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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 993
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2007 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| PT BURNED HAND ON ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| PULLED ELECTRICAL CORD ON A HEATER FROM AN ELECTRICAL PLUG ELECTRICAL BURN LEFT 2ND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2007 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN TO L FOREARM: AT HOME FELL AGAINST ELECTRIC HEATER, BURN L UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2007 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| STEPPED ON ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME AND BURNED FOOT 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| WRIST CT-ACCIDENTLY HIT ELECTRIC HEATER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| FELL BACK ON ELECTRIC HEATER, BURNED SHOULDER DX 2ND DEGREE BURN SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| PT DX SMOKE INHALATION - ELECTRICAL HEATER CAUGHT ON FIRE AT HOME TODAY.FIRE DEPT ATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| PT DX SMOKE INHALATION - ELECTRICAL HEATER CAUGHT ON FIRE AT HOME. FIRE DEPT ATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| PT DX SMOKE INHALATION - ELECTRICAL HEATER CAUGHT ON FIRE AT HOME. FIRE DEPT ATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| DX SMOKE INHALATION - ELECTRICAL HEATER CAUGHT ON FIRE AT HOME. FIRE DEPT ATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| 20 YO FEMALE HAS POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| PT BURNED LEG ON ELECTRIC HEATER. DX: L KNEE 2ND DEG BURN/CELLULITIS/STRAIN/HEMARTHROSIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| FELL AND HIT MOUTH ON FLOOR HEATER DX: DENTAL INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2007 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| FELL AND HIT HEAD ON ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME DX- SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| NOSEBLEED, HAS ELECTRIC HEAT @ HOME DX EPISTAXIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electric heaters, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| HOUSE ON FIRE, POSS ELECTRIC HEATER, JUMPED OUT WINDOW, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, HURT HEELS, UNK IF FD ON SCENE, DX CARBON MONOXIDE POISON 101 |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/08/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| BURNS ALL OF BODY, PT GOT BURNED, FAULTY ELECTRIC HEATER, HOME ALL ON FIRE, FD ATTENDED, DOA. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/08/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| SMOKE INHALATION, PT EXPOSED TO FUMES DURING A FIRE, FAULTY HEATER DOA, FD ATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/05/2007 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Electric heaters, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| SMOKE INHALATION.PTS GARAGE CAUGHT FIRE WHEN ELECTRIC HEATER WAS ACCIDE NTLY LEFT ON & COUCH CAUGHT FIREAND THERE WAS ALOT OF SMOKE FD++. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| TRIP OVER ELECT. CORD [PORT. HEATER] FX HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/02/2007 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| HEATER VS. FEET WHEN HE STEPPED ON IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| TOUCHED A SPACE HEATER @ CHURCH BURNING FINGER ' BURN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2007 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON A HEATER AT HOME LAC FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| FELL ONTO WALL HEATER DX 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS L UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| SAT TOO CLOSE TO HEATER RESULTING IN BLISTERS TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric heaters |
| CUT LEG ON A SPACE HEATER LACERATION RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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