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Accidents - Heaters or heating systems - Year 2009 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 469
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:125
26-50 years old:184
50+ years old:159

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/17/2009Age: 18 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Beds or bedframes
PT GOT OUT OF MOMS BED AT NIGHT, BUMPED INTO SPACE HEATER BURNED CHEST, BLISTERING. MOM FOUND BURN IN MORNING. TX TO BURN CENT. DX CHEST BURN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 08/27/2009Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT TRIPPED AND FELL INTO A SPACE HEATER. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS 3RD DEG BURN 5% R CHEST/THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 06/20/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FELL ON HEATER AND CONTUSED UPPER CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT SUSTAINED RIB CONTUSION AFTER TRIPPING AND FALLING OVER A HEATER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2009Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
17 MOF FELL ON TO SPACE HEATER AND BURNED CHEST 2ND DEGREE BURN CHEST
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 03/31/2009Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Heaters or heating systems
RIB FX/48YOM C/O L CHEST WALL PAIN FROM FALLING LAST NIGHT. STRUCK L CH EST WALL AGAINST SPACE HEATER AND C/O PAIN WITH DEEP BREATHING/MOVEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2009Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Heaters or heating systems
83 YOM SLIPPED AND FELL TRYING TO TURN OFF HEATER MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT BURNED HIS CHEST WHEN HE FELL AND LANDED ON A HEATER. D: BURN TO C HEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FELL AGAINST WALL HEATER DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2009Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT TRIPPED OVER HEATER AND FELL. DX: L RIB FX, COCCYX CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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