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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 434
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2003 | Age: 42 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: Microwave ovens |
| COOKING EGG IN MICROWAVE OVEN WHEN EGG EXPLODED IN FACE AND BURNED IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT WITH URINE BOTTLE FALLING FROM MICROWAVE HITTING PT ON HEAD/LT LOWER EYELID, CONTUSION/CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| CUT CHEEK ON MICROWAVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2003 | Age: 12 months | 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: Microwave ovens |
| POPCORN BAG HAD JUST COME OUT OF MICROWAVE WHEN VERY HOT WHEN IT SLATTE RED BUTTER AND BURNED FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT PULLED FOOD OUT OF THE MICROWAVE AND BURNED FACE. DX FACE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| BURN FACE - 12 YOM WAS COOKING AN EGG WITH SHELL ON IN THE MICROWAVE, E GG EXPLODED INTO FACE WITH HOT EGGSHELL FRAGMENTS HITTING HIS FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 31 YO FEMALE COOKED EGG IN MICROWAVE, TOOK IT OUT AND HOT WATER SPLASHED IN FACE - PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN RIGHT SIDE OF FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| OPENING BAG OF POPCORN OUT OF MICROWAVE AND STEAM BURNED EYE AREA;STEAM BURN, FACE, HEAD, NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2003 | Age: 27 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: Microwave ovens |
| FACIAL BURN-@ HOME-COOKING AN EGG IN MICROWAVE-TOOK EGG OUT-EGG EXPLODED & HIT PT'S FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2003 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT FELL AND HIT MICROWAVE OVEN. DX: .5 CM L FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT PULLING FOOD OUT OF THE MICROWAVE OVEN AND IT EXPLODED SUSTAINED THE RMAL BURNS TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| MOM WAS PULLING FOOD OUT OF MICROWAVE, SHE TRIPPED OVER PT HOT FOOD FELL OVER HEAD AND FACE. DX PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT HAD FOOD BLOW UP THAT WAS IN MICROWAVE AND BURN FACE. DX FACE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/08/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| BURN FACE - 30 YOM WAS WARMING UP COFFEE WITH MILK IN THE MICROWAVE WHE N HE OPENED THE DOOR EVERYTHING EXPLODED IN HIS FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT FELL FACE FIRST INTO A MICROWAVE. DX FACE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2003 | Age: 3 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: Microwave ovens |
| RT FACIAL CHEEK BURN-AT HOME-MOTHER TAKING HOT FOOD FROM MICROWAVE-FOOD "POPPED" & HIT PT'S FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 5 Y.O. W FEMALE W/LAC TO FOREHEAD. PT INJ SELF ON MICROWAVE DOOR @ HOME . E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2003 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water |
| HEATED WATER IN MICROWAVE, WENT TO DRINK IT & IT SPRAYED HER 2ND DEGREE BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2003 | Age: 2 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: Microwave ovens |
| MOM REPORTS OPENING MICROWAVE TO GET OUT OODLES OF NOODLES WITH PT GRA BBING DOOR WHILE CLOSING SPLASHED HOT H20 IN FACE, 10 %BURNS TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/22/2003 | Age: 12 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: Microwave ovens |
| BURN TO FACE @ HOME, PT HEATED EGG (IN SHELL) IN MICROWAVE OVEN-TOOK OU T AND IT EXPLODED IN FACE AND RT FOREARM-1ST/2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| BOILED EGG SPLATTERED IN FACE AROUND MOUTH WHEN IN MICROWAVE DX:2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2003 | Age: 23 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: Microwave ovens |
| DX:1-2% SUPERFICIAL FACE BURNS. BOILING EGGS IN MICROWAVE WHEN THEY EXPLODED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| LAC FOREHEAD; CHILD RUNNING IN HOUSE, RAN INTO MICROWAVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2003 | Age: 9 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: Microwave ovens |
| PATIENT TRIED TO BOIL EGG IN MICROWAVE AT HOME, EGG EXPLODED IN HER FAC E; 2ND DEGREE FACIAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT COOKING AN EGG IN MICROWAVE WHICH EXPLODED IN FACE YEST, 1-2 DEGREE BURNS TO FACE/NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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