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Accidents - Metal polishes, tarnish removers or preventatives - Year 2007

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 36
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:5
26-50 years old:31
Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:31Lower Leg:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/16/2007Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Metal polishes, tarnish removers or preventatives
45 YO MALE SPLASHED SILVER POLISH IN EYE F/B EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2007Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Metal polishes, tarnish removers or preventatives
C/O PT STATES HAD *** CLEANER ON HAND AND RUBBED IT IN HER EYEDX CHEMIC AL BURN TO RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2007Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Metal polishes, tarnish removers or preventatives, Clothing
PATIENT HAS RASH ON BILATERAL LOWER LEGS, SPOTS ON ARMS AFTER MOM HAD W ASHED LAUNDRY WITH A RAG USED TO POLISH SILVER W/TARN-X; CONTACT DERMAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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