Accidents - Chafing dishes or fondue pots - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,230
See also: Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	156
Year 1998:	67
Year 1999:	139
Year 2000:	39
Year 2001:	85
Year 2002:	114
Year 2003:	228
Year 2004:	105
Year 2006:	15
Year 2007:	6
Year 2008:	133
Year 2009:	137

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	191
6-15 years old:	42
16-25 years old:	342
26-50 years old:	506
50+ years old:	147

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	507	Finger:	237
Eyeball:	139	Head:	121
Lower Arm:	92	Face:	86
Upper Trunk:	39	Toe:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/28/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
19YOF CONTUSION/ABRASION TO FINGER CAUGHT IN FONDUE MACHINE AT HOME MACHINE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots, Refrigerators
POT FELL WHEN A REFRIGERATOR DOOR OPEN. HIT HEAD. HI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
PLAYING ROUGH W/ HIS BROTHR HIT HEAD ON A CHAFING DISH CLOSED HEAD INJURY FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
LID ON A CHAFING DISH FELL ON R FINGER. DX CONTUSION R MIDDLE FINGER#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
FONDUE POT FELL ON R LARGE TOE DX: FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
CUT FINGER CLEANING METAL CHAFFING DISHES " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
58 YO MALE CUT RIGHT HAND ON CHAFING DISH LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots, Lighter fluids
PT WAS LIGHTING A FONDU POT WHEN SOME OF THE STERNO FLUID GOT IN HIS EY E CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
COOKING FONDUE AND HAD A GREASE FIRE WHICH SPLASHED UP IN HIS FACE BURN ING IT,, NO FIRE DEPT ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots, Table linens
PT'S AUNT WAS MOVING A FONDUE DISH WITH STERNO WHEN THE TABLECLOTH CAUG HT FIRE- BURNING STERNO BURNED VICTIM'S FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots, Table linens
PT WAS MOVING A FONDUE WITH STERNO BURNING WHEN THE TABLECLOTH CAUGHT F IRE - CHEMICAL BURNS TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER WHILE CLEANING POTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 22 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: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
LT HAND BURN-BURNED ON STEAM FROM CHAFFING DISH @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
PT SEEN FOR FOR SMALL LAC TO THE RT INDEX FINGER AFTER IT WAS CUT ON A CHAFING DISH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
PT FELL ONTO FONDUE FORK R BREAST STAB WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2002	Age: 30 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: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
30YOM BURNED WITH THE OIL FROM A FONDUE POT DX: 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS/BOTH HANDS & FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
22 YO M STIRRING IN FONDUE POT INJURED HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
31 YO MALE GOT BURN FROM STEAM FROM CHAFING DISH FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURN RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2001	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2001	Age: 28 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: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2000	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/1999	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/1999	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/1999	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/1999	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/1998	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/1997	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Chafing dishes or fondue pots
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/1997	Age: 24 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: Chafing dishes or fondue pots, Kerosene
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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