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Accidents - Fireplace equipment - 6-15 years old - Year 2007

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 177
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:93Foot:71
Face:6Knee:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/22/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireplace equipment
LACERATION TO TOP OF LEFT FOOT - HIT FOOT ON FIREPLACE TOOL THAT WAS IN A CLOSET THAT HE ENTERED. NO FIRE INVOLVEMENT!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireplace equipment
TOUCHED FIRE POKER IN PIT, DX; BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireplace equipment
PT GRABBED HOT END OF FIRE POKER WHILE CAMPING; 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2007Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireplace equipment
PT HIT W/IRON FIRE POKER ABOVE EYE BY ACCIDENT, PAIN, BLURRY VISION, SW ELLING; EYELID LAC, CONJUNCTIVAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireplace equipment
PT FELL AND HIT KNEE ON A METAL FIREPLACE GRATE. D: LACERATION RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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