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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 242
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/10/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water |
| 5 Y.O. B FEMALE W/BURN TO CHEST. PT WAS REACHING INTO MICROWAVE OVEN TO GET HOT WATER & IT SPILLED ON CHEST @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water |
| HOT WATER FROM MICROWAVE SPILLED ON T-SHIRT. DX. 2ND EG BURN4 INCHES A CROSS R CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2003 | Age: 15 months | 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 |
| BURNED CHEST WHEN SPILLED HOT SOUP FROM MICROWAVE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT PULLED POT OF HOT OODLES OF NOODLES FROM MICROWAVE ONTO CHEST, 2 %BU RNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT WAS TAKING NOODLES OUT OF MICROWAVE AND SPILLED HOT NOODLES ON CHEST 1ST& 2ND DEGREE BURNS |
| 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: 03/02/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water |
| PT WAS IN A WATER FIGHT AT A SLEEP OVER ONE OF THE BOYS PUT WATER IN THE MICROWAVE & THREW IT ON THE PT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT WAS MELTING WAX IN A MICROWAVE OVEN WHEN SHE OPENED THE DOOR TO THE OVEN IT SPILLED ONTO CHEST SCALD BURNS TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2003 | Age: 9 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 |
| REMOVED HOT DRINK FROM MICROWAVE AND IT EXPLODED ACROSS CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| DX:1% PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN. PULLED HOT ***S ON TO CHEST. HAD BEEN JUS T COOKED IN MICROWAVE OVEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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