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Accidents - Potholders, oven mitts or hot pads - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 162
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:86
26-50 years old:75

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/08/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Potholders, oven mitts or hot pads, Cookware
BURN HAND - 32 YOM WAS TAKING PAN OUT OF OVEN AND POTHOLDER SLIPPED AND PT SUSTAINED A BURN 2ND DEGREE 2CM TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Potholders, oven mitts or hot pads
BURNT HAND ON A HOT COOKING PAD " BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2006Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Potholders, oven mitts or hot pads
PUNCTURED PALM ON A CANDLE HOLDER IN BACKYARD. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Potholders, oven mitts or hot pads, Cookware
PT BURNED HAND BY POTHOLDER SLIPPING AND TOUCHING PAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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