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Accidents - Generators or power plants - 50+ years old - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,125
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:590Shoulder:191
Lower Leg:155Hand:103
Lower Arm:69Lower Trunk:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/03/2004Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Generators or power plants
PT PULLED ON A GENERATOR ON THANKSGIVING. DX: LOW BACK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2004Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
LIGHTHEADEDNESS FROM GENERATOR RUNNING - EXPOSURE TO FUMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2004Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
WEAKNESS, DIFFICULTY BREATHING. HAS GAS POWERED GENERATOR UNDER HOUSE. DX: CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2004Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
WEAKNESS, DYSPNEA. HAS GAS POWERED GENERATOR UNDER HOUSE. DX: CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2004Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Generators or power plants
PT MOVING A GENERATOR AT HOME WHEN IT STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER CALF CONT USION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2004Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Generators or power plants
LACERATION TO THE LEFT LEG AFTER A GENERATOR SHE WAS HELPING LIFT OUT OF THE CAR FELL AND HIT HER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Generators or power plants
PTR HELPING HIS FRIEND MOVE A GENERATOR LAST EVENING STRAINED LEFT SHOU LDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2004Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Generators or power plants
PT STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER LIFTING A GENERATOR AT HOME STRAINED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
PT HAD GENERATOR RUNNING AT HOME X4 DAYS, DEVELOPED CONFUSION, NAUSEA A ND VOMITING, HEADACHE, CARBON MONIXIDE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
PT IN A HOUSE WHERE A GENERATOR WAS RUNNING DEVELOPED HEADACHE AND NAUS EA CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2004Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Generators or power plants
PT TOUCHED THE HOT MUFFLER ON A GENERATOR ENGINE AT HOME SUSTAINED A TH ERMAL BURN TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2004Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Generators or power plants
PT PUSHING A GENERATOR WITH HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG AT HOME SUSTAINED A THE RMAL BURN TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2004Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
PT HAD A GENERATOR RUNNING IN HIS HOME FOR TWO DAYS DEVELOPED NAUSEA AN D DYSPNEA HEADACHE COHGB OF 14.4 CO2 POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2004Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
PT HAD A GENERATOR RUNNING IN HIS HOUSE FOR 48 HOURS DEVELOPED NAUSEA AND VOMITING COHGB 12.5- CO2 POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2004Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
PT HAD A GENERATOR RUNNING IN HOUSE FOR 2 DAYS STRAIGHT DEVELOPED NAUSE A AND CONFUSION COHGB OF 11 CO2 POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
PT HAD A GENERATOR RUNNING IN AN ENCLOSED GARAGE AT HOME DEVELOPED NAUSEA AND HEADACHE COHGB OF 12- CO2 POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2004Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
PT HAD A GENERATOR RUNNING IN A CLOSED GARAGE DEVELOPED DIZZINESS AND NAUSEA COHGB 11- CO2 POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Generators or power plants
PT WAS MOVING A GENERATOR AT HOME AND TOUCHED THE HOT ENGINE SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
PT WAS EXPOSED TO FUMES FROM A GENERATOR OVER TWO DAYS DEVELOPED DIZZIN ESS AND DYSPNEA CO2 POISONING COHGB- 16 TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 07/22/2004Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Generators or power plants
STARTING GENERATOR AT HOME, PULL ROPE BROKE AND ARM SNAPPED BACK INJURI NG SHOULDER. DX; SHOULDER SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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