Accidents - Drain cleaners - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,358
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	41
Year 1998:	19
Year 1999:	35
Year 2000:	35
Year 2001:	33
Year 2002:	31
Year 2004:	139
Year 2005:	59
Year 2006:	95
Year 2007:	137
Year 2008:	391
Year 2009:	210
Year 2010:	125

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 04/10/2010	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
68 YOM PRESENT TO ER FROM HOME AFTER USING CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO OPEN D RAIN DX- BREATHING DRAIN CLEANER CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2010	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
86 Y/O WM INHALED LIQUID FIRE DRAIN CLEANER AND BECAME SHORT OF BREATH AND HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHNG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2010	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Sinks
76YOF USED DRAIN CLEANER TO UNCLOG SINK AND INHALED FUMES, DEVELOPED CO UGH DX;# CHEMICAL BRONCITIS, LUNG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
PT WAS CLEANING A DRAIN AT HOME TODAY, WHEN POURED IN THE DRAIN CLEANER THE TOXIC FUMES MADE PT COUGH HARD DX: INHALATION INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/13/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Bleaches
PT CLEANING BATHTUB-USED DRAIN CLEANER -RINSED-THEN USED BLEACH-INHALED CLEANERS-BRONCHOSPASM DUE TO CHEMICALS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Sinks
PATIENT WAS EXPOSED TO DRAIN CLEANER VAPORS WHILE UNSTOPPING SINK AT HO ME. DX: EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL DRAIN CLEANER . CHEST PAIN/COUGHING/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Bleaches
EXPOSURE OT DRAIN CLEANER AND *** BLEACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, General purpose household cleaners
DIFFICULTY BREATHING AFTER SON POURED *** IN TOILET, SUSPECT MAY HAVE M IXED WITH ANOTHER CLEANER. DX.TOXIC EFFECT CHLORINE GAS.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
PT POURED *** DOWN DRAIN,FUMES OVERTOOK PT,C/O SOB, DX ACUTE DYSPNEA,AC UTE ASTHMATIC EXACERBATION D/T CHEMICAL FUMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
PT HAD TROUBLE BREATNING FROM INHALING *** WHEN CLEANING DRAIN AT HOME DX: CHEMICAL INHALATIDON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
67 Y/O M BECAME SOB AFTER USING TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF DRAIN CLEANER AT SAME TIME AT HOME. DX; INHALATION OF TOXIC FUMES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Bathtubs or showers
INHALED FUMES FROM DRAIN CLEANER IN SHOWER WHILE IN JAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Bathtubs or showers
INHALED FUMES FROM DRAIN CLEANER IN SHOWER WHILE IN JAIL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Bathtubs or showers
INHALED FUMES FROM DRAIN CLEANER IN SHOWER WHILE INCARCERATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 01/28/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
PT SUSTAINED INHALATION OF *** WHILE UNPLUGGING SINK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/05/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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)

Date: 02/18/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 01/01/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
60 YOF INHALED FUMES FROM LIQUID ***. TOXIC INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Bleaches
TRYING TO UNCLOG TOILET, PUT DRAIN CLEANER THEN BLEACH IN IT & FUMES CA ME OUT. ACUTE SHORTNESS OF BREATH DUE TO CHEM FUME INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Bleaches
PUT BLEACH AND *** IN TOILET - BREATHED IN FUMES CHEMICAL INHALATION /T HROAT IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
STATES SHE WAS CLEANING A * AT HOME, MIXED * GEL AND LIQUIDFIRE IN DRAIN IN AN INCLOSED AREA, C/O WHEEZING. RESP DISTRESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
PT C/O SWELLING TO TONGUE AND LIPS AFTER DRINKING WHAT HE THINKS IS *** .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
INHALED *** FUMES 20 MIN PTA. NOW /W SOB. DX; CHEMICAL IRRITATION/ BRON CHOSPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2001	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2001	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2000	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Drain cleaners, Bleaches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2000	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/1999	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Drain cleaners, Sinks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/1998	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/1997	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drain cleaners, Bleaches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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