Accidents - Electric heaters - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 917
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	312
6-15 years old:	86
16-25 years old:	49
26-50 years old:	219
50+ years old:	249

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	153	Upper Trunk:	137
Lower Trunk:	114	Head:	86
Finger:	78	Wrist:	77
Foot:	68	Shoulder:	61
Lower Leg:	33	Upper Leg:	33
Toe:	33	Lower Arm:	16
Face:	16	Mouth:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2003	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
FELL AGAINST ELECTRICAL HEATER - SECOND DEGREE BURN - RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric heaters, Floors or flooring materials
84YOM TRIPPED OVER HEATER CORD INJ TO HEAD ON FLOOR DX/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2003	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
WHILE CRAWLING ON FLOOR TOUCHED ELECTRIC HEATER WITH HAND AND SUSTAINED A BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Electric heaters
PT GOT SHOCKED WHILE PLUGGING IN SPACE HEATER; WRIST ELECTRICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2003	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
2% BURNS RT FORARM AND LEFT PINKY FINGER.PT BURNED FOREARM AND FINGER O N A SPACE HEATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Electric heaters
PT CARRYING ELECTRIC HEATER, FELT POP. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMB AR SACRAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
PT HAD SEIZURE AT HOME AND FELL ONTO ELECTRIC HEATER CAUSING BURNS LT CHEST, RT RIBS, ARMS, BACK; 2ND DEGREE BURNS LT CHEST, BACK, RT ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/07/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters, Day wear
DX:PATIENT STANDING IN FRONT OF ELECTRIC HEATER, BLOUSE STRINGS CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPT. NOT KNOWN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/25/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
LEFT THIGH BURN.PT WAS IN FRONT OF A HEATER BLOWER FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND THIGH BECAME RED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric heaters
2 YOWM PLLED AN ELECTRIC HEATER OVER AND IT LANDED ON HIS FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric heaters
FELL AGAINST ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME INJURING RT RIBS; CONTUSION RT RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric heaters
PT SUST CONTUSION TO TOE FROM HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
FELL ONTO A SPACE HEATER AND BURNED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
2 YOF CHILD BURNT HAND ON WALL HEATER IN BATHROOM. DX 1-2 DEGREE BURN L HAND, PALM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric heaters
PATIENT FELL OVER A HEATER CORD AT HOME. DX-6CM SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
BURN TO LOWER BACK - PT LEANED AGAINST PORTABLE HEATER. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Electric heaters
DX RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER SKIN AVULSION: GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters, Hair dryers
PT WAS BURNED ON THIGH AFTER PLUGING IN ELECT HEATER WITH HAIR DRYER THAT CAUGHT FIRE WHICH FD ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric heaters
RUNNING DOWN THE HALL ATTEMPTING TO BE "SPIDER MAN" FELL ONTO SPACE HEATER. LIP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Electric heaters
LT 5TH TOE FX-STUBBED TOE ON ELECTRIC HEATER-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
BURNED HIS RIGHT HAND ON AN ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME APPROX 1740. DX 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
BURN LOWER LEG - 44 YOM BURNED LEFT LOWER LEG ON AN ELECTRIC HEATER ON FRIDAY, HX DIABETES, DEVELOPED CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/02/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
PT SUSTAINED 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FACE - C/O BURN TO LT CHEEK BY ELECTRIC HEATER 24 HRS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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