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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 352
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/03/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| 16Y/O,M,NITRATE SOL. IN CHEMISTRY CLASS SPLASHED INTO EYE, IRRITATION R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PATIENT HURT WHEN MIXING UP UNKNOWN CHEMICALS AT SCHOOL. THEY SPASHED O NTO FACE. DX: 1ST DEGREE CHEMICAL BURNS TO FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| DROPPED WEIGHT ON FINGER AT MIT LAB CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT IS A STUDENT @ CALTECH WAS WORKING IN LAB WHEN CHEMICALS EXPLODED 75 0 DEGREES CELCIUS-CHEMICAL EXPOSURE- UPDATED 111908 TO SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals, Motor vehicles or parts |
| EXPOSED TO HCI FUMES LESS THAN 10 SECONDS @ SCHOOL WHEN A DRUM SPILLEDW HILE BEING UNLOADED FROM TRUCK. DX HCI ACIDE FUME EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| TOXIN EXPOSURE/20YOM IN LAB AT COLLEGE INHALED FORMALDAHIDE & METHYL AL COHOL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT BURNED HAND WTIH LIQUID NITROGEN IN SCHOOL DX: CHEM BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals, School equipment |
| IN CHEMISTRY CLASS AT SCHOOL BURNING METHANE UNDER A FUME HOOD, BREATHI NG SMOKE, BEGAN HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING; LIKELY VOCAL CORD DYSFUNCT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT IS A STUDENT, WAS WORKING IN LAB AT SCHOOL WITH VOLATILE SOLVENTS FOR ORGANIC CHEM., FELT BURNING IN HIS EYES. DX-CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| AT SCHOOL PT WAS ACCIDENTLY SPRAYED IN L EYE WITH HYDROCHLORIC ACID BY ANOTHER STUDENT IN L EYE,C/O BURN & ITCH, DX EYE IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 15 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: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT WAS AT SCHOOL USING THE CHEMICAL SODIUM HYDROXIDE WHEN SOME SPILLED AND GOT ON HER FACE. CHEEKS 1ST DEGREE BURNS. DX CHEMICAL BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT WAS EXPOSED TO FUMES IN SCIENCE CLOSET WHEN DOOR WAS OPENED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PATIENT INHALED FUMES IN LABORATORY AT SCHOOL (NITRIC ACID, & HYDROGEN FLUORIDE) C/O MILD COUGH. DX-INHALATION OF FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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