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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 143
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas or LP grills or stoves |
| PROPANE BLEW UP WHILE LIGHTING GAS GRILL FLASH INJURY TO RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gas or LP grills or stoves |
| PT HAD PROPANE PUMP EXPLOSION FROM GRILL AT 1745 TODAY, HIT IN EYE AND BRIDGE OF NOSE. DX. EYE TRAUMA, LAC NOSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas or LP grills or stoves, Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| LIT BBQ,HAD GAS RUNNING,IT BLEW UP IN PT FACE, DX R EYE IRRITATION 2ND TO THERMAL BURN,PROPANE GAS EXPLOSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2008 | Age: 18 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas or LP grills or stoves |
| LIGHTING GAS GRILL WHEN IT EXPLODED IN FACE BURNING IT AND EYE INJ TRAN SFERRED TO MASS EYE AND EAR FOR EYE TREATMENT OF BURN,NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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