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Accidents - Microwave ovens - Year 2003 - Neck

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 100
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:22
26-50 years old:78

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/30/2003Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Microwave ovens
HURT SHOULDER AND NECK MOVING MICROWAVE OVEN - MUSCLE STRAIN NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PATIENT PULLED CUP OF HOT NOODLES OUT OF MICROWAVE, OR PULLED HOT WATER OFF STOVE AT HOME; 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO NECK AND CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2003Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Microwave ovens
LEFT NECK SPR. PT WAS GETTING FOOD OUT OF A MICROWAVE AND TWISTED NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT MOTHER WAS HEATING BROWNIE WHEN IT EXPLODED IN THE MICRO- WAVE NECK BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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