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Accidents - Charcoal or wood-burning grills - Year 2002 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 219
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 12/01/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Charcoal or wood-burning grills
TOUCHED A WOOD BURNING STOVE DX: L PALM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2002Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Charcoal or wood-burning grills, Lighter fluids
PT BURNED HAND ON BAR-B-Q GRILL WHILE USING LIGHTER FLUID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Charcoal or wood-burning grills
PATIENT BURNED HAND ON CHARCOAL GRILL AT PARK; 1ST DEGREE BURN ON PALM OF HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Charcoal or wood-burning grills
BURN TO R HAND, PT STATES GRILL FELL OVER AND CHARCOAL HIT HAND. DX. B URN R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Charcoal or wood-burning grills
RT HAND LAC-AT HOME-LIFTING A WOOD BURNING GRILL OUT OF TRUCK-CUT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2002Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Charcoal or wood-burning grills, Charcoal
GRABBED PIECE OF HOT CHARCOAL THAT WAS LIT FROM BARBEQUE WITH LEFT HAND . PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN TO LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/19/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Charcoal or wood-burning grills
1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS RT HAND.PT LIT CHARCOAL ON GRILL AND HAD A FLA SH BURN ON HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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