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Accidents - Microwave ovens - Year 2004 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 201
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Date: 11/14/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WITH BURNS TO RT LEG FROM MICROWAVE TRYING TO PUT FOOD THAT SPILLED FROM BOWL IN MICROWAVE, BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
BURNED LEG ON HOT PUMPKIN PASTE THAT WAS HEATED IN MICROWAVE WHEN IT SP ILLED ON HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2004Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens, Floors or flooring materials
CONTUSION LOWER LEG - PATIENT REPORTS SHE FELL ONTO MICROWAVE SITTING O N FLOOR AT HOME AND SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
PT STATES A MICROWAVE FELL ON HIS LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS PULLING A POT PIE OUT OF A MICRO WAVE OVEN WHEN IT EXPLODED ONTO HER LEFT LOWER LEG THERMAL BURN TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2004Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
GETTING SOUP OUT OF MICROWAVE, SPILLED, BURN LEG DX 1ST DEGREE BURN L LEG & FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PATIENT WAS TAKING GRITS FROM THE MICROWAVE AND DROPPED HOT GRITS ON HER LOWER LEG. DX-SCALD INJURY LEFT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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