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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 161
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/29/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Pressure cookers or canners |
| PRESSURE COOKER BLEW UP WHILE PT COOKING STEW AT HOME DX: 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO BILATERAL ARMS AND EYELIDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LT FOREARM - PT C/O "I OPNED THE PRESSURE COOKER AND IT BLEW UP" YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2005 | Age: 38 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 |
| PT HAS BURNS TO CHEST AND ARMS WHEN PRESSURE COOKER BLEW UP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Pressure cookers or canners |
| PT AT HOME CANNING TOOK LID OFF CANNER BURN TO ARM DX THERMAL SEC DEGREE BURN L FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Pressure cookers or canners |
| PT OPENED PRESSURE COOKER, SUSTAINED STEAM BURN TO ARM, ALSO PREGNANT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Pressure cookers or canners |
| PRESSURE COOKER SEAL BROKE 2 DAYS AGO. DX: R FOREARM BURN SECOND DEG 2%TBSA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2005 | Age: 31 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Pressure cookers or canners |
| 31 YO USING A STEAM COOKER BURN LEFT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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