Accidents - Automotive chemicals - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,913
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	318
6-15 years old:	48
16-25 years old:	341
26-50 years old:	972
50+ years old:	233

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	715	All Of Body:	449
Face:	307	Finger:	85
Hand:	76	Elbow:	71
Wrist:	71	Lower Arm:	69
Foot:	32	Upper Leg:	17
Lower Trunk:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT WAS CHANGING BRAKE FLUID & GOT SOME IN EYE. DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE OS, CORNEAL ABR OS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT GOT ANTIFREEZE ON FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2004	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: Automotive chemicals
PT SPILLED OIL DEGREASER ON FOOT 5 DAYS AGO. DX: CHEMICAL BURN R FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
INGESTED A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL INJECTOR CLEANER DX. INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
REPORTED TO BE INHALING CARBARATOR FLUID FOR 4 DAYS , HOMELESS DX CAR BORATOR FLUID INHALATION W/ TOXICITY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/10/2004	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
INGESTED B 12 *** FROM A CAN
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/08/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
HUFFING CARBURATOR FLUID, HALLUCINATING DX: SUBSTANC ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2004	Age: 4 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: Automotive chemicals
CHEMICAL INHALATION-? INGESTION OF SMALL AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Automotive chemicals
R FOREARM BURN/25YOM STS 25 MIN AGO BURNED R FOREARM AT HOME ON HOT BRA KE FLUID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
BLEEDING BRAKE LINES, FLUID SPRAYED INTO EYES/ CHEMICAL CONJ BIL EYES, ACUTE EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
CHEMICAL BURN FINGERS - 28 YOM WAS USING A DEGREASER FOR CLEANING RIMS OF CARS, DID NOT DILUTE WITH WATER AS DIRECTED, FINGERS R HAND PAINFUL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT CLANING HER RV WHEN SHE GOT SOME OF THE CLEANER IN BOTH EYES STARTED TO BURN CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2004	Age: 16 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: Automotive chemicals
16 YO M GOT BRAKE FLUID IN EYE CAUSING IN TO BURN CHEMICAL INSULT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 4 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: Other
Product: Automotive chemicals
SOMEONE SPLASHED BRAKE SPRAY INTO PT'S EYES, IT BURNED DX: EYE SPLASH WITH IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Automotive chemicals
SPLASHED TRANSMISSION FLUID IN EYE - CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
DRY CHEMICAL FELL ON PATIENT IN A GAS STATION DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Automotive chemicals
R CORNEAL ABRAS; PT GOT BRAKE FLUID IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT INHALING CARBURETOR CLEANER. DX: PSYCHOSIS, HALLUCINATIONS, DIARRHEA, VOMITING, PHARYNGITIS, FEVER.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/29/2004	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT SPRAYED BRAKE CLEANER ON SOME WASP AND LATER DEVELOPED PAIN AND SWEL LING TO ELBOW WHICH WAS EXPOSED TO BRAKE CLEANER. CONTACT DERMAT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals, Nonglass bottles or jars
PT SEEN PLAYING WITH "***" BRAKE FLUID BOTTLE, FLUID ON CLOTHING, ASYMP TOMATIC; ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF BRAKE FLUID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Automotive chemicals
46 YO MALE BURNED HAND ON RADIATOR FLUID BURN RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT GOT RADIATOR FLUID ON FACE & ARMS. CHEMICAL DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Automotive chemicals
USING FUEL ADDITIVE IN HIS CAR, ADDED SOME TO THE ENGINE AS HE COULD NO T GET HIS CAR STARTED DX HYDROCARBON EXPOSURE TO BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals, Gasoline cans
PT. GOT SPRAYED IN RT EYE WITH GASOLINE WHEN HE WAS OPENING A GAS CAN DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2004	Age: 33 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: Automotive chemicals
KERATITIS-@ HOME-CLEANING CAR-GOT CLEANER IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	Age: 23 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: Automotive chemicals
CHEMICAL BURN TO UPPER LEG-SPILLED BRAKE CLEANING FLUID ON LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2004	Age: 2 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: Automotive chemicals
