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Accidents - Microwave ovens - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 176
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Date: 12/14/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Microwave ovens
PT SPILLED HOT COFFEE FROM MICROWAVE ONTO CHEST. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN CHEST/UPPER ABDOMEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Microwave ovens
INHALED STEAM FROM MICROWAVED POPCORN AND EXACERBATED HIS COPD FROM THE STEAM EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2004Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Microwave ovens
ACUTE THORACIC STRAIN, DEVELOPED CHEST DISCOMFORT AFTER LIFTING A MICROWAVE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2004Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
CARRYING MICROWAVE, FELL ON CEMENT & MICROWAVE LANDED ON CHEST. ACUTE C HEST WALL CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Microwave ovens
LEFT RIB CONTUSION.PT FELL AND HIT CHEST ON MICROWAVE OVEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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