Accidents - Paints, varnishes or shellacs - 50+ years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,381
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	641	All Of Body:	388
Lower Trunk:	357	Upper Trunk:	303
Finger:	137	Lower Arm:	111
Elbow:	84	Neck:	68
Lower Leg:	68	Hand:	68
Shoulder:	55	Face:	47
Knee:	16	Foot:	16
Unkown:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/05/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	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
PT PAINTING AT HOME WHEN THE FUMES OF THE PAIN MADE HER DIZZY AND SHE P ASSED OUT SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Paintbrushes or rollers, manual
CHEST PAIN WIHLE PAINTING ROOM DX COSTOCHONDRITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Metal containers
MT FX-DROPPED FULL GALLON OF PAINT ON FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 62 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
RUBBED EYE WHILE PAINTING CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 69 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, Buckets or pails
PT PICKED UP 5 GAL PAINT BUCKET. DX: LUMBAR/THORACIC STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2003	Age: 54 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, Aerosol containers
PT USING A SPRAY PAINT CAN AT HOME WHEN THE WIND BLEW SPRAY INTO GFACE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT. WAS AT NURSING HOME, INHALED PAINT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
WAS PAINTING FOR 5 HOURS AND STRAINED NECK DX NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
RT EYE FB-@ HOME-? PAINT CHIP OF RUST IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
SPRAYING METALLIC ACRYLIC PAINT ON CEILING LAST NIGHT. NOW EYES RED AND PAINFUL. DX. BILATERAL CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	Age: 51 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT C/O SOB AFTER INHALING PAINT AT HOME TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2003	Age: 71 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
71YOF WAS PAINTING AND FELT SHE GOT SOMETHING IN R EYE DX/ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls
CHEST WALL PAIN-SINCE SHE HAD BEEN SCRAPING PAINT OFF WALLS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT DOING ALOT OF PAINTING LATELY COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAIN WHEN MOVES A RMS STRAINED CHEST MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	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
PT PAINTING HIS CONDO AT HOME STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Beds or bedframes
PT. LOST BALANCE GETTING OFF BED WHILE PAINTING . HIT LT. FOREARM , TWI STED RT. KNEE. NO HEAD TRAUMA, NO LOC. DX. STRAIN, LT. FOREARM RT. KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2003	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: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PAINTING INDOORS AND HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF PALPITATIONS, SOB AND COLD SWE AT/ PSVT, PNEUMONIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2003	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
80 YOM WAS HELPING A NEIGHBOR PAINT; HE BECAME WEAK; FELL DOWN; COULD N OT GET UP. WEAKNESS.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Doors
LOW BACK PAIN-"TURNED WRONG" WHILE PAINTING A DOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
ALLERGIC REACTION TO BEE STING.PT WAS PAINTING AND STUNG BY BEES AND HA D A REACTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 52 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, Ladders
PT WAS PAINTING CEILING AND FELL OFF LADDER STRIKING CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2003	Age: 55 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, Floors or flooring materials
WORKING ON WOOD FLOOR- RESURFACING REFINSHER SPLASHED IN EYE CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Other manual workshop tools
DX CORNEAL ABRASION: PAINT CHIP FROM HOME (SCRAPING OUTSIDE), GOT IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Thermal or sound insulation materials
51 YO FEMALE HAS RASH ON ARM FROM PAINT AND *** EDEMA EDEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	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
LEFT EYE CONJ. PT WAS PAINTING WITH LATEX PAIN WHEN IT SPLATTERED INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 76 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, Fences or fence posts
HAS CRAMP-LIKE PAIN IN ABDOMEN, IS CARETAKER FOR MOTHER, PAINTING PICKE T FENCE FOR HER YESTERDAY AT HOME. DX ABDOMINAL PAIN OF ? ETIOLOGY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	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, Scaffolding
PT WAS PAINTING CEILING AND FELL FROM SCAFFOLDING. DX: LUMBAR/R SHOULDER STRAIN, THORACIC CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Tools
FACIAL AB-HIT W/ PAINT CHIPS FROM GRINDING WHEEL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 65 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
BILATERAL LEG STRAIN,BENDING OVER SQUATTING FOR 2 1/2 HOURS PAINTING, HAD HARD TIME GETTING UP, WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
SLIPPED AND FELL ON GRASS WHICH WAS WET WITH DECK STAIN CHEMICALS-NOW C/O LACERATION LT ELBOW; 2CM LACERATION LT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
FB R THUMB NAIL/61YOF STS HAS FB UNDER NAIL. FB IS A PAINT CHIP THAT BR OKE OFF. HAPPENED AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Paintbrushes or rollers, manual
PT COMPLAINT OF SHOULDER PAIN WITH PAINTING HOUSE, L SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT GOT PAINT IN RT EYE DX: CORNEAL CONJUCTIVAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
RT SUB CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE-PAINTING BEHIND A PLANT-HIT EYE ON THE PLANT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
RT ELBOW STRAIN.PT WAS PAINTING ALL DAY AND ELBOW STARTED TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT COMPLAINING OF CONSTANT THORACIC PAIN. PAINTED LIVING ROOM ON THURSD AY & PAIN WORSENED BY UPPER EXTREMITY MOVEMENT. D:BACK PAIN, DYSPHAGIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Screwdrivers
59YOF OPENING PAINT CAN WITH SCREWDRIVER INJ HAND AT HOME DX/LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 51 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, Diesel fuels
EXPOSURE TO TOXIC FUMES-FROM EXPOSURE TO PAINT & DIESEL FUEL FUMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT INJURED NECK WHILE PAINTING SCENERY FOR A PLAY. DX: SEVERE NECK PX, POSS CERVICAL DISK DZ, HX COPD, HX A FIB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/01/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PAINT IN LEFT EYE.PT WAS PAINTING AND PAINT DRIPPED IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
CERVICAL STRAIN, TORTICOLLIS - 62 YOM WAS PAINTING HOUSE 2 DAYS AGO, C/ O PAIN IN SHOULDER AND NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 80 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: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
SYNCOPE - BECAME DIZZY WHEN STIRRING PAINT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 52 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
PT WAS PAINTING. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT PAINTING AT HOME STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
SPRAIN LWR BACK, PT STS SLIPPED ON WET PAINT AT THE STREET, C/O PAIN, MILD TENDERNESS, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Stools
FOREARM FX-FELL WHILE PAINTING-FROM A STOOL-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Floors or flooring materials
PT AT *** SLIPPED ON SOME WET PAINT THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR STRAINED LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WITH BACK/SHOULDER PAIN STATUS POST PAINTING DECK AT HOME. D: BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2003	Age: 66 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: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Aerosol containers
COLD INJURY RT INDEX FINGER, SPRAYING SPRAY PAINT ON SOME PARTS, NOTED BROWN LIQUID ON FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
C/O FB IN EYE/63YOM STS AT APPROX 7:15P WAS SCRAPING PAINT AND THINKS SOME FLEW IN R EYE. NO PAIN, JUST IRRITATION.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT TRIPPED ON PAINTS. DX: FOREHEAD LAC 6 CM, SCALP LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT TWISTED WHILE PAINTING HOUSE. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT FELL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED HAND WHEN PAINTING HOUSE ON SATURDAY. D: ULNA FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 71 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, Painting equipment, powered
ACCIDENTLY SHOT PAINT IN EYE FROM PAINT SPRAYER AT HOME. DX; FB EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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