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Accidents - Drain cleaners - 50+ years old - Year 2007

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 253
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:137Eyeball:115

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/20/2007Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
58YOF MIXED TWO DIFFERENT DRAIN DECLOGGERS,DEVELOPED SHORTNESS OF BREATH;CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2007Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Drain cleaners
51YOM SPLASHED SULFURIC ACID DRAIN CLEANER IN HIS RT EYE TODAY & SMALL AMT TO RT CHEEK. DX - CHEMICAL BURN TO RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2007Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drain cleaners
ACC SPILLED ***/ACID INTO RT EYE " RT EYE INJ'' " RT EYE INJ''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2007Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Drain cleaners
PT HAD *** SPLASH IN EYES. RINSED EYES WITH WATER AT HOME. D: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2007Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drain cleaners
LEFT EYE CHEMICAL EXPOSURE.PT SPLASHED A DRAIN CLEANER IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2007Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
PT SUSTAINED INHALATION OF *** WHILE UNPLUGGING SINK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/05/2007Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
66YRS MALE, POISONING, PT EXPOSED TO CHEMICAL FUMES DURING A PLUMBINGJ OB IN THE NURSING HOME, TRF TO HOME CARE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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