Accidents - Pressure cookers or canners - 26-50 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,018
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Upper Trunk:	335	Face:	305
Lower Arm:	180	Hand:	164
Shoulder:	16	Upper Leg:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PATIENT WAS COOKING WHEN A PRESSURE COOK BLEW UP IN HER FACE. DX-1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE AND BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
FACIAL BURNS.PT WAS CARRYING A PRESSURE COOKER AND DROPPED IT AND IT EX PLDED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
48 Y/O F INJURED FACE WHEN PRESSURE COOKER WITH SOUP IN IT EXPLODED AT HOME. DX; BURNS TO FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners, Hot water
LT HAND & FOREARM BURN-@ HOME-PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODED-BURNED ON HOT WATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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
1-2 DEGREE BURNS CHEST & FACE (10% BODY) OPENED PRESSURE COOKER & WAS B URNED BY HOT WATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
PT SUSTAINED 1ST DEGREE BURN TO CHEST AND NECK DUE TO BURN WITH HOT WATER FROM PRESSURE COOKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT SEEN FOR BURN TO THE ARM AFTER A PRESSURE COOKER EXPLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT AT A FRIENDS HOUSE BURNED LEFT HAND ON A PRESSURE COOKER THERMAL BUR N TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 41 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
CANNING AT HOME, PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODED. DX SUPERFICIAL BURNS TO ARM AND CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	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
45YOF THERMAL BURN FROM CANNER AT HOME DX BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT SUSTAINED 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RT SHOULDER AND BACK AFTER BEING SCALD- ED WITH OIL FROM PRESSURE COOKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
WAS COOKING CHICKEN AND WHEN SHE LIFTED PAN, STEAM AND WATER CAME UP INTO HER FACE AREA. 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FACE AND CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
1ST DEGREE BURNS TO BILATERAL ARMS AND LEGS.PT HAD A PRESSURE COOKER LI D EXPLODE AND SPILL ON PTS ARM AND LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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
PT OPENED PRESSURE COOKER WITH HOT WATER IN IT WATER SPLASHED ONTO PTS CHEST, SCALD BURNS CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
BURNED ARM ON A PRESSURE COOKER 1 HOUR PTA. DX. ACUTE BURN R FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT OOK THE TOP OFF A PRESSURE COOKER AT HOME SUSTAINED A SCALD BURN TO RIGHT BREAST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
SUSTAINED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LT CHEEK AND LT UE - S/P PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT HAND - PATIENT TOOK LID OFF OF PRESSURE COOKER WH ILE THERE WAS STILL PRESSURE IN POT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PUT MOUTH ON PRESSURE COOKER AND BLEW INTO IT STEAM CAME OUT DX; ORAL A ND FACIAL STEAM BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODED AT HOME. BURNS TO FACE, NECK AND CHEST. FIRST DEGREE BURNS TO < 5% TBSA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT SUSTAINED BURN TO CHEST WALL FROM HOT OIL AFTER PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
2ND DEGREE BURN ON LT ARM WHILE STEAMING POTATOES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
WAS HIT IN LT WRIST W/ FLYING POT LID FROM PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODED 2 DAYS AGO. DX; LT FOREARM CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT WAS BOILING POTATOES IN PRESSURE COOKER, WHEN IT BLEW UP IN FACE, LI D HIT FACE, STEAM BURNED FACE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/19/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
OPENING A PRESSURE COOKER BURN TO CHEST , HANDS, FOOT , FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT DX 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RT THIGH,ARM AND STOMACH - S/P FROM PRESSURE COOKER EXPLOSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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