Accidents - Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns - Year 2006 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 115
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	43
26-50 years old:	71

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/28/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Batteries
MOM STATES CHILD HAD A LANTERN W/OLD BATTERIES, BATTERY ACID TO PALM OF R HAND. DX. CHEM BURN 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT C/O HAND INJURY. PT HIT IN HAND WITH FLASHLIGHT. DX CONT TO RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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