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Accidents - Microwave ovens - Year 2009 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 366
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:47
6-15 years old:250
50+ years old:69

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/14/2009Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PATIENT PULLED NOODLES OUT OF MICROWAVE AND SPILLED ON BOTH THIGHS/KNEE S; LEG BURNS, 4% TBSA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/29/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WARMING UP FOOD IN THE MICROWAVE AND SPLASHED IT ON THIGH, NOW W/RED NESS AND PAIN; BURN OF THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT PULLED HOT NOODLES OUT OF MICROWAVE AND SPILLED IT. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN L THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2009Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT BURNED UPPER LEG WHEN TAKING SOME HOT NOODLES FROM MICROWAVE AND SPILLED ON THIGH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN R UPPER THIGH:ABOUT 2 HRS AGO WAS COOKING NOODLES REMOVED THEM FROM MICROWAVE, SPILLED HOT WATER ON RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
LEFT THIGH BURN.PT WAS GETTING DINNER OUT OF A MICROWAVE AND SPILLED IT .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2009Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
JUICE FROM FOOD COMMING OUT OF MICROWAVE SPILLED ON PATIENTS LEG. DX; 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS AT HOME PULLING A LEAN CUISINE OUT OF A MICROWAVE, WHEN IT SPIL LED CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO RT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2009Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
1 M/O RECEIVED BURN TO THIGH, GRANDMOTHER WAS TAKING BURITO OUT OF MICROWAVE AND DRIPPED ON BABY'S LEG AT HOME. DX-BURN THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
THIGHS BURN-TOOK HOT SOUP FROM MICROWAVE-SPILLED ON LEGS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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