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Accidents - Wood burning fireplaces - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 65
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:6
26-50 years old:58
Accidents - Body Parts:
Toe:43Foot:14
All Of Body:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/24/2008Age: 1 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Wood burning fireplaces, Carbon monoxide detectors
DECREASED ACTIVITY AT HOME, CO ALARM WENT OFF X2 LAST NIGHT,WOODBURNING FIREPLACE SMELLED SOOTY, EMS NOTED CO LEVEL 10,PT LEVEL 1.9; POSS CO EX
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 06/09/2008Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wood burning fireplaces
DX L FOOT CONTU: DROPPED METAL DOOR OF WOODBURNING FIREPLACE ON FOOT NO FIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2008Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wood burning fireplaces, Coal or wood-burning stoves
C/O PAIN L FOOT W/BRUISING L 3RD TOE, HIT A BRICK FIREPLACE HEARTH WHEN PUTTING WOOD IN STOVE. DX. FX L #3 PHALANX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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