Accidents - Microwave ovens - 6-15 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 982
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	178	Lower Trunk:	162
Upper Leg:	131	Lower Arm:	76
Finger:	74	All Of Body:	69
Upper Trunk:	69	Head:	65
Neck:	58	Face:	51
Lower Leg:	23	Eyeball:	19

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
PLAYING W/ BROTHER & FELL ONTO MICROWAVE. LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Microwave ovens
SCALP LACERATION, HIT HEAD ON MICROWAVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2004	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
HAND & WRIST BURN-TAKING BOWL OF NOODLES OUT OF MICROWAVE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WITH BURNS TO RT LEG FROM MICROWAVE TRYING TO PUT FOOD THAT SPILLED FROM BOWL IN MICROWAVE, BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT BURNT FINGERS ON HOT MICROWAVED CHINES FOOD SUSTAINED " LT 4TH&5TH FINGER 2ND DEGREE BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT REMOVED HOT NOODLES FROM MICROWAVE OVEN AND WAS BURNED. DX: SCALD ABDOMEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2004	Age: 12 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
PT HAD CARMEL EXPLODE IN HAND DURING MICROWAVING IT, SUSTAINED " LT HAND PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS HEATING CANDY FILLED WITH CHOCLATE IN THE MICROWAVE, THEN EXPLOD ED ALL OVER FACE SUSTAINED" FACIAL BURN"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/18/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT PULLED A PLATE OF HOT FOOD OUT OF THE MICROWAVE AND INJURED FACE. DX FACE BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
PT. WAS COOOKING EGGS IN THE MICROWAVE OVEN AT HOME & THEY EXPLODED, PT . GOT EGG PARTICLES IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION & THERMAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water
PT TAKING WATER OUT OF MICROWAVE & SPILLED ON CHSET. 2 BLISTERS NOTED. DX: BURN NOS CHEST WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water
PT COOKING AN EGG IN HOT H20 IN MICROWAVE THAT EXPLODED IN FACE WHEN SH E ADDED SALT, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT PUT EGG IN MICROWAVE OVEN, WENT TO GET IT OUT, EGG EXPLODED; BURN TO FACE, CHEST, ABDOMEN, ARM AND THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
BURN TO CHEST-@ HOME-SPILLED HOT SOUP ON HERSELF-SHE HAD PULLED IT FROM MICROWAVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Microwave ovens, Floors or flooring materials
EXPERIMENTING WITH MICROWAVE TRANSFORMER AT HOME ELECTROCUTED SELF AW OKE ON FLOOR WITH CONTUSION ON HEAD.DX;ELECTRIC SHOCK,CLOSED HEAD INJUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 6 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: Microwave ovens
UPPER LEG BURN, KNEE BURN GETTING NOODLES OUT OF MICROWAVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS TAKING HOT CHEESE OUT OF THE MICROWAVE AND IT SPILLED ONTO PTS L EG. D: 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2004	Age: 10 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: Microwave ovens, Hot water
BURN TO L THIGH WHILE GETTING NOODELS OUT OF MICROWAVE. BURNED W/HOT W ATER. DX. BURN 1-2 DEG L THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
EGGS EXPLODED FROM MICROWAVE ONTO PT FACE, 2-3 DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
BURNED UPPER LEG WHEN SPILLED BUTTER WHEN TAKING MICROWAVE POPCORN OUT OF MICROWAVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT. AT COUSIN'S HOUSE WHERE HE WAS GETTING RAVIOLI OUT OF MICROWAVE AN D SPILLED SOME ON CHEST. DX. BURNS CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2004	Age: 10 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
PT MICROWAVED STALE BUBLEGUM, TOUCHED WHEN WAS TOO HOT AND BURNED HERSE LF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2004	Age: 9 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: Microwave ovens
*** DROPPED BY PT FALLING OUT OF MICROWAVE ONTO LT THIGH, 2 DEGREE BURN S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 15 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
PT WAS TAKING MASHED POTATOE FROM MICROWAVE AND IT SPILLED ON RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS PULLING A POT PIE OUT OF A MICRO WAVE OVEN WHEN IT EXPLODED ONTO HER LEFT LOWER LEG THERMAL BURN TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
SUST BURN TO L FOREARM WHILE TAKING HOT SOUP OUT OF MICROWAVE OVEN A T HOME & SOUP SPILLED ON HER D 2 DEG BURN L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
MICROWAVE FELL OFF CABINET HITTING PT IN BACK AND HEAD - CONT BACK/HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Microwave ovens
PT COOKING AN EGG IN THE MICROWAVE OVEN AT HOME WHEN SHE OPENED THE DOO R IT EXPLODED IN FACE THERMAL BURNS TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water
PULLED NOODLES OUT OF MICROWAVE HOT WATER SPILLED ONTO ABD DX BURNS TO ABD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
CHILD HAD MICROWAVE OVEN FALL ON THIGH/ARM WHEN OPENING IT TO GET PIZZA . D: SOFT TISSUE INJURY, THIGH/ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT OPEN A BAG OF POPCORN TONIGHT WITH STEAM FROM MICROWAVE GOING INTO LT EYE, 1 DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
BURNED WITH HOT SOUP OUT OF MICROWAVE. DX. 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE SUPERFICI AL BURNS TO CHIN, NECK AND CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
CUT FINGER ON MICROWAVE. DX. L RING FINGER ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT MICROWAVING *** NOODLES,SPILLED HOT NOODLES ON BOTH HANDS, BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT WAS COOKING NOODLES AND WATER IN THE MICROWAVE WHEN SHE SPILLED IT O N HER. DX. 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO ABD AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
CHILD TAKING HOT SOUP OUT OF MICROWAVE AT PRIVATE SCHOOL WHEN SOUP SPIL LED ON HAND. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	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: Microwave ovens
PT. WAS MAKING NOODLES IN MICROWAVE & BURNED LT. ARM DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
SPILLED HOT MILK TAKING MILK OUT OF MICROWAVE MINOR RIGHT HAND 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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