Accidents - Gas or LP heaters - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,497
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	35
6-15 years old:	289
16-25 years old:	166
26-50 years old:	498
50+ years old:	507

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:	646	Face:	188
Eyeball:	139	Hand:	97
Upper Leg:	85	Shoulder:	70
Lower Leg:	70	Foot:	70
Toe:	70	Lower Trunk:	15
Knee:	15	Head:	15
Finger:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas or LP heaters
PASSED OUT HIT FACE ON HEATER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
PT IN BASEMENT PAST FEW DAYS WITH PROPANE HEATER - POSSIBLE CO POISONING (DIZZY/HEADAHCE), COHG=1.9
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters
PT TRIPPED AND FELL, LANDED ON PROPANE HEATER DX: THERMAL BURN LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT WAS FOUND DOWN IN HOME DUE TO PROPANE HEATER/CIGARETTE EXPLOSION FIRE. FD NS. DX: 23% TBSA FLAME BURN, INHALATION INJURY, SCLERAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/01/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-APPARENT LEAK IN GAS HEATER-@ HOME-COHB 28.0 C/O HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-APPARENT LEAK IN GAS HEATER-@ HOME-COHB 31.8 C/O HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-APPARENT LEAK IN GAS HEATER-@ HOME-COHB 17.7 C/O HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-APPARENT LEAK IN GAS HEATER-@ HOME-COHB 27.1 C/O HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-APPARENT LEAK IN GAS HEATER-@ HOME-COHB 28.3 C/O HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters
BACKED INTO SPACE HEATER AT HOME BURN TO BOTH BUTTOCKS *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas or LP heaters
19YOBF WITH FRACTURE TO RIGHT #3 TOE AFTER DROPPING GAS HEATER ON IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Gas or LP heaters
L CORN BURN;L SIDED PERI-ORB BURN/64YOM W/BURN TO L EYE FROM PROPANE WA TER HEATER@7:30P@HM.GAS IN WATER HEATER EXPLODED.?FIRE DEPT?
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas or LP heaters
FELL ON GAS HEATER/CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters
1ST,2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE,NECK AND LEFT ARM.PT WAS LIGHTING A PROPAN E BURNER AND IT FLASHED AND BURNED PT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2007	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas or LP heaters
PT WITH CONTUSION TO RIGHT SHOULDER AFTER FALLING AGAINST GAS HEATER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/08/2007	Age: 37 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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas or LP heaters
IN FEB. PT STARTED HEATER & BALL OF FIRE HIT EYE. HAS SEEN OPTHOMOLOGIS T 2X BUT MISSED LAST APPT. EYE SWOLLEN, THROBBING. ?FDA. D:CORN. ABRAS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE FROM HEATER ACUTE DYSPNEA, ACUTE BRONCHITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE FROM HEATER POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
INHALED BUTANE GAS IN HOME. PATIENT USES PROPANE HEATING SYSTEM ACUTE CO POISONING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/10/2007	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters
WALKED INTO PROPANE HEATER BURNING THIGH " BURN''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters
PT STOOD TOO CLOSE TO PROPANE HEATER & PANTS CAUGHT FIRE. TRIED TO PUT IT OUT W/HANDS. FD NS. DX: 2/3 DEG BURNS HANDS, LEGS, HTN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/06/2007	Age: 27 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: Poisoning
Product: Gas or LP heaters
PT WITH CHEST PAIN, DIZZINESS, LIGHTHEADED S/P EXPOSURE TO GAS LEAK LAS T NIGHT WHEN GAS HEATER "EXPLODED". LPTMS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/21/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE FROM OLD GAS HEATER. CO LEVEL NO T DRAWN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE FROM OLD GAS HEATER. CO LEVEL NO T DRAWN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters
PT WAS TOO CLOSE TO PROPANE HEATER WHILE DRINKING 10 DAYS AGO. DX: R KNEE BURN POSS FULL THICKNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters, Camping equipment
38 YO MALE HAD PROPANE HEATER FLASH IN TENTSECOND DEGREE BURNS HAND
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/09/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters
BURNED LOWER LEGS WHEN GOT TO CLOSE TO SPACE HEATER FIRE DEPT DID NOT A TTEND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/09/2007	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters
BURNED HAND ON GAS HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2007	Age: 34 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: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
FAULTY HEATER CO EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
FAULTY HEATER CO EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
FAULTY HEATER CO EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
FAULTY HEATER CO EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2007	Age: 15 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: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
FAULTY HEATER CO EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters
GOT FOOT TOO CLOSE TO GAS SPACE HEATER AND SUSTAINED A BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Gas or LP heaters
PT HAD MALFUNCTION OF GAS HEATER AND WOOD STOVE GAS EXPOSURE GAS FUME EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2007	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters
PATIENT OUT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER IN PILOT LIGHT OF HEATER AT HOME. DX-BURN RIGHT 3RD DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters
PATEINT BURNED THIGH FROM BUTANE HEATER AT HOME. DX; 2ND BURN TO RIGH T THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters
2ND DEGREE BURNS OVER FCE, NECK , EARS. LOWER LIP WHITE,SINGED HAIR, BR OWS,MUSTACHE SINGED OFF. LIGHTING PROPANE HEATER IN HIS SHOP. "BLEW UP"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas or LP heaters
PT TRIED TO TURN ON A PROPANE HEATER IN HOME & IT EXPLODED. FD NS. DX: INDETERMINATE BURNS OVER FACE, BILAT HANDS, BACK.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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