PATIENT INGESTED "CAR HARDENER" THAT GRANDFATHER USES TO WORK ON CARS, PC CONTACTED, NO SYMPTOMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Automotive chemicals, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
SLLIPPED ON TRANSMISSION OIL ON GARAGE FLOOR, PUT HAND THROUGH WINDOW/ LAC X 2 RT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
CHILD DRANK BRAKE FLUID - WAS IN CAB OF TRUCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT. INGESTED ENGINE CLEANER/ DEGREASER- NOT IN ORIGINAL BOTTLE- HE TOOK 2 SWALLOWS, VOMITED. DX: ALKALI INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
INHALING SUBSTANCE, ADMITS TO INHALING CARBURATOR FLUID DX: INHALANT ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
INGESTED *** AUTOMOBILE CLEANER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2004	Age: 3 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: Automotive chemicals, Metal containers
CHEM IRRITANT IN EYES/3YOM SPRAYED SMALL AMOUNT OF BRAKE CLEANER IN HIS EYES AT HOME. FOUND EMPTY CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
RADIATOR ERRUPTED WHILE OPENING, RADIATOR FLUID BURNED FACE DX: BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2004	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT INGESTED *** FUEL SYSTEM CLEANER.DX: POSS HYDROCARBON INGESTION/ASP IRATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Automotive chemicals
CONJUNCTIVITIS LEFT EYE-ACCIDENTALLY SPLASHED BRAKE FLUID IN LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals, Sprayers
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED "FIX A FLAT" TIRE REPAIR ON SIDE OF FACE, INHALED FUMES, NOSE BURNING, PC CONTACTED; NON TOXIC CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
SPRAYED UNDER COAT SPAY CHEMICAL UNDER CAR GOT INTO EYE DX: CHEMICAL BU RN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Not recorded	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Automotive chemicals
CHEMICAL WHEEL CLEANER ON FINGERS ..FEEL TINGELING NO REDNESS NO BLISTE RS...FINGERS EXPOSED TO CHEMICAL CLEANER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
INGESTED BRAKE FLUID
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/05/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
16 YOM GOT *** BODY FILLER IN LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2004	Age: 14 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: Automotive chemicals
PT WAS "HUFFING" CABURETOR CLEANER , SOB DX TAURINE/ METHANOL INHALATI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT HAD RADIATOR FLUID SPLASHED IN FACE. NO EYE EXPOSURE. D: D: FACIAL B URN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2004	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
HYDROCARBON INGESTION, PER FAMILY PT GOT HOLD OF GUMOUT FUEL INJECTION CLEANER, THINKS MAY HAVE DRANK "A LITTLE" ? GRANDFATHER MADE PT VOMIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Automotive chemicals
HOT RADIATOR FLUID SPLASHED EYE ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE, 1ST DEGREE BURN LOWER LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT INJURED WHEN CHANGING WIPER BLADES ON CAR AND ADDING WASHER FLUID PE ICE OF WIPER BROKE OFF AND INJURED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals, Aerosol containers
PT AND FRIEND LEFT ALONE IN THE CAR SPRAYED EACH OTHER IN FACE WITH *** DE-ICER, TOXIC LEVEL METHANOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals, Aerosol containers
PT AND A FRIEND LEFT IN A CAR SPRAYED *** DE-ICER IN THE FACE OF ONE AN OTHER, TOXIC LEVEL METHANOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2004	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT LETHARGIC, WITH ABDOINAL PAIN AFTER HUFFING CARBURATOR FLUID. D: CAR BURATOR CLEANER INHALATION, ALTERED MENTAL STATUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Automotive chemicals
*** SPLASHED IN LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Automotive chemicals, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
39 YO MALE WAS EXPOSED TO CHEMICALS AT AUTOMOTIVE GARAGE WHEN DRAIN CLOGGED - CHEMICAL BURN - FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Automotive chemicals, Clothing accessories
HAD ON GLOVE, USING CARBUERATOR FLUID-SPARKED & GLOVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. D EEP PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Automotive chemicals
PT SLIPPED 2 WEEKS AGO ON TRANSMISSION FLUID INJURING BACK AND KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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