Accidents - Electric heaters - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,002
See also: Lethal accidents, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	118
Year 1999:	66
Year 2000:	34
Year 2001:	68
Year 2002:	21
Year 2005:	113
Year 2006:	86
Year 2007:	275
Year 2008:	59
Year 2009:	78
Year 2010:	80

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	193
6-15 years old:	246
16-25 years old:	149
26-50 years old:	242
50+ years old:	170

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/14/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Mobile/Manufactured home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Electric heaters
55 YO M C/O WEAKNESS X 1 WEEK. LIVES IN RV & HAS BEEN USING SIGNIFICANT AMT OF *** IN RV. ALSO USED ELECTRIC HEATER YEST. DX;WEAKNESS. TRANSFE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/08/2010	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electric heaters
68 YO M FELL STRUCK HEATER SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electric heaters
10 Y/O PLUGGING IN A HEATER WHEN IT SHOCKED HER AT HOME. DX-ELECTRICAL SHOCK, BURNS TO THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Electric heaters
PT HAD THE HEATER ON ALL NIGHT AND WOKE UP DIZZY W/ HEAD POUNDING,HEADA CHE SO SHUT HEATER OFF. CO LEVEL 17.6 DX: CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electric heaters
SUSTAINED ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHILE TURNING ON THE SWITCH TO A HEATER AT S CHOOL. DX. ELECTRIC SHOCK, HEADACHE, CHEST PAIN.*
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: 03/10/2007	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: 10/30/2006	Age: 86 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
AWOKE TO FIND FLAMES NEAR HIS ELECTRIC ROOM HEATER. CARBOXYHGB. 7.7. DX . SOMKE INHALATION, BRONCHITIS FD ATTENDANCE UNKNOWN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electric heaters, Electrical outlets or receptacles
ELECTRIC SHOCK ON FINGERS-PLUGGING IN A SPACE HEATER & SAW FLAMES FROM ELECTRIC OUTLET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Electric heaters, Other furnaces
PT IN HOUSE FIRE EXPOSED TO SMOKE FURNACE NOT WORKING ELECTRIC HEATER C AUSED FIRE 2 YOLD SIB EXPIRED IN FIRE. DX SMOKE INHALED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2006	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Electric heaters, Other furnaces
PT IN HOUSE FIRE EXPOSED TO SMOKE FURNACE NOT WORKING USING ELECTRIC HE ATER THAT CAUSED FIRE. 2 Y/OLD SIBLING EXPIRED IN FIRE. DX SMOKED EXPOS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electric heaters
PT WAS SHOCKED BY SPACE HEATER WHILE TURNING IT DOWN DX: MINOR ELECTRIC INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	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
ASLEEP IN BEDROOM WHEN ELECTRIC HEATER CAUGHT FIRE, FD INVOLEMENT NS SMOKE INHALATION & CARBOXYHEMOGLOBINEMIA COHB 2.7
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electric heaters
ELECTRICAL SHOCK - 33 YOF PICKED UP A CORD ATTACHED TO A SPACE HEATER A ND COULN'T PUT IT DOWN, ELECTRICAL BURN TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electric heaters
ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN TOUCHED ELECTRIC CORD OF HEATER IN WATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2001	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electric heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2000	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Electric heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2000	Age: 46 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, Nightwear
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/1999	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electric heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/1997	Age: 6 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Electric heaters, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/1997	Age: 2 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Electric heaters, Electrical outlets or receptacles
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/02/1997	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electric heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/1997	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electric heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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