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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,221
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/26/2002 | Age: 53 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| NEW ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION-PAINTING-INHALED FUMES OF PAINT THINNER- AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| "BURNED" R INDEX FINGER W/ SPRAY PAINT 3 DAYS SGO.DX BULLOUS LESION R INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, House repair or construction materials |
| PT PAINTIGN HER HOUSE AT HOME WHEN SHE GOT A FLECK OF BLACK PAINT IN LE FT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| A PAINT CAN WAS THROWN FROM AN OVERPASS AND WENT THROUGH WINDSHIELD DX: HEAD CONTUSION / PAINT EXPOSURE / HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT. REPORTS DOING HOUSE PAINTING ALL DAY YEST. DX. PAIN L HIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/30/2002 | Age: 60 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PATIENT HAS DIZZINESS, BURNING NOSE AND NERVOUSNESS SINCE PAINTING WITH SPRAY PAINT. D:ANXIETY REACTION, HYPERTENSION, POSSIBLE HYPERTHYROIDISM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PATIENT WITH ELBOW PAIN SINCE SCRAPING PAINT LAST WEEK. D: ELBOW BURSITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| POLYURETHANE STAIN IN EYECHEMICAL CONJUCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, House repair or construction materials |
| PAINTING ROOF @ HOME, PAINT WET & COULDN'T PULL HIMSELF UP, JUMPED 10-1 2' OFF ROOF LANDED ON FEET W/ANKLE INJURY, @ 1730. ACUTE R ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ladders |
| CHI. PT WAS PAINTING ON A LADDER 10 FEET UP AND FELL DOWN TO HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/14/2002 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 70 YOWM GOT A PAINT CHIP IN HIS EYE. TRIED TO GET IT OUT CAUSING ABRAIS ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Paintbrushes or rollers, manual |
| RT LOWER LEG AB-WAS PAINTING-BRUSH BROKE & HIT PT'S LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| WAS PAINTING THE GARAGE WHEN A STRAY DOG BIT HIM- PUNCTURE TO THE FOREA RM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PAIN AFTER PAINTING ALL DAY DX. LBP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WAS PAINTING W/STAIN AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYES. DX: CHEMICAL IRRITATION BILAT EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PAIN AFTER PAINTING INSIDE OF HOUSE DX. LBP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 91 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| NO APPARENT INJ/91YOM POINTING DECOY & GOT RED PAINT IN MOUTH. SON BROU GHT PT IN. THOUGHT HE WAS COUGHING UP BLOOD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| FELL YEST BRUISING LT WRIST WHILE PAINTING. NO FX. SPRAIN LT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| LT UPPER LIP & LT HAND SWELLING-? ALLERGIC REACTION TO LATEX PAINT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ladders |
| PT WAS ON LADDER THAT GAVE WAY WHILE PAINTING, R RING FINGER LACERATION , L ELBOW ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PATIENT WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR AND GOT PAINT IN HIS EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Floors or flooring materials |
| SWELLING OF LIPS, HIVES, EXPOSED TO PAINT ON FLOOR ON WHICH HE WAS LYIN G. DX LOCAL ALLERGIC REACTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT STATES SHE WAS PAINTING ABOVE HER HEAD AND DEVELOPED PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| STARTED HAVING CHEST PAIN WHILE PAINTING HOUSE AT HOME. DX; ACUTE M.I. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT DX ACUTE ASTHMA EXACERBATION - PT BECAME SOB LAST NIGHT AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO PAINT FUMES ,THAT TRIGGERED ASTHMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Containers |
| ONE WEEK AGO, PATIENT LIFTED 5 GALLON PAINT CONTAINER. CONTINUED LOWBAC K PAIN. D: LOW BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2002 | 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| SLEPT IN SAME ROOM THAT WAS FRESHLY PAINTEDDX: PAINT INHALATION/INTOXIC ATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| ALLERGIC REACTION; STATES NEIGHBOR USED BUG SPRAY YESTERDAY & TODAY INP AINTING & SHE'S ALLERGIC TO BOTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| UNINTENTIONAL PAINT INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| INHALATION EXPOSURE-AT HOME-INHALED FUMES FROM CHEMICAL(VORTEX PAINTACT IVATOR) WHILE SPRAYING A TRUCK BED LINER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Stepladders |
| PAINTING AT HOME, SHE FELL 4' FROM A STEPLADDER FALLING ONTO THE LADDER DX FRACTURE RIGHT HIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/04/2002 | Age: 56 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Painting equipment, powered |
| PAINTING W/ SPRAYER THIS AM W/ PAINT MASK ON. BECAMEDIZZY AND LIGHT HEA DED. SPRAYING OIL BASED PAIN IN CLOSED ROOM. DX: PAINT FUME INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Decorative yard equipment |
| RT WRIST FX-AT HOME-FELL WHILE PAINTING BIRD HOUSES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PAINTING HOUSE, NOW HAS NECK PAIN. DX: ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| AFTER CLEANING & PAINTING, BECAME DIZZY DX: EPISODIC DIZZINESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| FB LEFT EYE, PT WAS PAINTING AND GOT A FOREIGN BODY INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| LT CORNEAL FB-1 DAY PTA-WHILE CHIPPING PAINT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| LUMBAR STR. PT WAS PAINTING AND SPRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2002 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Paint or varnish thinners |
| 90 YOM WAS SHAKING A PAINT CAN WHICH EXPLODED; TRIED TO REMOVE PAINT WI TH LACQUER THINNER; INHALED FUMES OF LACQUER. ANOXIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/25/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| WORKING ON CAR AND GOT A PAINT CHIP EMBEDDED IN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| C/O PAIN IN ELBOWS AFTER DOING A LOT OF PAINTING. DX. PAIN IN ELBOWS, TENOSYNOVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2002 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, House repair or construction materials |
| PT. FELL OFF GAZEBO 12-13 FEET, LANDED ON R SIDE. WAS PAINTING ROOF. DX. PELVIS FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/16/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls |
| PAIN RT FOOT TODAY WHILE PAINTING WALL. UNSURE HOW INJURY OCCURRED. ACU TE RT FOOT STRAIN/SPRAIN@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Bathtubs or showers |
| WHILE PAINTING IN HER BATHROOM AT HOME AT 1545 SHE SLIPPED AND FELL SIDEWAYS FROM TUB HITTING RIBS ON TOILET TANK. DX LT RIB CAGE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 62 YOF C/O RUSTOLEUM PAIN IN L EYE WAS PAINTING OVERHEAD. DX. CHEMICAL IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| WORKING AROUND SAWDUST & PAINT FUMES ALL DAY NOW WITH DIFFICULTY BREATH ING. SHORTNESS OF BREATH DUE TO SEVERE ENVIORNMENTAL ALLERGIES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PATIENT DROPPED PAINT IN HIS EYE. DX-MILD CORNEAL BURN LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Aerosol containers |
| LT EYELID ? FB-PAIN WHILE SPRAY PAINTING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WAS CLEANING AND PAINTING GARAGE AND SLIPPED ON BROKEN GLASS. DX: R WRIST LAC 6 CM, R RING FINGER LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Aerosol containers |
| ACUTE ASTHMA SECONDARY TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS-@ HOME-EXPOSED TO SPRAY PAINT FOR 6 HOURS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| BILATERAL CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS-@ HOME-WORKING ON OVERHEAD WOOD PROJECT-SAW DUST & STAIN HIT EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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