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Accidents - Microwave ovens - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 354
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1998:6
Year 2000:67
Year 2001:111
Year 2003:16
Year 2004:23
Year 2007:80
Year 2008:6
Year 2009:42

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/21/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
WAS HEATING UP SOUP IN MICROWAVE, & SPILLED SOME ON HER LT SHIN, WHILE TAKING IT OUT OF MICROWAVE. DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LT SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
7 YO FEMALE TAKING SOUP OUT OF MICROWAVE AND IT SPILLED. DX 1ST DEGREE BURN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
TAKING HOT SOUP OUT OF MICROWAVE AND BURNED LEGS WHEN IT SPILLED WITH 4 % TBSA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT DX BURN OF UNPECIFIED DEGREEOF LT LEG - HOT LIQUID SPILLED ON LEG AFTER MICROWAVE SOUP NOODLES AT HOME THIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Foods
PT SPILLED HOT SOUP FROM MICROWAVE AND IT SPILLED ON SELF. D: BURN LE FT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
PT CLEANING THE HOOD TO MIS MICROWAVE OVEN AND A PIECE OF METAL WAS ST ICKING OUT STRUCK IN THE LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WITH BURNS TO RT LEG FROM MICROWAVE TRYING TO PUT FOOD THAT SPILLED FROM BOWL IN MICROWAVE, BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS PULLING A POT PIE OUT OF A MICRO WAVE OVEN WHEN IT EXPLODED ONTO HER LEFT LOWER LEG THERMAL BURN TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION OF LT LEG AFTER MICROWAVE TRAY FELL ON PT'S LEG APPROXIMATELY 1:35 AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2001Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2001Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Tableware and accessories
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2000Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/1998Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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