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Accidents - General purpose household cleaners - 50+ years old - Year 2009

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,133
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:852All Of Body:787
Lower Arm:157Knee:90
Mouth:82Lower Leg:70
Hand:46Lower Trunk:31
Neck:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/23/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT STATES AFTER GETTING ON BUS, HE COULD SMELL THE CLEANING FUMES IN BU S, BUS POSSIBLY SPRAYED WITH CLEANING CHEMICAL, THROAT BURN,SOB,INHAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Clothing accessories
55YOF USED HOUSEHOLD CLEANER AND IT BURNED ARMS THROUGH GLOVES CHEMICAL DERMATITIS LOWER ARMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Bottles or jars
51YOF ACCIDENTLY SPRAYED WITH A SPRAY BOTTLE THAT HAD SOME CLEANING CHE MICAL IN IT IN THE FACE STARTED TO CHOKE AND NAUSEA- POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners
53YOF CLEANING HER HOUSE WITH A NEW CLEANER AND DEVELOPED HIVES ALL OVE R ALLERGIC REACTION TO CLEANER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
52 YOM INHALED APPROXIMATELY 2 BOTTLES OF CLEANER WHEN CLEANING OUT AIR CONDITIONER. DX-INHALATION FUMES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT DRANK 1 TBLS OF DEGREASER, THINKING IT WAS GRAPE JUICE, CAUSTIC INJE STION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2009Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners
HAD OPEN CUT ON HAND AND USED CLEANING SOLUTION CELLULITIS OF HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2009Age: 63 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, Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting
63YOM CLEANING HIS CARPETS AT HOME AND DEVELOPED A RASH TO LOWER LEG FR OM THE CARPET SHAMPOO DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2009Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
ACCIDENTALLY SPLASHED CLEANING SOLUTION INTO EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2009Age: 76 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT C/O THROAT SORE FROM INHALING FUMES FROM CLEANING BATHROOM FLOOR AT HOME.......LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 10/23/2009Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Bathtubs or showers
R KNEE PAIN CLEANING BATHTUB DX: KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2009Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners
ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED *** IN LEFT EYE. DX-EYE INJURY, SUPERFICIAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2009Age: 64 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
PT STATES SMELLED FUMES FROM WINDOW CLEANING CREW, FELT WEAK, DIZZY, DX SYNCOPAL/DIZZY EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
56YO M HX COPD SPRAYING *** IN SMALL SHED BECAME SHORT OF BREATH* *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners
51 YOM, FLOOR STRIPPING AGENT SPILLED ON ARM, CHEMICAL BURN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners
53 YOF, *** SLPASHED ON LIP CHEMICAL BURN LUNGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT W/DOWN SYNDROME WHO SPRAYED *** INTO MOUTH; C/O BURNING. NO OBVIOUS BURNS;DOES THIS A LOT. DX: NON TOXIC INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2009Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Fabric treatment products
PT STATES CLEANING WITH *** AND ***, DEVELOPED ITCYY HANDSWITH RASH WITH RASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Sinks
IRRITATION TO EYE, PT WAS AT HOME CLEANING SINK WHEN ACCIDENTLY SPRAYED "***" IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: General purpose household cleaners
NECK PAIN AFTER CLEANING BATHROOM DX: NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2009Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
REACHING FOR CLEANER ON SHELF,BOTTLE OF *** CLEANER FELL -CLEANER WENT INTO EYES. DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS, BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2009Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
ALLERGIC REACTION.PT.REFERS WHILE CLEANING USING DISINFECTANTS,BEGAN SH ORTNESS OF BREATH AND DIZZINESS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2009Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL LT /RT/EYES.PT.REFERS WHILE USING ***.WHILE CLE ANING CAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2009Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT SUS POISONING TO BODY DUE TO ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF CLEANER%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2009Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
SPRAYED *** IN PAN INSTEAD OF OIL AND THEN COOKED EGGS IN IT,NON TOXIC INGESTION PER POISON CONTROL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2009Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
58YO WHITE MALE AT HOME DUSTING & INHALED *** FROM ENCLOSED ENVIRO MENT ,C/O SOB,+ETOH,DX ACUTE COPD EXACERBATION-ETOH ABUSE,HX CHF,HYPOTEN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/01/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
INHALED CARPET CLEANER YESTERDAY AT HOME. DX-ALLERGIC REACTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2009Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Jewelry
