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Accidents - Pressure cookers or canners - Year 2004 - Face

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 578
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 11/30/2004Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
COOKER EXPLODED, SCALDING FACE WITH HOT WATER DX 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO FACE & R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2004Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
BURN TO FACE AND CHEST STEAM FROM PRESSURE COOKER / TOP BLEW OFF DX: FACE & CHEST BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2004Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE WAS USING A PRESSURE COOKER THAT WAS NOT LATCHE D TIGHTLY AND CAME OFF CAUSING A BURN TO HER FACE FROM THE STEAM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2004Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
AT HOME COOKING, LIFTED LID OFF POT STEAMING RIBS IN A PRESSURE COOKER. STEAM HIT FACE. DX. 2 DEG BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODED IN PATIENT'S FACE AT HOME; STEAM BURN TO FACE, 1ST DEGREE FOREARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2004Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT SUSTAINED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FACE AND RT ORBIT - S/P PRESSURE COOKER BURN TO FACE SUNDAY NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2004Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT DX 1ST DEGREE BURN TO FACE - S/P THERMAL BURN WHILE USING PRESSURE COOKER AND IT EXPLODED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2004Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT DX THERMAL BURN - 1ST DEGREE SHOULDER AND FACE - WHILE USING PRESSURE COOKER AND IT EXPLODED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners, Hot water
PT'S MOTHER WAS USING A PRESSURE COOKER, TOOK THE LID OFF AND HOT WATER SPLASHED ON PT'S FACE. BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2004Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PRESSURE COOKER BLEW UP IN FACE AND SUSTAINED 1ST DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2004Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODED, HAS BURNS TO FACE AND ARMS. DX. BURNS FACE/H AND 1-2 DEGREE. WAS AT MOTHER'S HOUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2004Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
LIQUID BURNED FACE WHEN PRESSURE COOKER OPENED DX. FACIAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT C/O "THE PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODED AND I GOT BURNED" LT FCAE,LOWER ARM AND LT SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2004Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PATIENT BURNED FROM PRESSURE COOKER EXPLOYED. DX: 1ST DEGREE BURN ON FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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