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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 583
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/29/2009 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches, Clothing accessories |
| HAND BURN-CUTTING TORCH CAUGHT PIGSKIN GLOVE ON FIRE-@ HOME-NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| BURNED HAND WITH A BLOW TORCH. DX. BURN TO BACK OF RIGHT HAND.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT USING CUTTING TORCH @ HOME HAD BURNS TO R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| SUSTAINED BURN FROM A CUTTING TORCH. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN BILATERAL HAND S, FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVEMENT NOT STATED# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2007 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT WAS BURNED ON ACETYLENE TORCH. DX: 2ND DEG BURNR HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| HAND BURN-@ NEIGHBOR'S-HIT FLAME OF BLOW TORCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| 56 Y/0 W/M BURN HAND ON CUTTING TORCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| HAND BURN-PT WAS "TORCHING" WEEDS & LIQUID FROM TORCH SPILLED ON HAND-F LAMED UP-(PROPANE TORCH) THE VALVE WAS LEAKING-FD NOT STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| BURNED HIS LEFT HAND WHILE USING A WELDING TORCH AT HOME.SECOND DEGREEP OSSIBLE 3RD DEGREE BURN LT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2001 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2001 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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