Accidents - Pressure cookers or canners - Year 2003 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 250
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	16
26-50 years old:	164
50+ years old:	69

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/19/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PRESSURE COOKER BLEW, STEAM BURNED HAND, TWISTED ANKLE WHEN STEPPING BA CK/ LT AND BURN, RT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2003	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
BURNS HAND - 15 MOM PUT HIS LEFT HAND OVER A RICE COOKER AND SUSTAINED STEAM BURNS, LARGE BLISTERS ON MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS AND PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2003	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: Pressure cookers or canners, Hot water
LT HAND & FOREARM BURN-@ HOME-PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODED-BURNED ON HOT WATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT AT A FRIENDS HOUSE BURNED LEFT HAND ON A PRESSURE COOKER THERMAL BUR N TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT HAND - PATIENT TOOK LID OFF OF PRESSURE COOKER WH ILE THERE WAS STILL PRESSURE IN POT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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