Miami woman's leg severed when pressure cooker explodes

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malaise  (1000+ posts)      Thu May-19-11 06:10 PM
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79 year old Miami woman's leg severed when pressure cooker explodes
 Talk about a freak accident.
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/fl-...
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A Miami woman's leg was severed Thursday morning when a pressure cooker exploded next to her, WPLG- Ch.10 reports.

The 79-year-old woman was cooking in her home when something caused the pressure cooker to fall off the stove. When the cooker hit the ground, it exploded and shrapnel sliced through the woman's leg below the knee, Miami Fire Rescue officials said.

Luckily, another family member was inside the home in the 1700 block of Southwest 24th Court at the time and placed a tourniquet on the woman's leg to slow the bleeding, officials said.
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We haven't used out pressure cooker in at least 25 years but it's a gorgeous pot.

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This item belongs in one of coach's bloody stories.

[Thor]

Moved because it didn't meet Breaking News Criteria...... no quotes, there were no pictures.

[longview]

I use mine frequently, and am always frightened while it's working.  Keep young and old out of the kitchen, have an evacuation plan, etc.

The worst that has happened was blowing the top off and spattering pinto beans all over the pine ceiling.  The lid only went about a foot.

[JohnnyReb]

My mother used one for canning. She always watched the guage on top and the little thingy that went shhht...shhhht....shhhht letting the pressure off.

[DumbAss Tanker]

I have one, its principal use is turning squirrels into sqirrels-and-dumplings.