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Microwave ovens

Purchase a microwave oven tha has the label of an independent testing laboratory. Read all of NFPA's Microwave oven safety tips and download our free safety tip sheet.

Microwave ovens are one of the leading home products associated with scald burn injuries not related to fires.

Facts and figures

During 2006-2010, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 7,300 home* structure fires per year in which a microwave oven was involved in ignition. These fires caused an annual average of less than 10 civilian deaths, 150 civilian injuries and $31 million in direct property damage.
One in every six (18%) of microwave oven home structure fires cited appliance housing or casing as the item first ignited.
Nearly half (44%) of the microwave oven injuries seen at emergency rooms in 2011 were scalds.
One-thirdof the scald burns and 15% of all microwave oven related injuries were scald burns incurred by children under five years of age.

Source: NFPA's "Home Fires Involving Cooking Equipment" report by Marty Ahrens, November 2012.

Also see: Download a fact sheet on microwave ovens. (PDF, 76 KB)

*Homes are dwellings, duplexes, manufactured homes, apartments, townhouses, rowhouses and condominiums.

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Updated: 11/12

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