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Accidents - General purpose household cleaners - 6-15 years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 624
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:227Eyeball:224
Upper Trunk:75Face:75
Neck:15Lower Trunk:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/07/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting
PT HAS DEVELOPED A RASH ON UPPER CHEST AND ARMS, ONLY THING NEW IN HOME IS A NEW POWDER TO CLEAN THE CARPETS. DX: HIVES, FROM CARPET CLEANER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT AND SISTER GOT INTO CLEANING PROD WHILE PLAYING IN BASEMENT. PT GOT SOME SPLASHED INTO R EYE. UNK EXACTLY WHAT. BURNING. DX CHEM CONJUNCTIV
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners
15 Y0 IN AREA OF RUG CLEANER BECAME DIZZY SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT AT SCHOOL TOILET BOWEL CLEANER FELL SPLASHING PT IN FACE NECK/ DX CHEMICAL BURNS TO FOREHEAD, NECK AREAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT WAS SPRAYED WITH GLASS CLEANER TO EYE WHILE AT SCHOOL, CONJUNCTIVITI S EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT HAS HAD NASAL IRRITATION/ CONGESTION FOR THE PAST 3 WKS. ADMITS TO H UFFING DRY ERASE BOARD CLEANER ON REGULAR BASIS. DX INHAL. POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Motor vehicles or parts
PT SAT IN SOME SORT OF CLEANING SOLUTION IN CAR WHILE GOING TO SCHOOL NOW R-BUTTOCKS NOW RED AND INFLAMED. DX CHEMICAL BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
INGESTION OF WINDOW WASHER FLUID POISONING
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 08/11/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT SPRAYED *** IN EYE. DX: R EYE FB. DX: R EYE FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT WAS SPRAYED WITH ORANGE CITRUS CLEANER IN LEFT EYE, CHEMICAL BURN TO LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners
SHORTNESS OF BREATH , THROAT SWELLING AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO FLOOR/CAR PET CLEANER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Tableware and accessories
PATIENT TOOK SIP FROM CUP CONTAINING *** CLEANINING SOLUTION, THOUGHT I T WAS WATER, NOW HAS THROAT PAIN, CANNOT SWALLOW; INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/10/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT ACCIDENTALLY TOOK A SIP OF CLEANER & COUGHED & SPIT IT OUT AT HOME DX: POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Bottles or jars
7 YOF DRANK FROM A BOTTLE THINKING IT WAS *** WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY AGRE ASE CUTTING AGENT USED TO CLEAN POTS AND PANS, DX: INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT WITH CHEMICAL INSULT TO EYES FROM HARDWOOD CLEANER WHILE PLAYING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
B/L CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS: SPRAYED SHOE CLEANER IN BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Bleaches
PT INHALED CLEANING SUPPLIES, BLEACH & OTHER CLEANERS, ALSO HAS BRONCHI TIS, DX NON-TOXIC INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Aerosol containers
TOXIC FUMES INHALATION-WAS HUFFING *** DUST REMOVER FROM CAN TO GET HIG H-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT AT THE SKATING PARK THEY WERE CLEANING WITH CLEANING CHEMICALS AND I NHALED THE FUMES BECAME DYSPNEIC EXPOSURE INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
HAD CLEANER LA TOTALLY AWSOME CLEANER SPRAYED IN EYES, FOSTER MOM FLUSH ED EYES 15 MINUTES, CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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