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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,135
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2010 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 46 Y/O/M CUT HAND ON MICROWAVE DOOR AT HOME DX/ LEFT HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2010 | Age: 3 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, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 3YOF TRYING TO GET AN OBJECT OUT OF THE MICROWAVE OVEN AND SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 10YOF PULLED HOT SOUP OUT OF MICROWAVE, SOUP SPILLED ONTO HAND BURNING IT; 2ND DG SCALD BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2010 | Age: 7 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 |
| 7YOF-HAND BURN-BURNED ON HOT *** NOODLES FROM A MICROWAVE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2010 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 37YOF HIT HAND ON MICROWAVE DX: HAND LAC / CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2010 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens, Cardboard products |
| 85YOM 2 LAC WOUND ON LEFT HAND WHILE UPACKING A MICROWAVE OUT OF A CARDBOARD BOX DX: HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2010 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 16 MOF SUS BURN TO HAND AFTER SPILLING HOT SAUCE THAT JUST CAME OUT OF THE MICROWAVE ON HER HAND% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2010 | Age: 6 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, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| DX:BURN,HAND PAIN-6YOF-BURN TO HAND-TOOK *** OUT OF MICROWAVE-PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2010 | Age: 3 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 |
| 3 YOM SUSTAINED A BURN TO HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE TAKING SOUP OUT OF THE MICROWAVE AND IT SPILLED ON HIS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2010 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 27YOM FRACTURED HAND MICROWAVE OVEN FELL ON HAND AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2010 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 35 YOM, BURNED HAND ON HOT CHEESE FROM MICROWAVE DINNER DX: BURN HAND & FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2010 | Age: 41 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 |
| 41YOF TAKING GRAVY OUT OF MICROWAVE, SPILLED ON HANDS, BURNED HANDS D X: 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON BOTH HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 8YOM, TAKING HOT SOUP OUT OF THE MICROWAVE&ACC SPILLED ONTO HAND >>BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2010 | Age: 33 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 |
| 33YOF WAS TAKING HOT WAX OUT OF MICROWAVE TO WAX HER LEGS AND SPILLED W AX ON HER L HAND DX- BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2010 | Age: 42 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 |
| 42 YOF TAKING FOOD OUT OF MICROWAVE,GOT STEAM BURN RT HAND DX##: RT HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2010 | Age: 2 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 |
| 2YOM; PT SPILLED FOOD THAT HAD JUST COME OUT OF THE MICROWAVE ONTO HAND . D: BURN TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2010 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 36/Y/O/F BURNED HAND ON HOT FOOD OUT OF MICROWAVE WHILE CAMPING DX// RIGHT HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 5YOM SPILLED SOME HOT LIQUID ON R HAND FROM TAKING FOOD FROM MICROWAVE, MILD PAIN, 2ND DEGREE BURNS DX: BURNS TO R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2010 | Age: 52 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 |
| 52 YOF WAS HEATING GRAVY IN MICROWAVE AND WAS BURNED. DX: BILAT HAND BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2010 | Age: 29 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 |
| 29YOF WAS REMOVING HOT FOOD FROM MICROWAVE WHEN IT SPLASHED ONTO HE HAN DS DX- BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2010 | Age: 46 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, Tableware and accessories |
| 46YOF WAS TAKING CUP FROM MICROWAVE AND BURNT HAND DX RT HAND SCALD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2010 | Age: 65 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, Nonmetal cookware |
| 65YOF TAKING BOILING WATER OUT OF THE MICROWAVE OVEN IN A *** DISH AND SUSTAINED A SCALD BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 5YOM PT MELTING BUTTER IN MICROWAVE WHEN BUTTER SPLASHED UP ONTO HIS L HAND. BURN TO PALMAR SURFCE, IN BETWEEN FINGERS. DX L HAND SCALD BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 22YOM FRACTURED RIGHT HAND AFTER PUNCHING A MICROWAVE OVEN IN ANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2010 | Age: 27 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 |
| 27 YR OLD FEMALE RECEIVED STEAM BURNS TO HAND OPENING HOT MICROWAVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 13 YOM HAND, ROUGH HOUSING WITH HIS BROTHER SWUNG HIS HAND BACKWARD AND HIT MICROWAVE SHATTERING GLASS, MULTIPLE LACS 13 SUTURES TOTAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 9YOF; PT WAS MAKING LUNCH AT SCHOOL HEATING UP *** NOODLES IN MICROWAVE ; HOT SOUP SPILLED ONTO HANDS. D : BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2010 | Age: 44 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 |
| 44YOF C/O LEFT HAND BURN FROM HOT EYEBROW WAX WHEN PT TOOK IT OUT OF TH E MICROWAVE.DX: SECOND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| HAND BURN-7YOF-HOT FOOD FROM MICROWAVE SPILLED ON HAND-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| BURNED HAND PULLING BROWNIE FROM MICROWAVE 1ST DEGREE BURN RT HAND 26 Y/O B/M |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2010 | Age: 4 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 |
| 4YOF GRABBED A HOT "*** NOODLES" OUT OF THE MICROWAVE, AT HOME, &SPILLE D THE LIQUID ON HER HAND- BLISTER FORMED. DX; RT HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 10YOM WAS GRABBING NOODLES OUT OF THE MICROWAVE OVEN, & SOME LIQUID SPILLED ONTO HIS LT HAND. DX; PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN TO LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 16YOM WAS ANGRY & HIT MICROWAVE WITH RT HAND. DX - RT HAND LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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