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Accidents - Other furnaces - 50+ years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 663
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:235Finger:152
Eyeball:68Neck:68
Upper Trunk:67Lower Trunk:38
Hand:16Lower Arm:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/23/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other furnaces
FURNACE BLEW UP IN PT'S FACE.BILATERAL EYE FOREIGN BODYS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other furnaces
LACERATION RT 5TH FINGER-SUS 2CM LACERATION TO RT 5TH FINGER ON PIECE O F SHARP METAL ON FURNACE. HAS MILD BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Other furnaces
CARBON MONO EXP. THE PILOT LIGHT KEPT GOING OUT ON FURNACE. PT CO LEVEL WAS 17.3.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2002Age: 93 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other furnaces
PT FELL LOST BALANCE AT HOME HIT ARM ON FURNACE DX: FX FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/02/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Other furnaces, Solid room deodorizers or fresheners
SMOKE INHALATION.FIRE WAS STARTED BY FURNACE CAUSING INSCENTS TO SPARK AND SPARK A PILLOW.NO FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other furnaces
LACERATION HAND TENDON INVOLVEMENT - 73 YOM DEEPLY SCRAPED THE BACK OF RIGHT HAND, 4TH KNUCKLE, ON A FURNACE WHILE WORKING ON IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Other furnaces
ANOXIA - PATIENT PRESENTS VIA AMBULANCE FROM HOME - FOUND UNCONSCIOUS - FURNACE MALFUNCTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2002Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Other furnaces
68 YOM HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING D/T FUMES FROM A BLOCKED FURNACE. ANOX IA
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 10/02/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other furnaces
SHE TURNED HER FURNACE ON FOR THE FIRST TIME AND STARTED COUGHING DUE TO THE DUST DX: COUGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other furnaces
PT INJURED BACK INSTALLING FURNACE, ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN SECONDARY TO ST RAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other furnaces
PT. RECEIVED FRACTURE TO HIS FINGER WHEN AN OLD FURNACE FELL OFF END OF A TRUCK AND LANDED ON FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2002Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Other furnaces
WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE FURNACE, TOOK THE DOOR OFF AND IT BLEW UP I N HER FACE. SMOKE INHALATION FIRE DEPARTMENT ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 03/27/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other furnaces
PT INJURED WORKING ON FURNACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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