Accidents - Portable electric heaters - Years 1997-2010 - Face

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 640
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	74
Year 1998:	81
Year 2001:	33
Year 2002:	32
Year 2003:	90
Year 2004:	6
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	100
Year 2007:	11
Year 2008:	105
Year 2009:	70
Year 2010:	15

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	347
6-15 years old:	136
16-25 years old:	15
26-50 years old:	31
50+ years old:	108

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 01/15/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Asian
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable electric heaters
7 YOM PLAYING WITH BROTHER FELL HITTING NOSE ON PORTABLE ELECTRIC HEATE R SUSTAINING A FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
11YO TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING FACE ON PORTABLE SPACE HEATER LAC TO FAC E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
16 YOF GOT UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, TRIPPED AND STRUCK PORTABLE H EATER, IT WAS NOT ON, AND SUSTAINING A LACERATION TO NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
LOST BALANCE FELL HITTING FACE ON PORTABLE HEATER LAC TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
PT WITH LAC TO FACE FROM RUNNING INTO A HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2007	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WAS LEFT ALONE IN ROOM WHERE AN ELECTRIC HEATER WAS ON A SHELF; PT MUST HAVE PULLED CORD, HEATER FELL ON PT. DX: LT CHEEK BURN, HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2007	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters, Beds or bedframes
PT SUS FOREHEAD LAC AFTER FALLING FROM MOM'S BED AND HITTING HEAD ON S PACE HEATER. DX FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
3 YO F 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO SIDE OF FACE AFTER ELECTRIC FLOOR HEATER FELL ON PT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable electric heaters
FRACTURE NOSE - 47 YOF PASSED OUT IN BATHROOM AND FELL HITTING NOSE ON PORTABLE ELECTRIC HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters, Other toys
PT. PLAY'G COMPUTER GAME, ACT'G OUT DANC'G, TRIPPED ON BALL, FELL + HIT CHIN ON SPACE HEATER THIS EVE. 1.5CM ARC-SHAPED VERT. LAC. DX.: LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
3CM NOSE LAC-FELL-@ HOME-HIT A SPACE HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
PT FELL INTO A SPACE HEATER AND BURNED FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters, Blankets
BURN TO FACE WHEN SPACE HEATER CAUGHT BLANKET ON FIRE - UNKOWN IF FD AT TENDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
FELL AND CUT FOREHEAD ON HEATER IN ROOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
PT TRIPPED AND FELL ON PORTABLE HEATER. DX: CHIN LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
PT SUST. LAC. TO FACE ON PORTABLE HEATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2003	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
BURN FACE - 11 MOF FELL ONTO A PORTABLE ELECTRIC (PLUG IN) SPACE HEATER BURNING LEFT SIDE OF FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters, Bedsprings or bedframes
DX LACERATION TO FOREHEAD AND HEAD: MISTOOK PORTABLE SPACE HEATER FOR COMODE IN BEDROOM, STARTED TO SIT, TRIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON BED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
LAC TO FACE WHEN STRUCK ON PORTABLE ELECTRIC HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2001	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable electric heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2001	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/1998	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/1998	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/1997	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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