Accidents - Fuel-burning lighting equipment - Year 2003 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 78
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

16-25 years old:	16
26-50 years old:	61

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/14/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Camping equipment
DX: 10% 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO CHEST AND ARMS. WHILE IN TENT 2 WKS AGO BURNED BY LANTERN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
USING A BLOW TORCHBURN RIGHT FOREARM PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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