Accidents - Pressure cookers or canners - Year 2003 - Face

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 509
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	68
16-25 years old:	136
26-50 years old:	305

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PATIENT WAS COOKING WHEN A PRESSURE COOK BLEW UP IN HER FACE. DX-1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE AND BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2003	Age: 22 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: Pressure cookers or canners
PATIENT BURNED BY A PRESSURE COOKER EXPLOSION OF STEAM. DX; 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE/CHEST/SIDE OF ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
FACIAL BURNS.PT WAS CARRYING A PRESSURE COOKER AND DROPPED IT AND IT EX PLDED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
48 Y/O F INJURED FACE WHEN PRESSURE COOKER WITH SOUP IN IT EXPLODED AT HOME. DX; BURNS TO FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 25 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: Pressure cookers or canners
25 YO M BURN TO FACE FROM LIQUIDS IN PRESSURE COOKER BURN TO FACE (ANY DEGREE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2003	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pressure cookers or canners, Counters or countertops
LAC L CHEEK; PLAYING IN KITCHEN WITH POST & PANS, PRESSURE COOKER LID FELL FROM COUNTER ONTO HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2003	Age: 24 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: Pressure cookers or canners
PT SUSTAINED 1ST DEGREE BURN TO FACE,RT HAND AND CHEST - BIBA WITH EMS C/O BURNED WITH STEAM 30 MINUTES AGO - PRESSURE COOKER BLEW UP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
WAS COOKING CHICKEN AND WHEN SHE LIFTED PAN, STEAM AND WATER CAME UP INTO HER FACE AREA. 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FACE AND CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT SUBSTAINED BURN TO FACE AND ARM FROM STEAM OPENING UP HOT PRESSURE COOKER DX:1ST DEGREE BURNS TO FOREHEAD AND FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 24 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: Pressure cookers or canners
24 YO F BURN IN FACE FROM STEAM FROM PRESSURE COOKER BURN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2003	Age: 49 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: Pressure cookers or canners
SUSTAINED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LT CHEEK AND LT UE - S/P PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PUT MOUTH ON PRESSURE COOKER AND BLEW INTO IT STEAM CAME OUT DX; ORAL A ND FACIAL STEAM BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 44 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: Pressure cookers or canners
PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODED AT HOME. BURNS TO FACE, NECK AND CHEST. FIRST DEGREE BURNS TO < 5% TBSA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT WAS BOILING POTATOES IN PRESSURE COOKER, WHEN IT BLEW UP IN FACE, LI D HIT FACE, STEAM BURNED FACE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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