PT USED ALL PURPOSE CLEANER TO ER WITH RASH TO HAND, ALSO UNABLE TO REM OVE RING, DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2009Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Bathtubs or showers
74YO WHITE FEMALE CLEANED SHOWER WEEK AGO-WOKE UP CONGESTED AT HOME DX EXACERBATION OF COPD-CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/17/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Floors or flooring materials
KNEE INJURY FROM SLIPPING ON **** LIQUID ON FLOOR, FELL. DX-RIGHT KNEE SPRAIN, EFFUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2009Age: 57 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
57YO BLACK FEMALE AT HOME ACCIDENTLY TOOK MOUTHFUL OF CLEANING SOLUTION SPIT OUT-THGHT WAS JUICE,BURNING MOUTH,DX ACCIDENTAL CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2009Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Rugs or carpets
61YOM DEVELOPED HIVES FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS,HAD CARPET SHAMPOO HIVES SEEM TO BE CORRELATING WITH THAT TIME;ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2009Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Floors or flooring materials
PT C/O EYE REDNESS FROM CHEMICAL EXPOSURE WHEN DEGREASER SPLASHED INTO EYE WHILE HOSING DOWN FLOOR. DX - CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2009Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT CLEANING AT HOME WITH A "***" CLEANER AND GOT SOME IN RIGHTEYE CHEMI CAL BURN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2009Age: 52 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
PT DX ACUTE SINUSITIS,UNSPECIFIED - DYSPENEA STARTED AFTER EXPOSED TO CLEANING CHEMICALS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2009Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT ACCIDENTALLY PUT LENS CLEANER INTO EYE INSTEAD OF SALINE SOLUATION DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - SPRAYED CLEANING CHEMICAL INTO RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
SPLASHED CLEANING PRODUCT IN EYE - 8 HRS PTA. WASHED OUT @ HOME. CHEM ICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Rugs or carpets
PT WAS SHAMPOOING CARPET. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Rugs or carpets
EYES IRRITATED AFTER USING POWDERED DRY CLEANER TO CLEAN CARPET AT HOME . HAS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS, CONTACT DERMATITIS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2009Age: 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: General purpose household cleaners
CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS:BRONCHOSPASM, MIXED 2 BTLS OF "***" TOMAKE (1) FUL L BTL,WHITE FUMES CAME OUT,INHALED FUMES, S.O.B., AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2009Age: 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
56YO WHITE FEMALE AT HOME EXPOSED TO CLEANING FUMES,C/O NAUSEA-VOMITING ABD PX,DX ***D VOMITING,FUME EXPOSURE,? TO INDUCING VOMITING,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
SPLASHED *** CLEANER IN BOTH EYES DX- CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2009Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT ACCIDENTLY INGESTED SOME CARPET CLEANER DETERGENT POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/06/2009Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PVC PIPE CLEANER SPLASHED IN EYE WHILE CLEANING PIPES CHEMICAL CONJUN CTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2009Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners, Bleaches
71YO HISP MALE AT HOME CLEANING-MIXED CLR & BLEACH-IT SMOKED,COUGHED 4 HOURS,DX CHEST PAIN R/O MI HYPERCHOLESTROLEMIA,HYPERTENSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/18/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: General purpose household cleaners
CONJUNCTIVITIS-GOT SHOWER CLEANER SPRAYED IN EYES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2009Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT 86YRS OLD CLEANING HOUSE WITH CLEANER BECAME SHORT OF BREATH DX// NOXIOUS FUME EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/12/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
PT IS MENTALLY RETARDED IN A GROUP HOME AND ACCIDENTLY INGESTED SOME ** * CLEANING AGENT AND STARTED TO VOMIT POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2009Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: General purpose household cleaners
CARPET CLEANER BURNING EYE. DX- CORNEAL ABRASION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2009Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: General purpose household cleaners
H/O MENTAL RETARDATION SENT IN FROM SPECIAL SKILLS FACILITY FOR EVALUAT ION AFTER INGSTION OF DRY ERASER CLEANER VERSUS ISOPROPYL ETOH>>ING/OD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/08/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: General purpose household cleaners
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE OS W/CORNEAL IRRITATION - SPILLED *** NO-RINSE FLOOR CLEANER IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2009Age: 65 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, Electric ranges or ovens
PT SPRAYED *** CLEANER INTO OVEN AND WAS SPLASHED IN BOTH EYES, CHEMICA L EXPOSURE TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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