Accidents - Drain cleaners - Year 2008 - Mouth

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 88
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	14
50+ years old:	73

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
SIPHONING WATER FROM 55 GAL. DRUM CONTAINING BOAT MOTOR, FORGOT *** WAS IN HOSE WHEN LAST USED,GOT SOME IN MOUTH. DX; CHEMICAL PHARYNGITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
PT SUS CHEMICAL BURN TO MOUTH, THOUGHT DRAIN CLEANER WAS WATER, DID NOT SWALLOW DRAIN CLEANER%
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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