Accidents - Microwave ovens - Year 2004 - Face

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,039
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	291
6-15 years old:	51
16-25 years old:	73
26-50 years old:	399
50+ years old:	223

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/16/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS MICROWAVING *** & IT BLEW UP IN FACE. ACUTE 1ST DEGREE FACIAL BU RNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
PT HIT HEAD ON MICROWAVE OVEN DOOR. DX: 2.6 CM FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS HEATING CANDY FILLED WITH CHOCLATE IN THE MICROWAVE, THEN EXPLOD ED ALL OVER FACE SUSTAINED" FACIAL BURN"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/18/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT PULLED A PLATE OF HOT FOOD OUT OF THE MICROWAVE AND INJURED FACE. DX FACE BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water
HAD CUP OF HOT WATER IN MICROWAVE, WHEN OPENED DOOR, IT SPRAYED ONTO HER FACE AND L EYE, C/O PAIN TO AREAS. DX: MINOR 1ST DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
LACERATION FOREHEAD - PATIENT REPORTS HE TRIPPED AT HOME STRIKING FOREH EAD AGAINST MICROWAVE - ADMITS TO ETOH TONIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water
PT BURNED PULLING HOT WATER OUT OF MICROWAVE; 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
PT STATED THAT A MICROWAVE FELL ONTO HIS HEAD TODAY, SUSTAINED " LT EYEBROW LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT PUT EGG IN MICROWAVE OVEN, WENT TO GET IT OUT, EGG EXPLODED; BURN TO FACE, CHEST, ABDOMEN, ARM AND THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
3 YO M BURN TO FOREHEAD W/GRAVY FROM MICROWAVE BURN FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT MICROWAVING POPCORN TAKEN OUT OF MICROWAVE WITH BURNS TO FACE/HEAD 2 0MINS PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
EGGS EXPLODED FROM MICROWAVE ONTO PT FACE, 2-3 DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
12:00 WHILE RUNNING HIT EDGE OF MICROWAVE. 1 CM LACERATION TO HAIRLINE MID FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water
BRUNED FACE ON WATER FROM MICROWAVE OVEN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/10/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT BURNED FROM STEAM FROM POPCORN IN MICROWAVE AROUND LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
FACIAL BURN.PT WAS BAKING A POTATO IN MICROWAVE OVEN AND OPENED DOOR AN D POTATO EXPLODED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
DIZZY AND FELL INTO MICROWAVE OVEN - FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2004	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
MOM GETTING HOT TEA FROM MICROWAVE WITH PT RUNNING INTO HER SPILLING TE A ON FACE/HEAD/ARMS, PARTIAL THICKNESSS BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT MAKING HOT TEA IN MICROWAVE AND IT FELL ON FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2004	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT OPENED THE DOOR OF HER MICROWAVE AFTER HEATING UP SOME MAPLE SYRUP A ND IT EXPLODED IN FACE SCALD BURNS TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Baby bottles or nipples
BABY BOTTLE WATER REMOVED FROM MICROWAVE,EXPLODED IN FACE BURNING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
PT DX ABRASION TO LT EYELID - S/P HIT IN THE EYE WHEN AN EGG EXPLODED AFTER IT WAS PLACED IN THE MICROWAVE OVEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT COOKING AN EGG IN THE MICROWAVE OVEN AT HOME WHEN SHE OPENED THE DOO R IT EXPLODED IN FACE THERMAL BURNS TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
SISTER FED HOT MICROWAVED FOOD TO HER AND BURNED HER FACE ON THE HOT FO OD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
BURNED FACE NECK AND CHEST WHEN SPILLED LIQUID JUST OUT OF MICROWAVE
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 03/21/2004	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT GRABBING HOT CUP FROM MICROWAVE WITH BURNS TO FACE/ABD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
ABRASION (R) EYELID, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A MICROWAVE OVEN, C/O PAIN , SWELLING, NO ACTIVE BLEEDING, LOC OR DIZZINESS, HX OF ASTHMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
WAS WALKING, STRUCK FACE ON MICROWAVE DOOR. 3CM LAC LT FACIAL AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
BURN FACE - 33 YOF WAS COOKING AN EGG IN THE MICROWAVE AND THE EGG BLEW UP IN HER FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
FOOD BEING TAKEN FROM MICROWAVE SPILLED DX. FACIAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON MICROWAVE DX: FACE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2004	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water
PT WITH BURNS TO FACE/BACK/SHLDR WHILE GRANDPOP WAS TAKING HOT H20 OUT OF MICROWAVE, BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT MICROWAVING EGGS LAST PM CRACKED IT TO SEE IF IT WAS DONE EXPLODING INTO FACE/CHEST/HAND, 1 DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
WAS EXPLODED IN MICROWAVE BURNING FACE AND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
FELL AGAINST MICROWAVE DX. FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
FACE LAC-@ HOME-HIT A MICROWAVE DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Microwave ovens
50YOHM-NASAL FRACTURE-HIT WITH MICROWAVE 3 DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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