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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,051
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT. STATES HIT L FOOT, 4TH TOE ON HEATING UNIT. DX. FX L 4TH TOE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2005 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT. TRIPPED OVER A HEATER LANDING ON THE HEATER TO HIS L RIB CAGE. DX. RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2005 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| CHI - 73 YOM FELL HITTING HIS HEAD ON A HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/10/2005 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FX R HIP/85YOM WHILE AT NURSING HOME LAST NIGHT, FELL WALKING BACK TO B ED FROM TURNING OFF HEATER. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/10/2005 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 76 YOF FRACTURES RIBS WHEN FELL AGAINST A HEATER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2005 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PASSED OUT, HIT BACK OF HEAD ON HEATER AT HOME. DX; HEMATOMA HEAD, SYN COPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/30/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT BUMPED FOOT ON SPACE HEATER YESTERDAY. DX: R FOOT SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PASSED OUT AT HOME, HIT FACE ON HEATER, BURN TO CHEST AND ARMS DX; 2ND, 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO L CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/22/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| HOUSE FIRE, BURN TO L HAND, BROTHER L HEATER ON DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN L INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS MOVING A HEATER AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| 93 YOF TRIPPED OVER SPACE HEATER AND FELL CAUSING FRACTURE TO LEFT HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/03/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT BACKED UP AGAINST A HEATER. DX. 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2005 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems, Beds or bedframes |
| PT. C/O HEATER FALLING AND HITING L GREAT TOE, THEN HITTING IT ON BEDPO ST. DX. CONT R GREAT TOE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2005 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| BRADYCARDIA, 2ND DEGREE BLOCK TYPE #2: SYNCOPAL EPISODE: FELL, HIT HEAD ON A HEATING UNIT AT NURSING HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/01/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT BURNED ANKLE ON HEATER 1.5 WK AGO. DX: L LATERAL LEG PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PATIENT HIT METAL HEATER IN SLEEP THEN AWOKE. DX: OPEN FRACTURE TO RI GHT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/14/2005 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| LEFT HAND FRACTURE.PT FELL AND HIT HAND ON A HEATER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2005 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FELL IN BATHROOM NEXT TO SPACE HEATER AND UNABLE TO GET UP FOR THRE DAY S AND LEG GOT BURNED FROM BEING NEXT TO HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/29/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| PT BURNT LOWER LEG ON A HEATER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2005 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| LS STRAIN-SINCE PUSHING 80# HEATER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2005 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FRACTURE WRIST - 82 YOF FELL TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A HEATER INJURING HE R RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| BURNS 1&2ND DEGREE R LWR LEG, PT SUST INJURY W/A HEATER AT HOME, C/O C/O PAIN, REDNESS, BLISTERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2005 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED AND FELL IN FLOOR WHILE LIGHTING HEATER AND LACERATED FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/04/2005 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| FELL STRUCK FOREHEAD AGAINST A HEATER CONCUSSION CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: 25 - 50% Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems, Day wear |
| BACKED INTO HEATER,DRESS CAUGHT FIRE/2ND DEGREE UPPER BACK,FRONT TORSO 30% OF BODY/NO FD CALLED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/10/2005 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| SUPERFICIAL SKIN LACERATION AND AVULSION L ELBOW AND FOREARM - FELL,HIT TING EDGE OF HEATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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