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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,339
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	74
Year 1998:	159
Year 2000:	69
Year 2001:	83
Year 2003:	69
Year 2004:	176
Year 2006:	219
Year 2008:	132
Year 2009:	281
Year 2010:	71

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 02/06/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
L RIB INJ/59YOF AT HOME 1 WEEK AGO, SLIPPED AND BUMPED L RIB AREA ON TH E MICROWAVE. STILL HAVING PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens, Extension cords
CONTUSION CHEST WALL - 60 YO MALE REPORTS HE WAS CARRYING A MICROWAVE A ND TRIPPED OVER AN EXTENSION CORD AND FELL AGAINST A SAW - LT RIB PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
ETOH=0.058 INTOX, REPORTS POTATOES CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE MICROWAVE OVEN NOW WITH SHORTNESS FO BREATH>>ASTHMA EXCERBATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2009	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
WATER HEATED IN MICROWAVE FOR HOT CHOCOLATE SPILLED ON WRIST AND CHEST BURNING WITH 10%TBSA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
STANDING AT MICROWAVE AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN AND DYPSNEA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/31/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Microwave ovens
PAIN AFTER LIFTING MICROWAVE CHEST WALL STRAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
CHEST PAIN WHEN LIFTING MICROWAVE OVEN--MUSCULOSKELETAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
53 YOF PICKED UP MICROWAVE AND HURT BACK BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
PT FELL AND HIT MICROWAVE. DX: R RIB CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
BRUISE R RIBS/80YOM AT HOME LOST BALANCE AND FELL INTO THE MICROWAVE & HIT R SIDE. DENIES LOC. BRUISING R RIBS .
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/08/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
PT LIFTED MICROWAVE OVEN. DX: THORACIC PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Microwave ovens
THORACIC STRAIN-AFTER LIFTING MICROWAVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
PRESENTS WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF CHEST DISCOMFORT WITH ASSOCIATED SHORTNES S OF BREATH WHILE ADJUSTING A MICROWAVE>>CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Microwave ovens
PT LIFTED A HEAVY MICROWAVE. DX: BACK STRAIN/SPASM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Microwave ovens
87 YO F COMPRESSION FRACTURE T SPINE DEVELOPED PAIN LIFTING DINNER OUT OF MICROWAVE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Microwave ovens
PAIN TO CHEST STARTED WHILE LIFTING MICROWAVE OVEN DX: CHEST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens, Electrical wire or wiring systems
63YOF STATES MICROWAVE & ALL APPLIANCES STARTED SMOKING BECAUSE OF OUTS IDE POWER LINE PER AMB NOTES GOT SCARED CHEST PAIN FD++
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/14/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
PT FELL ONTO MICROWAVE ON SAT. INJURING CHEST, C/O CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/04/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
PT FELL WHILE CARRYING A MICROWAVE. DX: CHEST CONT, CHRONIC A FIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT SPILLED HOT COFFEE FROM MICROWAVE ONTO CHEST. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN CHEST/UPPER ABDOMEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
INHALED STEAM FROM MICROWAVED POPCORN AND EXACERBATED HIS COPD FROM THE STEAM EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Microwave ovens
ACUTE THORACIC STRAIN, DEVELOPED CHEST DISCOMFORT AFTER LIFTING A MICROWAVE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
CARRYING MICROWAVE, FELL ON CEMENT & MICROWAVE LANDED ON CHEST. ACUTE C HEST WALL CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
LEFT RIB CONTUSION.PT FELL AND HIT CHEST ON MICROWAVE OVEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Microwave ovens
VERTEBRAL COMP FX - BACK PAIN AFTER TWISTING AWAY FROM MICROWAVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2001	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2001	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2000	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/1998	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/1998	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/1997	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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