On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:43:33 GMT, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>Omelet wrote:
>>
>> In article >,
>> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>>
>> > Photos of victims of preventable stove tip-over
>> > incidents:
>> >
>> > http://www.killerstoves.com/victims.php
>>
>> I'll give that a pass.
>>
>> Anyone "talented" enough to tip a stove over deserves a darwin award.
>>
>> I've never tipped my stove over, not even when moving it out to clean
>> under and behind it.
>
>I've not looked at it, but I believe that nearly all stove tip over
>incidents relate to small children who get the oven door open and then
>climb on it at which point the whole thing tips over and crushes them.
>
Crushing isn't the issue.... burns from hot liquids are.

They have a statistics page (.pdf).... 33 deaths listed from 1980 to
2006. 58% were children, 42% were adults. 47% of the children were
under age 2.

The majority of injuries regardless of age were burns suffered from
hot liquids spilled from the pots or pans that tipped when the range
tilted.

Only 12 of 107 reports over 27 years indicated the year the stove was
manufactured or purchased.

Consumer Product Safety Commission Chronology
http://www.killerstoves.com/cpsc_chronology.php

The injuries occur when the oven door is open for either heating the
room or during cooking when a pan of food is placed on the door. One
scenario is that during the time the oven door is open, a young child
pushes downward on the edge of the door causing the unit to tip over
onto the child. In addition, incidents of elderly people falling on
open doors was also reported by the NPI team.

sf
glad for built in wall ovens and a built in cooktop

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