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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 263
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/11/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| 51YOM SPILLED BOILING COFFEE ON LEG WHILE REMOVING IT FROM MICROWAVE DX: 2ND DEGREE RT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT WAS AT HOME PULLING A LEAN CUISINE OUT OF A MICROWAVE, WHEN IT SPIL LED CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO RT THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens, Hot water |
| PT SUSTAINED A BURN TO THE THIGHS AS A RESULT OF REMOVING HOT WATER FRO M THE MICROWAVE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2004 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| PT WAS CARRYING A MICROWAVE OVEN AND FELL BACKWARDS THE OVEN FELL ONTO LEFT FEMUR FRACTURED FEMUR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/28/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| BURNED SELF ACCIDENTALLY WITH HOT COFFEE THAT WAS JUST OUT OF MICROWAVE AT HOME. DX-BURNS LEFT THIGH WITH CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2003 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| LEFT UPPER LEG PAIN. PT WAS CARRYING A MICROWAVE INTO HOUSE AND INJURED LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/05/2003 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Microwave ovens |
| DROPPED A MICROWAVE DX. THIGH CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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