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Accidents - Microwave ovens - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 263
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2003:33
Year 2004:30
Year 2005:66
Year 2009:69
Year 2010:63

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/11/2010Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
51YOM SPILLED BOILING COFFEE ON LEG WHILE REMOVING IT FROM MICROWAVE DX: 2ND DEGREE RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS AT HOME PULLING A LEAN CUISINE OUT OF A MICROWAVE, WHEN IT SPIL LED CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO RT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water
PT SUSTAINED A BURN TO THE THIGHS AS A RESULT OF REMOVING HOT WATER FRO M THE MICROWAVE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/23/2004Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS CARRYING A MICROWAVE OVEN AND FELL BACKWARDS THE OVEN FELL ONTO LEFT FEMUR FRACTURED FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/28/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
BURNED SELF ACCIDENTALLY WITH HOT COFFEE THAT WAS JUST OUT OF MICROWAVE AT HOME. DX-BURNS LEFT THIGH WITH CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/08/2003Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
LEFT UPPER LEG PAIN. PT WAS CARRYING A MICROWAVE INTO HOUSE AND INJURED LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/05/2003Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
DROPPED A MICROWAVE DX. THIGH CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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