Accidents - Pressure cookers or canners - 16-25 years old - Year 2006 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 30
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners, Hot water
PATIENT WAS USING A PRESSURE COOKER WHEN IT EXPLODED, SPLASHING WATER ONTO HER CHEST, ARMS, & FOREARMS. DX-1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS, CHEST
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/03/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
BORNS TO CHEST AND LEFT ARM.PT HAD PRESSURE COOKER LID EXPLODE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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