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Accidents - Gas furnaces - Year 2007

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 294
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Face:138All Of Body:109
Lower Arm:30Hand:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/30/2007Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas furnaces
FACE BURNS-LIT GAS FURNACE-FLASH BURNS TO FACE-@ NEIGHBOR'S-FD NS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas furnaces
PT ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT FURNACE AT HOME, FLAMED EXPLODED OUT, FLASH BURN S TO FACE, SINGED EYEBROWS, HAND,HIT WRIST ON DOOR OF FURNACE, FD NOT S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2007Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas furnaces, Carbon monoxide detectors
HEADACHE/DIZZY X 1 WK. CO DETECT ALARMED, F.D FOUND + CO IN HOME.PT SAY S FURNACE WAS CONDEMMED & SHE/S BEEN EXPOSED CO. COHB=2.7
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas furnaces
PT LETHARGIC, DIZZY, NAUSEA AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE, FURNACE REPAIRMAN AT HO USE LAST NIGHT, EMS TO HOME W/MONITOR ON PT AT "19"; CO EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2007Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas furnaces
HAND BURN-FLASH BURN FROM NATURAL GAS WHILE LIGHTING FURNACE-@ HOME-NO FIRE DEPARTMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2007Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Gas furnaces
C/O PT STATES TRIED TO LIGHT FURNACE AND IT BLEW UP IN HER FACE DX BURN TO EYELASHES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2007Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas furnaces
C/O PT STATES WAS LIGHTING GAS FURNANCE AND BURNED ARM DX LT LOWER ARM THERMAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas furnaces
EXPOSED TO CO, SIBLING SEEN ALSO, MOM SMELLED GAS IN HOUSE 3 DAYS AGO, GAS CO CALLED, HOUSE CO LEVEL 16, FURNACE LEAKING GASES, COHB 1.3%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2007Age: 3 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas furnaces
MOM SMELLED GAS IN HOUSE 3 DAYS AGO, GAS CO CALLED, HOUSE CO LEVEL 16, FURNACE LEAKING GASES, PT FUSSY AND NOT EATING, COHB UNKNOWN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2007Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas furnaces
PT HAS BURN TO FACE AFTER FURNACE FLASHED WHEN LIGHTING IT - NO FIRE DE PT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas furnaces
PATIENT WITH HEADACHE, DIZZY AT HOME, PASSED OUT 15-30 SEC, CARBON MONO XIDE LEVEL IN HOUSE >200, LIKELY SOURCE GAS FURNACE, PT LEVEL @18
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2007Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas furnaces
RT FOREARM BURN.PT WAS LIGHTING A PILOT LIGHT ON FURNACE AND IT FLASHED AND BURNED FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2007Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas furnaces
FACIAL BURNS. PT WAS RELIGHTING PILOT LIGHT ON GAS WATER HEATER WHEN HE SUFFERED A FLASH BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2007Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas furnaces
NATURAL GAS EXPOSURE.PT LITE PILOT LITE AND SMELLED NATURAL GAS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2007Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas furnaces
ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT FURNACE PILOT LIGHT, EXPLODED IN FACE/ 1ST DEGREE B BURN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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