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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 312
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 27TOM-CONTUSION LEFT LOWER ARM-BUMPED INTO MICROWAVE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PATIENT PULLED NOODLES WITH HOT WATER OUT OF MICROWAVE ONTO ARM AT HOME ; FOREARM BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| RT FOREARM SKIN TEAR-AT HOME-SCRAPED ARM WHILE TAKING THINGS OUT OF MICROWAVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2002 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| HOT GREEN BEANS SPILLED FROM MICROWAVE BURNING PATIENT ON ARM AT HOME; 2ND DEGREE FOREARM BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| COOKING POTATOES IN MICROWAVE OVEN AND BURNED FOREARM AND HAND ON THE HOT POTATOES DX 1ST DEGREE BURN ON HAND AND FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT.INJ.L.FOREARM AT HOME WHEN TOOK HOT SYRUP OUT OF MICROWAVE OVEN & IT SPILLED ON HER. DX; 1ST.& 2ND DEG.BURNS L.FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2002 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| CONTUSIONT WITH RAVOLI FALLING OUT OF MICROWAVE ONTO RT FOREARM, PARTI AL THICKNESS BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water |
| 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT FOREARM.PT WAS BOILING EGGS IN A MICRO WAVE AND HOT WATER SPILLED ON FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| SPILLED HOT WAX HEATED IN MICROWAVE ONTO HAND AND FOREARM BURNING THEM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/05/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT. GOT BURNED W/HOT FOOD FROM THE MICROWAVE. DX. 1 & 2 DEG BURNS TO L CHEST, ARM AND FA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PASTA FROM MICROWAVE FELL ON PTS ARM BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT SUSTAINED BURN TO FOREARM FROM MICROWAVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2002 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| BURNED FOREARM WHEN MICROWAVE DINNER WAS SPILLED WHEN TAKEN FROM M ICROVAVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| BURNED FOREARM ON SOUP SPILLED WHEN TAKEN OUT OF MICROWAVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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