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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,604
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids, Towels or cloths |
| 23YOF INJ.LIPS AT HOME WHEN USING *** ACID & WIPED MOUTH WITH ACLOTH RA G THAT HAD ACID ON IT. DX; CHEMICAL BURN LIPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2010 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids, Pipes |
| DX ACID BURN TO R EYE W SHALLOW CORNEAL DEFECT: 28YOM US'G MURATIC ACID TO CLEAN DRAIN CLOG; SPLASHED INTO R EYE,+REDNESS TO SCLERA/EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2010 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| 38 YOM ACID SOMEHOW GOT INTO EYE. DX-CHEMICAL BURN EYE, PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2010 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids, Day wear |
| 50 YOM CHEMICAL ACID WENT THRU PANTS, BURNED LEG. DX CHEMICAL BURN THIG H |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Acids |
| 25 YO F GRAD STUDENT EXPOSED TO *** ACID. REACHED UNDER GLASSHOOD VENTI LATION SYSTEM & EXPOSED FOR 1 SEC. DX:HYDROCHLORIC GAS EXPOSU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2010 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 76YOM SPRAYING HYDROCHLORIC ACID WITH A GARDEN HOSE AND SOME SPLASHED I NTO LEFT EYE CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| 31 YO M STEPPED IN ACID WHILE CLEANING OUT GARAGE AT HOME. DX CHEMICAL BURNS TO FEET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2010 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| BATTERY ACID IN EYE. CHEMICAL BURN, ACID, CORNEA, LEFT. 75 YOF* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2010 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Acids |
| 22MOM OUTSIDE WITH FATHER PT GRABBED A CONTAINER OF MURIATIC ACID AND S TARTED TO COUGH BREATHING PROBLEMS POST ACID INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2010 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| 49 YOF PT C/O EYE PAIN S/P SPLASHING ACID IN EYE. ACID CORNEAL BURN R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| 19 Y/O/M BURNED HAND ON ACID AT STORE DX RT HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2010 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Acids, Bleaches |
| 68YOM WAS CLEANING TOILET MIXED *** BLEACH AND HYDROCHLORIC ACID EXPLOD ED BACK INTO FACE INHALED FUMES;CHEMICAL INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| 26YOM CLEANING BOAT WITH AN ACID AND SUSTAINED CHEMICAL BURNS TO FEET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2010 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| 47YOM, WASHING TRAUCK WITH A CLEANER THAT HAD ACID IN IT, CHEMICAL BURN TO FINGERTIPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Acids, Swimming pool chemicals |
| 51YOM MIXED CHLORINE AND MURIATIC ACID TO WASH POOL DECK AND DEVELOPED WHEEZING POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2010 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Acids, Swimming pool chemicals |
| 29YOM CLEANING HIS SWIMMING POOL MIXED MURIATIC ACID AND CHLORINE TOGET HER AND INHALED A YELLOW FUME STARTED TO CHOKE POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Acids, Metal containers |
| 69 YOM DX HYDROFLUORIC ACID EXPOSURE - S/P WHILE CARRYING PAINT CANS AT HOME,SPLASHED A CLEAR SUBSTANCE TO RT HAND,SKIN WAS RED X2 DAYS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Acids |
| 33YOF C/O CHEST PAIN WAS EXPOSED TO A BOLIC ACID CLEANER THIS AM DX- CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS, CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| 24 Y/O/M ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED ACID CLEANER IN EYE AT HOME DX/ RIGHT EYE CHEMICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Acids, Ammonia, household |
| 33 YOF WAS EXPOSED TO SULFUR OR AMMONIA IN APT AND PT THROAT BECAME IRRITATED AND SCRATCHY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/11/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Acids |
| 45 YOM EXPOSURE TO ACID AT THE STORE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2010 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Acids |
| 18 MO FEMALE SWALLOWED "DEGREASER SPRAYED IN FACE". DX-CAUSTIC SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE, ACCIDENTAL INGESTION, NONTOXIC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids, Sinks |
| 20YOM STATES WAS CLEANING PIPES UNDER SINK AND ACID WENT IN FACE DX FACIAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2010 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Acids |
| 83YOM HAD ACID SPLASH INTO EYE SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| 53YOM,CONJUNCTIVITIS TO HANDS S/P CLEANING TRUCK WITH ACID BASE PRODUCT BURNING SENSATION TO FINGERS & HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| 21 YOF WAS SPLASHED WITH SULFURIC ACID IN CLASS. DX EYE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids, Glass bottles or jars |
| 25YOF, A COLLAGE STUDENT, PICKED UP A BOTTLE OF NITRIC ACID&THE CAP WAS N'T INTACT&ACC SPLASHED ON RT SIDE OF FACE/EYE WITH IT>>CHEM BURN/CORNE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2010 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Acids |
| 34 YR OLD FEMALE FOR GOOD LUCK,WASHED BODY AND MOUTH WITH WATER ADDED T O MALTED LEAD,PACKAGE WARNED OF LEAD POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| 4YOF DRIPPED JEWELRY CLEANER ON HAND WHILE AT PAWN SHOP W/PARENTS YEST, NOW W/BURN, SKIN PEELING AND EDEMA; CHEMICAL BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Acids |
| 48YOM "FEELS LIKE HE IS BEING POISONED BY HYDROGEN SULFIDE"COMING FROM THE SEWER SYSTEM.DX:CONCERN FOR POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2010 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Acids, Toilets |
| 41 Y/O/M TRYING TO UNCLOG TOILET USING MIRIATIC ACID BECAME SHORT OF BR EATH THROAT CLOSING DX// EXPOSURE TO TOXIC FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| 53 YOM BURNED SELF WITH SULFURIC ACID, RIGHT THIGH, RIGHT LEG. DX-HYRO- SULFURIC ACID BURN, TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/18/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| 19 YOM STUDENT WAS WORKING IN LAB AND SPLASHED TFA ACID ON FACE BY ACCIDENT. DX FACIAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2010 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Acids |
| SPLASHED *** ON CHEST DX: PHOSPORIC ACID EXPOSURE1ST DEGREE BURN 1ST DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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