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Accidents - Drain cleaners - 50+ years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 391
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:95Face:74
Mouth:71Hand:59
Eyeball:45Unkown:30
Lower Arm:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/21/2006Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners, Toilets
UNCLOGGING TOILET DRAIN WITH DRAIN CLEANER AND IT SPLASHED INTO FACE B URNING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2006Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners, Sinks
CLEANING SINK W/ A DRAIN CLEANSER WEARING EYE PROTECTION BURN TO FACE 2ND DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2006Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners, Floors or flooring materials
BURN FOREARM - 67 YOM WAS LAYING ON FLOOR SNAKING OUT A DRAIN AND DRAIN CLEANER SPILLED ONTO FLOOR GETTING ON RIGHT FOREARM GOING THRU SHIRT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drain cleaners
PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION AFTER DRAIN CLEANER SPLASHED IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
CHEMICAL BURN L HAND, PT SPILLED *** CHEMICAL AT HOME, C/O REDNESS,PAIN , BURNING SENSATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2006Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drain cleaners, Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS EXPOSED TO *** IN TUB WHILE TAKING A SHOWER. DX: LWBS. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 07/12/2006Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
PT GRABBED WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS HER DRINK AND TOOK A BIG MOUTHFUL, SPIT IT OUT, IT WAS DRAIN CLEANER, CHEMICAL BURN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2006Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drain cleaners
PATIENT WAS POURING DRAIN OPENER INTO SINK & IT SPLASHED INTO EYES. DX - CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
PT SUST CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE FROM ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2006Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drain cleaners
RAD SECONDARY TO CHEMICAL EXPOSURE.PT WAS USING *** AND HAD A REACTION. N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2006Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
60 YOF INHALED FUMES FROM LIQUID ***. TOXIC INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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