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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,008
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT WORKING ON A HOT WATER HEATER AND SUSTAINED A PW TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Water heaters, Hot water |
| WORKING ON HOT WATER HEATER WHEN HOT WATER SPILLED OUT & PTS FINGERS WE RE SCALDED. 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS FINGERS. <5% BSA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| 57 Y/O REPAIRING HIS HOT WATER HEATER, FELL STRIKING CONCRETE. DX-LAC. RIGHT EYEBROW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water heaters |
| 62YOM WHILE CHECKING HIS HOT WATER TANK,STRUCK LT EYE ON A METAL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF WATER TANK;LT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT C/O BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A WATER HEATER TWO WKS AGO. ACUTE ON CH RONIC LUMBAR MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| CUT ON HOT WATER HEATER, DX; LAC. FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Water heaters |
| RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER FB. PT WAS CLEANING UNDER A WATER HEATER AND GOT SO METHING IN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Water heaters |
| CO EXPOSURE.PT HAD CO POISONING FROM GAS WATER HEATER.PTS LEVEL WAS 1.3 . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT TRYING TO LIGHT PILOT LIGHT FOR WATER HEATER AND FLAME SHOTG OUT BUR NING FINGERS. NOT FDA. D:1ST DEGREE BURN, FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Water heaters, Hot water |
| BURNS TO HANDS AND FA, HOT WATER HEATER BLEW UP ON HIM DX: 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT WAS LIGHTING A PROPANE WATER HEATER AND HAD AN EXPLOSION OF PROPANE ON HAND. DX: BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| DX L INDEX FINGER LAC W WOND CLOSURE/HTN: CUT LIF ON HOT WATER HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| LAC HAND ON HOT WATER HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT CARRYING WATER HEATER OUT OF BASEMENT RESULTING IN ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water heaters |
| FOREARM LAC-CUT ON WATER HEATER SHUT OFF VALVE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| WAS WORKING O A WATER HEATER WHEN GAS FLARED UP AND CAUSED A FLASH BURN TO PT'S FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT BURNED HAND WHILE LIGHTING PILOT LIGHT ON HOT WATER HEATER. NO FD. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OF RIGHT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water heaters |
| DROPPED HOT WATER HEATER ON HAND AT HOME, C/O HAND PAIN. DX-FRACTURE METACARPAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT WAS CHANGING OUT A PARTIALLY FULL HOT WATER HEATER AT HOME AND FELT A TEAR IN LEFT UPPER ARM STRAINED BICEPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT RECEIVED FRACTURE FINGER WHEN WATER HEATER FELL ON IT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT STRAINED LOWER BACK WHEN MOVING HOT WATER HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water heaters |
| DX (LWBS) CARRYING WATER HEATER AND SUSTATINED BRUISES TO R UPPER ARM AND TORSO |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Water heaters |
| PT WITH AMS FROM NEW GAS WATER HEATER THAT WAS INSTALLED IN HOME CAUSING CO LEVEL IN HOME 15PPM - PT @ COHG 3.1 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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