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Accidents - Microwave ovens - Year 2007 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 107
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:15
6-15 years old:91

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/20/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
BURNED WITH HOT SOUP RIGHT OUT OF MICROWAVE/THIGH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
MAKING NOODLES IN MICROWAVE @HOME, TOUCHED NOODLES W/HAND & FOUND TOO H OT & NOODLES FELL ONTO LEGS-BURN <10%BSA 2ND DEG THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
SECOND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT THIGH SECONDARY TO TAKING OODLES OF NOODLES OUT OF MICROWAVE AND SPILLING SOUP ON THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
DX BILATERAL THIGHS BURN: SPILLED BOWL OF SOUP FROM MICROWAVE ONTO LAP AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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