Accidents - Fuel-burning lighting equipment - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 597
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	6
Year 1999:	184
Year 2000:	86
Year 2001:	66
Year 2003:	71
Year 2004:	29
Year 2006:	5
Year 2008:	71
Year 2009:	75

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/19/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT GRABBED A HOT KEROSENE LAMP AND BURNED HIS R HAND. BURNS TO PALM AND FINGERS. BLISTERING. DX THERMAL BURN R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2009	Age: 11 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: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT STUMMBLED-AND GRABBED HOT LANTERN-2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT C/O LFT HAND BURN WITH HOT LANTERN. DX BURN LFT HAND 2ND DEGREE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PATIENT CAUGHT TIKI TORCH THAT WAS THROWN, LARGE WOOD SPLINTER EMBEDDED IN HAND AT HOME; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PT TRIPPED ON ELECTRIC CORD AT SCHOOL. DX: L HAND SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Snowmobiles
15 YOMC WAS HEATING A A STEEL BAR ON HIS SNOWMOBILE AND BURNED HIS L. H AND/ BURN L. HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2001	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2000	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2000	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/1999	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/1999	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/1999	Age: 13 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: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/1999	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/1998	Age: 12 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: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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