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Accidents - General purpose household cleaners - 50+ years old - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,048
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:818All Of Body:567
Face:164Hand:90
Unkown:86Knee:74
Upper Trunk:69Finger:69
Lower Leg:58Wrist:16
Lower Trunk:16Mouth:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/23/2004Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT PRESNETS C CHEM BURN TO RT HAND,WAS USING ***, SUSTAINED " CHEMICAL CONTACT DERMATITIS RT HAND"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2004Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT SPRAYED CLEANER IN EYE. DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Furniture
RHINORRHEA 2ND TO SMOKE EXPOSURE(CIGARETTE)PURCHASED FURNITURE,SMELLED OF SMOKE,CLEANED WITH *** & VINEGAR,GOT RID OF FURNITURE,STILL SMELLS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2004Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Floors or flooring materials
DX CHEMICAL BURN LEFT KNEE: USING FLOOR STRIPPER AT HOME, KNEELED ON FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2004Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
CHEMICAL CLEANSER IN LT. EYE DX: CHEMICAL IRRITANTS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
SHORTNESS OF BREATH WHILE CLEANING BATHROOM WITH CLEANING AGENT ***D B ROCHSPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
VOMITING AND COUGHING AND BURIING IN THROAT AFTER INHALING A CLEANING S OLUTION-DX. PHARYNGITIS DUE TO INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2004Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners
SPRAYED CLEANSER/ DEGREASER IN EYES DX: CAUSTIC BURN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Grills
PT WAS CLEANING HIS GRILL SPRAYED SOME DEGREASER ON IT AND THE WIND BLE W IT INTO HIS EYES ABRASIONS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT WAS SPLASHED WITH BRIDGE CLEANERS WHILE IN DENTAL SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
SUST IRRITATION TO R EYE WHEN *** CLEANER FELL OFF SHELF AND SPLASHED I N EYE AT HOME DX CHEMICAL EYE IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2004Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Beds or bedframes
PT SPRAYED BED WITH *** AND DID NOT LET IT DRY BEFORE GETTING INTO BED AND BROKE OUT IN SKIN RASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Floors or flooring materials
PT DX CHEMICAL BURN TO LT EYE - STATES "WHILE TRYING TO CLEAN FLOOR (FLOOR STRIPPER SPLASHED INTO FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners
GOT SUPER CLEAN DEGREASER IN EYES AND SYSTAINED A CHEMICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners
55 YO WF - CELLULITIS RT. INDEX FINGER FROM CLEANING PRODUCTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT SPRAYED "***" CLEANER IN BOTH EYES CHEMICAL BURNS TOEYES EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2004Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
SPLASHED FULL STRENGTH *** IN EYES CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners
56 YO FEMALE BURNED HANDS ON DISINFECTANT BILATERAL HAND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2004Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners
63YOFC C/O COUGHING SINCE BEING EXPOSED TO CARPET CLEANER AIRWAY IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2004Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT AT *** WITNESSING A DEMONSTRATION OF A DEGREASER WHEN SOME SPLASHED INTO RIGHT EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2004Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners
BIL EYE CHEM IRRITATION. PT GOT THE POWDER FORM OF *** INTO BOTH EYES. EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
SPRAYED EYES WITH GOO GONE CLEANER DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
CAME IN CONTACT W/ *** A POWER WASH FOR HOUSE RASH BILATERAL LEGSCONTAC T DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2004Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Camping equipment
CHEMICAL EYE BURNS-SPLASHED W/ "***" WHILE CLEANING A TENT ZIPPER-@ HOM E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2004Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
ALLERGIC REACTION - 63 YOF TOOK FIRST DOSE OF *** THIS EVENING, HADUSED "ONCE N DONE" CLEANER ON KITCHEN FLOOR, C/O REDNESS HANDS, HIVES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2004Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: General purpose household cleaners
65 YO FEMALE HAD WINDOW WASHING SOLUTION SPLASH INEYE LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2004Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT CLEANING AT HOME GOT SOME OF THE CLEANER ON FACE AND DEVELOPED ERYTH EMA AND ITCHING CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners
CHEMICAL BURNS R EYEBALL, PT USING FLOOR STRIPPER GOT INTO HIS EYEBALL AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, BURNING, BLURRED VISION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Floors or flooring materials
BURN BUTTOCK - 56 YOF HAD JUST CLEANED HER FLOOR WITH A GROUT CLEANER,S AT DOWN ON FLOOR, HAS 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO RIGHT BUTTOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2004Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners
65 YO WF - REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE - SOB - HX. OF COPD - USING HOUSEHOL D CLEANING CHEMICALS TODAY - HAD SOB AFTER INHALING FUMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2004Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Nonbaby mattresses
79 YOF SPRAYED *** ON HER MATTRESS & DEVELOPED A RASH OVER BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT C/O DIZZINESS,BURNING LIPS AND CHEST S/P EXPOSED TO FLOOR CLEANING SOLUTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2004Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
ACCIDENTLY DRANK DILUTED *** FLOOR CLEANERACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF NONTO XIC SUBSTANCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/29/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT C/O SHORT OF BREATH,COUGHING BECAUSE OF BATHROOM DISINFECTANT THIS AM.PT DX TOXIC FUME INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2004Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Bleaches
PT WS CLEANING WITH AND INHALED COMBINATION OF *** AND BLEACH CAUSING D ISCOMFORT IN CHEST, AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2004Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT WITH KNEE BURNS AFTER USING "***" GROUT CLEANER ONE WEEK AGO WHILE T ILING. D: CHEMICAL BURNS, 3RD DEGREE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
56YOF OVERCOME BY CHEMICALS FUMES FROM *** AT HOMEDX POISONING FUMES MES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/24/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: General purpose household cleaners
54 YEAR OLD MALE SPLASHED CLEANING CHEMICALS IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2004Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Stairs or steps
59 YEAR OLD FEMALE GOT DIZZY FROM CLEANING CHEMICALS, FELL DOWN STAIRS AND INJURED RIGHT WRIST ---- COLLIS FRACTURE RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2004Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
BECAME DIZZY AFTER CLEANING HOUSE WITH *** DX: INHALATION OFCHEMICAL HEMICAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2004Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Manual cleaning equipment
WRINGING MOP OUT W/ HAND AFTER PUTTING "***" IN WATER. CHEMICALBURN RT HAND W/ CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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