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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 408
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/17/2005 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| COLLAPSED WHILE CARRYING PROPANE TANKS/ INTRACEREBRAL BLEED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 11/08/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PT HAD GROUND LEVEL FALL AND HIT HEAD ON PROPANE TANK DX: HEAD CONTU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2005 | Age: 51 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: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PT STATES POP OFF VALVE ON PROPANE TANK FLEW OFF HITTING HIS EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PT SUST CONTUSION TO TOE DROPPED GAS TANK ON TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| PT PUTTING PROPANE TANK INTO FORKLIFT AND GOT A TWINGE IN BACK DX: LOW BACK PAIN W/ SCIATICA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2005 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings, Water heaters |
| PT, WHO HAD JUST REFUELED 2 PROPANE TANKS FOR 20 FT. TRAVEL TRAILER, WE NT TO LIGHT WATER HEATER & PROPANE EXPLODED. +FDA.D:HAND/ARM BURNS, LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2005 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| ACCIDENTALLY OPENED PROPANE TANK NO FINGER IS FROZEN DX: R INDEX FINGER FROSTNIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings, Gas or LP grills or stoves |
| NAILBED HEMATOMA WITH NAILBED LACERATION 1 CM: MOVING A GRILL, LT GREAT TOE SMASHED WITH 20# PROPANE TANK FROM GAS GRILL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| HIT LEG AGAINST PROPANE BOTTLE DX. LOWER LEG ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| LT SHOULDER GAVE-WAY LOADING PROPANE GAS TANK/SHOULDER STRAIN/C-STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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