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Accidents - Caustics - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 227
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:69
26-50 years old:87
50+ years old:69
Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:85Hand:71
All Of Body:69

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/19/2004Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Caustics, Ceilings and walls
40 YO MALE USED ACETONE TO CLEAN WALLS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2004Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Caustics
PT WAS AT HOME USING DECK CLEANER AND HE PUT HIS HANDS IN IT CAUSING BU RNS TO BOTH OF HIS HANDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Caustics
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE PUT TRISODIUM PHOSPATE IN HIS MOUTH (ALKALINE CL EANSING AGENT).
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 05/07/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Caustics, Metal containers
REACHING FOR GAS GRATE CLEANER, CAN SPILLED ONTO FACE/ CHEMICAL CONJ LT EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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