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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,092
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| SOME HEATED MICROWAVED MACARRONI SPLASHED ON PTS RIGHT ARM. D: 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| HAND CT-HELPING HUSBAND CARRY A MICROWAVE-HIT HAND -AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| HAND CT-HELPING WIVE CARRY MICROWAVE-HIT HAND-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens, Tableware and accessories |
| RIGHT HAND BURN. PT BURNED HAND ON A HOT DISH FROM MICROWAVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| GOT MICROWAVE OUT OF GARBAGE,WAS SLEEPING WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE AND ROOM FULL OF SMOKE,BURNED HAND TRYING TO REMOVE IT ,UNK FIRE DEPT ATTEND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/04/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PATIENT LIVES IN A GROUP HOME, HE SPILLED MICROWAVED TEA ON HIS LEFT HAND AND WRIST. DX 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS LEFT HAND AND WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2002 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| HIT HAND ON MICROWAVE RIGHT HAND SKIN AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 27 YO F BURN TO HAND CUP LID POPPED OFF WHILE GETTING OUT OF MICROWAVE. DX 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| REMOVING LID FROM HAIR REMOVER WAX AFTER BEING MICROWAVED 2ND DEGREE BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT. WAS CARRYING A MICORWAVE OVEN AT HOME AND DROPPED IT AND LANDED ON HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 17 YOF BURNED ON HOT FOOD FROM MICROWAVE BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PATIENT HEATING SAUCE IN MICROWAVE WHEN BURNED HANDS REMOVING CONTAINER S. D: 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 33 Y.O. FEMALE W/BURN TO HAND. PT BURNED HAND WHILE GETTING CHEESE TOAS T OUT OF MICROWAVE @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| RT HAND BURN-AT HOME-TOOK *** OUT OF MICROWAVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 35 YOF HEATING WAX IN MICROWAVE BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| COOKING RAMEN NOODLES IN MICROWAVE, HOT LIQUID SPILLED ON HANDS WHEN REMOVING FROM OVEN/ MINOR BURNS TO BOTH HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT WAS INJURED WHEN HE HIT HIS HAND ON A MICROWAVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT-PUNCHED A MICROWAVE WITH RIGHT HAND DX-CONTUSION R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| RT HAND FX-PUNCHED A MICROWAVE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| BURN TO LT HAND W/ ***S OUT OF MICROWAVE. DX; 2ND DEGREE BURNL HAND L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens, Tableware and accessories |
| CHILD REACHED IN MICROWAVE TO GET METAL CUP WITH WATER IN IT. DX. BURN R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| BURN HAND - TAKING CUP OF HOT SOUP OUT OF MICROWAVE WHEN IT TIPPED OVER BURNING LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PUNCHED MICROWAVE ONE HOUR AGO, HURT HAND. RIGHT 5TH METACARPALFRACTUR E. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| RT HAND LAC-CUT WHILE CLEANING GLASS OUT OF MICROWAVE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| BURNED ON MICROWAVE OVEN - BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT HELPED HIMSELF TO OODLES OF NOODLES FROM MOCROWAVE WITH LT HAND BURU NS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 33 Y.O. W FEMALE W/BURNS TO HANDS. PT STS HOT WAX EXPLODED WHEN SHE TOO K IT OUT OF THE MICROWAVE @ HOME. E9240 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water |
| 20 YO F COOKING IN MICROWAVE-HOT WATER SPLASHED ONTO HAND BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| WENT TO GET COFFEE OUT OF THE MICROWAVE AND BURNED R HAND. PARTIAL THICHNESS BURN TO R HAND $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| LT HAND 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS-@ HOME-TAKING SOUP OUT OF MICROWAVE -"IT BUBBLED OVER" ONTO HIS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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