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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,331
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 71 YO F LIFTING MICROWAVE CUT FINGER FINGER LAC COMPLICATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| BURNS 2ND DEGREE (R) 2ND FINGER, PT STS MICROWAVE GOT ON FIRE & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O REDNESS, PAIN & BLISTERS, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| DROPPED MICROWAVE ONTO FINGER LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2003 | Age: 35 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. PICKED UP MICROWAVE OFF WIFE'S FOOT AT HOME. DX. LAC R THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2003 | Age: 27 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 STATES HE LACERATED FINGER ON A PC OF METAL WHILE PUTTING IN MICROWAVE OVEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 57YOMC BURNED FINGER ON HOT BUBBLE GUM AFTER HEATING IT IN MICROWAVE TO SOFTEN IT/BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2003 | Age: 38 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 |
| LAC TO FINGER WHEN INSTALLING MICROWAVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2003 | Age: 43 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 |
| CUT FINGER WHILE MOVING MICROWAVE DX LT FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2003 | Age: 47 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, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT. BURNED FINGERS FROM HOT LIQUID FOOD FROM MICROWAVE OVEN. AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| DROPPED A MICROWAVE OVEN ON FINGER DX: NO DX ON CHART PT LEFT PRIORTO BEING SEEN BY DR |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/06/2003 | Age: 26 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 |
| 1ST DEG BURN R THUMB/26YOF SPILLED HAIR REMOVAL WAX ON R THUMB 1 HR AGO . WAX CAME OUT OF MICROWAVE OVEN & WAS VERY HOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2003 | Age: 40 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 PULLING FOOD FROM A MICROWAVE OVEN AT HOME SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/19/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 14YOM CUT HIS FINGER ON A MICROWAVEDX: LAC R MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| MOVING MICROWAVE OVEN PT CUT LEFT 4TH DIGIT ON METAL PIECE - LAC FING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2003 | 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, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| DX LEFT HAND FINGERS BURNED: PUT *** IN MICROWAVE AND BURNEDFINGERS PI CKING IT UP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens, Tableware and accessories |
| PATIENT WAS HEATING DISH IN MICROWAVE OVEN , DISH BROKE, CUTTING PATIENT'S MIDDLE FINGER. DX-LACERATION FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2003 | Age: 38 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 |
| 38 YO F BURN FINGER ON STEAM IN MICROWAVE OVEN BURN FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Microwave ovens, Jewelry |
| POSS. BURN FROM MICROWAVE, AGGRAVATED WEARING RING RASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 11 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 11OF PINCHED HER FINGER IN THE MICROWAVE DOOR CONT R SMALL FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT INJURED WHEN HORSING AROUND AND HIT HAND ON MICROWAVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT JAMMED RT RING FINGER WHILE MOVING A MICRO WAVE DX: FX RT RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| LEFT 3RD FINGER LAC. PT WAS CLEANING AND STRUCK FINGER ON A MICROWAVE DOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2003 | Age: 76 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 PULLING HOT FOOD OUT OF A MICRO WAVE OVEN AT HOME SUSTAINED THERMAL BURNS TO RIGHT SECOND AND THIRD FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2003 | Age: 17 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, Plastic wrapping products |
| BURNS TO SECOND AND THIRD FINGERS. PT TOOK SOMETHING WRAPPED IN SARAN OUT OF MICROWAVE AND STEAMED BURNED FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2003 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PATIENT CLOSED FINGER IN MICROWAVE DOOR AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO, INCREASED S WELLING, BLACK FINGERNAIL; SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| CUT ON MICROWAVE TRAY THUMB LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2003 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| REMOVING HOT SAUSAGES FROM MICROWAVE AND BURNED FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2003 | Age: 10 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 |
| BURNT FINGER ON MICROWAVE - THERMAL BURN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| CUT FINGER CLEANING UNDER MICROWAVE DX: FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2003 | Age: 6 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 |
| MAKING SOUP AT HOME, GETTING SOUP OUT OF MICROWAVE, USED SLEEVE OF SHIRT AS POT HOLDER, SPILLED SOUP ON THUMB. DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS RT THU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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