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Accidents - Paints, varnishes or shellacs - 6-15 years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 529
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:209All Of Body:133
Shoulder:90Face:74
Lower Arm:14Finger:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/03/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PATIENT WAS FALLING AND METALIC PAINT SLIVER WENT UNDER FINGERNAIL; FB REMOVED WITH PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Metal containers
PT.INJ.RT.SHOULDER AT SCHOOL WHEN PAINTING & TRIPPED OVER PAINT CAN. DX ; F.X. RT.SCAPULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
BROUGHT IN BY MOM FOR EVALUATION OF POSSIBLE LEAD EXPOSURE AFTER MOVED TO AN OLD HOUSE WITH OLD PAINT>>RUEL OUT LEAD EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2008Age: 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
BROUGHT IN FOR RULING OUT LEAD EXPOSURE STATUS POST MOVING INTO AN OLD HOUSE WITH OLD PAINTS&LOTS OF DUS>>RULE OUT LEAD EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
CORNEAL ABRASION, 12 YOF, HELPING FATHER SCRAPE PAINT OFF WALL, HAD PAINT CHIP FALL IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT GOT SPRAY PAINT IN EYES AT HOME TODAY DX// CHEMICAL EXPOSURE RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Metal containers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL, HIT HEAD ON EDGE OF PAINT CAN DX: LAC OF FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
SOB AFTER PAINTING AT HOME. DX EXPOSURE TO NOXIOUS FUMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
H/O AUTISM,WITNESSED EATING/CHEWING ON PAINT CHIPS >> INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Paper products
PT PAINTING IN HIS GARAGE AND STEPPED ON SOME NEWSPAPER AND FELL STRAIN ED LEFT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Aerosol containers
SPRAYED PAINT IN FACE;DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS OF EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
CAN OF PAINT EXPLODED AT HOME 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE AND ARMS *
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 04/17/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
CAN OF PAINT EXPLODED BURNS TO FOREARM *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT AT HOME PAINTING BOTH EYES RED AND CRUSTY/ DX BILATERAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
SOB AFTER EXPOSURE TO PAINT DX; DYSPNEA SECONDARY TO PAINT FUMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
H/O AUTISM, SENT FROM DENTAL OFFICE FOR EVALUATION S/P LABS SHOWED LEAD LEVEL =46, +PAINTS ON OUTSIDE OF HOME >> LEAD POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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