Accidents - Pressure cookers or canners - Year 2007 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 85
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

16-25 years old:	15
26-50 years old:	70

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT WITH BURN TO EYE FROM HOT WATER POPPING OUT OF PRESSURE COOKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT RECEIVED CORNEAL INJURY FROM STEAM WHEN COOKING POTAOTES IN PRESSURE COOKER AND WHEN TOOK LID OFF THE STEAM HIT EYE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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