMENT NEAR FURNACE WHEN DEVELOPED HA LIGHT HEADED NESS POSSIBLE CO 2 POISIONING DX EVALUATION CO2 EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT A PILOT LIGHT ON A GAS FURNACE, FLAME SHOT OUT,HAIR ON SCALP, FOREARMS SINGED, NOFIRE, NO FIRE DEPT ATTENDED BURNS TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PATIENT DEVELOPED NAUSEA AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH WHICH WAS DUE TO INHAL ATION OF FUMES FROM NATURAL GAS LEAK. EXPOSURE TO GAS FROM FURNACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| 35YOFC ATTEMPTED TO LIGHT NATURAL GAS FURNACE AND IT EXPLODED BURN HAND FIRE DEPT DID NOT ATTEND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2004 | Age: 28 years | 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 |
| TURNED ON SELF-IGNITING GAS FURNACE AT HOME, SMELLED GAS, BECAME ILL. DX: CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| 35 YOM WAS IN A APARTMENT WHEN THE FURNANCE BLEW UP FOREHEAD ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| 37 YOF WAS IN APARTMENT WHEN THE FURNANCE BLEW UP L SHOULDER CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| 60 YOF WAS IN A APARTMENT WHEN THE FURNANCE BLEW UP 1ST DEGREE BURN BOTH ARMS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/07/2004 | Age: 25 years | 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 |
| STARTING FURNACE WIFE BECAME ILL ? CO2 POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2004 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| LIGHTING PILOT LIGHT ON FURNACE AND IT FLASHED BACK/ BURNS FACE AND AR MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2004 | Age: 3 years | 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 |
| 03YOF AT HOME EXPOSED TO CO2 FROM GAS FURNACE AT NEIGHBORS/ INVESTIGATE D/DX/CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2004 | Age: 19 years | 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 |
| 19YOF AT HOME CO POISONING FROM GAS FURNACE/ INVESTIGATED/DX CARBON MON OXIDE POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2004 | Age: 14 years | 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 |
| 14YOF AT HOME FOUND DEAD OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING FROM GAS FURNACE/ INVESTIGATED/DX CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING FULL ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/09/2004 | Age: 40 years | 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 |
| AT HOME CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING FROM GAS FURNACE/ INVESTIGATED//DX/CA RBON MONOXIDE POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/09/2004 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| 1 MONTH OLD MALE CO2 POISONING AT HOME FROM NEIGHBORS GAS FURNACE/ INVE STIGATED/DX/CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| 20YOM AT HOME CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING FROM GAS FURNACE/ INVESTIGATED/ DX CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| 04YOM AT HOME CO POSIONING FROM GAS FURNACE/ INVESTIGATED/DX/CARBON MON OXIDE POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2004 | Age: 24 years | 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 |
| 24YOF AT HOME EXPOSED TO CO2 FROM NEIGHBORS GAS FURNACE/ INVESTIGATED/D X/CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces, Water heaters |
| SLEEPY AFTR GAS LEAK FRM BRKN GAS PIPE FROM FURNACE WAS FND BY GAS CO FMLY HAD BEEN HAVING PRBLMS KEEPING WTR HTR PILOT LIGHT LIT D CO EXP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces, Water heaters |
| IN HM W GAS LEAK ? AMT OF TIME GAS CO CALLED FND BRKN GAS PIPE FRM FURN ACE FMLY HAVING PRBLM KEEPING W HEATER LIT PT SLEEPY HA D CO EXP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces, Water heaters |
| RELIT PILOT IN W HTR X 2 WIFE CM HM SMELLED GAS CLD GAS CO WHO FND BRKN GAS PIPE FRM FURNACE CARBON MONOXIDE DX HA VOMITING EXP TO CO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2004 | Age: 18 years | 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, Water heaters |
| VISITING FRIENDS HOME WHEN SMELL OF GAS WAS NOTED GAS CO CALLED BRKN GA S PIPE OUT OF FURNACE WAS FND PRBLMS W GAS WTR HTR D EXPOSURE TO CO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/29/2004 | Age: 11 years | 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 |
| MOM SMELLED FUMES, EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE FROM GAS FURNACE AT HOME, 400 PPM PER FIRE DEPT, TANK SMOKING; EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/29/2004 | Age: 12 months | 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 |
| PATIENT EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE FROM GAS FURNANCE IN HOUSE, HEADACHE , FLU LIKE SX, 400 PPM PER FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/29/2004 | 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 |
| PATIENT EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE FROM GAS FURNACE AT HOME, HEADACHE, FEELING FLU LIKE, 400 PPM PER FIRE DEPT, CO 4.8; EX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/29/2004 | Age: 35 years | 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 |
| MOM OF CHILDREN EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE FROM GAS FURNANCE AT HOME, 4 00 PPM PER FIRE DEPT, HEADACHE, CO 4.5; CO EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2004 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| LIGHTING GAS FURANCE, FIRE DEPT NOT RECORDED BURN TO THUMBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE FROM MALFUNCTIONING FURNACE. EXPOSED FOR 16 HRS. NAUSEA, HEADACHE. D: CO POISONING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE FROM MALFUNCTIONING HEATER X 16 HOURS. HA S HEADACHE. D:CO POISONING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT BUMPED AGAINST GRILL ON PROPANE FURNACE A FATHERS HOUSE OVER WEEK-EN AND BURNED LEG .DX 3.5CM X 1.5 CM BROKEN BLISTER HEALING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| FURNACE EXPLODED IN THERE HOME EXPOSED TO PROPANE GAS FIRE DEPT CAME NO FIREDX EXPOSURE TO PROPANE GAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2004 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| FURNACE EXPLODED IN HOME EXPOSURE TO PROPANE GAS FIRE DEPT CAME NO FIRE DX PROPANE GAS EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT. WAS TRYING TO LIGHT A GAS FURNACE AT HER LAKE HOUSE, IT BLEW BACK AND BURNED HER FOREARM - FIRST DEGERE BURNS TO FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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