Accidents - Microwave ovens - Year 2005 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 983
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	38
6-15 years old:	5
16-25 years old:	114
26-50 years old:	479
50+ years old:	345

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/25/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
PUNCHED A MICROWAVE INJURING HAND " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2005	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT GETTING OUT MILK OUT OF THE MICROWAVE OVEN AND IT SPILLED ONTO LEFT HAND SCALD BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
CARRYING MICROWAVE FELL DROPPED IT ON HER HAND DX LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
CONTUSION HAND - PATIENT REPORTS SHE HIT THE BACK OF HER RIGHT HAND AGA INST A MICROWAVE OVEN - PAIN IS NOW RADIATING INTO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
19 YR OLD MALE HIT MICROWAVE WITH HAND LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
C/O PT STATES REACHED INTO MICROWAVE AND GOT BURNED DX BURN TO RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
BURNED R HAND WHILE TAKING CORN OUT OF MICROWAVE, IT SPILLED ON HAND. DX. 1 & 2 DEG BURNS R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
BOILING HOT GRAVY SPILLED ONTO HAND WHILE REMOVING DISH FROM MICROWAVE DX 2ND DEGREE BURN L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PAIN TO R HAND, EGG EXPLODED WHEN TAKING IT OUT OF MICROWAVE DX: 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FA/HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
SPILLED HOT SOUP, WHILE TAKING IT OUT OF MICROWAVE ONTO HAND. " HAND BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water
PT WAS HEATING WATER IN A MICROWAVE & BURNED HAND ON THE WATER DX: 1ST DEGREE BURNS RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO R HAND: HEATING UP LIQUID HAIR WAX REMOVER IN MICROWAVE,BURNED W/WAX REMOVAL AFTER HEATING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
PUNCHED MICROWAVE, C/O PAIN R HAND, DX; CONTUSION, ABRASION R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water
PT GETTING HOT BROCCOIL OUT OF MICROWAVE OVEN, SPILLED HOT WATER ONTO L T HAND, SCALD BURN LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
PT DROPPED GLASS MICROWAVE PLATE THAT BROKE CUTTING PT'S HAND SUSTAIEND " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT C/O RT HAND INJURY. PT WAS HEATING FACIAL WAX IN MICROWAVE AND CONTA INER EXPLODED. DX BURN TO RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Tableware and accessories
DX 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO HANDS: TAKING SOUP FROM MICROWAVE AND BOWL COLLAPSED, SOUP BURNED HANDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2005	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT SPILLED HOT NOODLES THAT HAD JUST BEEN MICROWAVED - BURNED HANDS. D: BURN TO BOTH HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water
PATIENT BURNED BY HOT WATER PULLED OUT OF MICROWAVE AT SITTER'S HOUSE; 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HAND AND KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/19/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
HEATED WAX IN MICROWAVE, BURNED LT. HAND DX: 2ND DEGREE BURNS LT. HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS COOKING SOUP IN MICROWAVE WHEN SHE SPILLED THE SOUP ON HAND
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/27/2005	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT PUT LEFT HAND IN THE FOOD THAT HAD JUST CAME OUT OF THE MICROWAVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2005	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
MOM HAD PT IN ARMS PULLED LASAGNA OUT OF MICROWAVE WITH PT PUTTING HAND S /FINGERS IN FOOD X 2 DAYS AGO, 2ND DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Microwave ovens
PT. STRUCK R HAND ON MICROWAVE. DX. FX/LAC R HAND, METACARPAL #5 BASE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
BURN HAND - 28 YOF WAS PULLING SOMETHING OUT OF THE MICROWAVE AND HOT L IQUID SPILLED ONTO HER RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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