Accidents - Microwave ovens - Year 2002 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,040
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	94
6-15 years old:	57
16-25 years old:	164
26-50 years old:	546
50+ years old:	176

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/05/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT PUT GUMMY SUCKER IN MICROWAVE @ HOME AND BURNED TIP OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. DX BURN TO 3RD FINGER RIGHT HAND- SUPERFICIAL 2ND DEGREE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Microwave ovens
RT 5TH FINGERNAIL AVULSION-AT HOME-CAUGHT FINGERNAIL-CLEANING UNDER MICROWAVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
LAC R 3RD FINGER WHILE LIFTING MICROWAVE AT HOME DX 0.5 CM R MIDDLE FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
DX: L THUM ABSCESS S/P BURN. BURNED PAD OF L THUMB 1 WEEK AGO WHEN TAKI NG HOT ITEM OUT OF MICROWAVE. PATIENT IS HOMELESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2002	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
HEATING FORMULA FOR BABY IN MICROWAVE WHEN TAKING OUT IT BURNED THE CHI LDS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
BURN FINGER - 40 YOF COMPLAINING OF HAVING BURNED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER O N STEAM AFTER OPENING MICROWAVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS BURNED ON HOT LIQUID FROM MICROWAVE. DX: SECOND DEG BURN R INDEX/LONG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
LAC R INDEX FINGER; MOVING MICROWAVE & SHARP EDGE OF METAL CUT HIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
4YOF-2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT 3RD & 4TH FINGERS-OPENED MICROWAVE AT HOME T OUCHED HOT CHOCOLATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
1ST AND 2ND DEG BURN RIGHT LE AND LEFT 5TH DIGIT. PT SPILLED HOT WAX ON TO HERSELF WHEN GETTING IT OUT OF MICROWAVE OVEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
PT CUT FINGER ON BROKE DOOR ON MICROWAVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Microwave ovens
PATIENT PUNCHED A MICROWAVE OVEN AT HOME YESTERDAY; FINGER FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Microwave ovens
LEFT 5TH FINGER FX - STRUCK FINGER ON A MICROWAVE @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2002	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT PULLED HOT COFFEE OUT OF MICROWAVE, BURNED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT BURNED FINGER ON HOT CHEESE OUT OF MICROWAVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
*31YOF SPILLED HOT WAX ON THUMB FROM MICROWAVEDX: 2ND DEGREE BURN RT TH UMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
CUT FINGER ON METAL IN MICROWAVE OVEN DX: LT. MICCLE FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Microwave ovens
JAMMED FINGER ON A MICRO WAVE OVEN, SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT COOKED PEAS IN MICROWAVE AND WAS BURNED BY STEAM. DX: R RING AND SMALL FINGER SECOND DEG BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
G-MOM REMOVED JAR OF FOOD FROM MICROWAVE AND PT STRUCK FINGERS IN JAR,B URNS TO 3 FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
39 YOF C/OLACERATION TO L HAND 3RD& 4TH DIGITS, CUT ON MICROWAVE @ STOR E DX: LACERATION TO L HAND 3RD DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS BURNED ON HOT CANDY FROM MICROWAVE. DX: SECOND DEG BURN R MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT MOVING A MICROWAVE & FELL OFF PORCH 2 STEPS, HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE AND LACERATION TIP OF R MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
PT LAC RT INDEX FINGER ON A PIECE OF METAL ON A MICROWAVE OVEN, LAC FIN GER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
PT PUNCHED MICROWAVE/CUT HAND 6 HR PTA. DX-ACUTE LACERATION REPAIR OF 4 TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT BURNED FINGER ON OBJECT FROM MICROWAVE, BURN 2ND DEGREE R 3RD DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON MICROWAVE GLASS ROTATOR PLATE. D: FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
BURN FINGERS - VICTIM BURNED FINGERS WHEN SHE REMOVED MELTED SUGAR FROM MICROWAVE OVEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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