Accidents - Glue guns - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 940
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	27
6-15 years old:	406
16-25 years old:	80
26-50 years old:	425

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	431	Hand:	251
Lower Arm:	180	Lower Leg:	40
Upper Trunk:	14	Upper Leg:	14
Wrist:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/27/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Glue guns
C/O HOT GLUE GUN TO 3RD & 4TH PADS OF DISTAL DIGITS. 2ND DEGREE BURN L 3RD & 4TH DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
37YMC BURNED HAND USING HOT GLUE GUN/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Glue guns
BURNED WITH A GLUE GUN. DX- R PINKY BURN #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
PT.INJ.RT.2ND.FINGER AT HOME WHEN USING A GLUE GUN & TUCHED FINGER ON HOT GUN. DX; 2ND.DEG.BURN RT.2ND.FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
BURNED FINGER ON GLUE GUN/ PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN RMF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
FINGER BURN-BURNED ON HOT GLUE GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
PT C/O BURN WITH GLUE GUN ON L HAND. SECONDARY TO L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Glue guns, Adhesives
KNEELED IN PUDDLE OF HOT GLUE (CRAFT GUN),LG AREA OF GLUE STUCK TO LEG. 2ND DEGREE BURN LT SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
49 YO F 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HAND USING HOT GLUE GUN ON FELT, PIECE OF FELT SLIPPED ONTO PT HAND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
BURNED HAND ON HOT GLUE GUN;DX BURNED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2008	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns, Counters or countertops
MOM HAD HOT GLUE GUN ON COUNTER WHEN PT KNOCKED OFF TABLE, GOT HOT GLUE ON FOREARM, MOM WIPE OFF, SKIN CAME OFF W/GLUE; FOREARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2008	Age: 0 years	Sex: Not recorded	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
DX SECOND-DEGREE BURN LIF: BURN TO TIP OF L INDEX FROM HOT GLUE GUN APPROX 1HR AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
DROPPED HOT GLUE FROM GLUE GUN ON ARM AND SUSTAINED A BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Glue guns, Adhesives
HOT GLUE GUN BLEW UP ON PATIENT AT HOME TUBING WAS JAMMED SPRAYED HOT GLUE ON CHEST WALL AND ANKLE, NO SHIRT ON. DX-BURNS CHEST WALL, ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
26 YOM BURNED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON HOT GLUE GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Glue guns
46 YO MALE HAS BLISTERS ON RIGHT LEG FROM HOT GLUE GUN CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns, Padlocks, chain locks or other locks
16 YO MALE BURNED FINGER WHEN SOMEONE USED HOT GLUE GUN TO HEAT LOCK ON LOCKER AT SCHOOL AS A PRANK - FIRST DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
PT WAS USING A GLUE GUN & IT SPILLED ON HANDS, SUSTAINED 1ST DEG HAND BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
15 YOM BURNED LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH HOT GLUE GUN AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
PATIENT WAS BURNED ON A HOT GLUE GUN AT SCHOOL. DX-BURNS TO RIGHT FOREARM AND FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
PT BURNED LOWER ARM ON HOT GLUE GUN BURN LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
BURNED BY HOT GLUE GUN TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glue guns
BURNED LT WRIST WITH A DROP OF HOT GLUE ,FROM HOT GLUE GUN, AT SCHOOL- RINSED WITH WATER. DX: 3RD DEGREE BURN TO LT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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