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Accidents - Electric kettles or hot pots - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 579
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Arm:178Hand:142
Finger:139Foot:75
Shoulder:15Lower Leg:14
Upper Trunk:6Lower Trunk:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/08/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots
PT DX 1ST DEGREE BURN TO FOREARM - S/P DUE TO HOT POT IN KITCHEN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2008Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots, Hot water
PT REACHED UP TO COUNTER AND TIPPED OVER ELECTRIC WATER POT W/BOILING WATER. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS & INDETERMINATE BURNS 2-3% SHOULDER/ARM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/20/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots, Foods
STEPPED IN A HOT POT OF APPLE BUTTER. DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots
BILATERAL HAND INJURY FROM TOUCHING HOT POT. DX-ACUTE 1ST DEGREE BURN TO BILATERAL HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2008Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots
FINGER BURNED FROM STEAM COMING FROM HOT POT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots
BURN FOREARM - 3 YO MALE BURNED HIS LEFT FOREARM ON ELECTRIC HOT POT AT HOME LAST EVENING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots
DX SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL NON CIRCUMFERENTIAL BURN L FOREARM: ACC SPILLED BOIL'G WATER F ELECTRIC PORT ONTO ARM. PT ICED IT X 3HRS SANS RELIEF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots
PT WAS AT HOME, LEANED ACROSS A HOT PLATE CAUSING A PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN TO LT LWR ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots
27 YO FEMALE BURNED FINGER ON HOT POT SECOND DEGREE BURN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots
BURNS TO R HAND FROM PICKING UP A HOT POT. DX. BURN R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots
PLUGGING IN ELECTRIC KETTLE MANIPULATING CORD AND GOT ELECTRIC BURNS TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots, Floors or flooring materials
SHE WAS RUNNING AROUND, AT HOME, TODAY, & A HOT PLATE WAS ON THE FLOOR MOM WAS MAKING COFFEE, PT SLIPPED & BURNED BUTTOCKS. DX: BURN- BUTT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2008Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots, Floors or flooring materials
CALF BURN-PULLED HOT PLATE ONTO FLOOR-HIT LEG-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Electric kettles or hot pots
SPILLED COFFEE POT, BURNED CHEST AND FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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