Accidents - Fuel-burning lighting equipment - Year 2004 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 64
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 05/04/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PT C/O PROPANE GAS IN BOTH EYES WAS FILLING TANKLS C/O FB IN BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
FLASH BURN EYE - 12 YOM WAS STANDING NEAR A PROPANE TORCH AND RECEIVED A FLASH BURN TO HIS LEFT EYE WHEN TORCH WAS TURNED OFF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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