Accidents - Pressure cookers or canners - Year 2003 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 22
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
26-50 years old:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 04/23/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners, Counters or countertops
PT SITTING ON COUNTER NEXT TO BOILING PESSURE COOKER, LID CAME OFF, HOT WATER SPILLED ONTO LEGS. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO R-KNEE,THIGHS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT DX 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RT THIGH,ARM AND STOMACH - S/P FROM PRESSURE COOKER EXPLOSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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