Woman's Leg Severed By Flying Pressure Cooker

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Victim, 79, Taken To Hospital


MIAMI -- A 79-year-old woman's leg was severed Thursday morning when her pressure cooker fell off her stove and exploded, according to Miami Fire Rescue.

Fire officials said the woman was cooking in her home on SW 24th Court just after 10 a.m. when the pressure cooker fell to the floor.

"Right now, we don't know exactly what happened, but from what we are told, she was cooking, and for some unknown reason, the pressure cooker fell," said Lt. Ignatius Carroll, of Miami Fire Rescue. "The impact caused it to explode. Maybe pieces from the pressure cooker severed her leg completely."

The woman's leg was severed below the knee, officials said.

"We don't know what part of the pressure cooker actually did the damage," Carroll said.

A family member put a tourniquet on the woman's leg to slow the bleeding. Carroll said that if the woman had been alone, she likely would have bled to death.

Rescuers arrived to find the woman on the floor with food everywhere.

Carroll called it "one of the freakiest accident calls that we have ever heard."

The woman was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital in stable condition. Carroll said doctors were working to save the woman's leg.

Woman's Leg Severed By Flying Pressure Cooker - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville
 
MIAMI -- A 79-year-old woman's leg was severed Thursday morning when her pressure cooker fell off her stove and exploded, according to Miami Fire Rescue
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Dear God, that sounds horrendous. So fortunate for her that someone else was home with her and had the sense to put a tourniquet on the leg.
 
Ouch!

It's a good thing she wasn't alone.
 
Seriously, good thing she had family nearby. Freak accidents do happen, unfortunately.
Now, where do I send money to?
 
You could contact the Jacksonville TV station listed and see if they know of a fund being set up.
 
My mom cooks with a really old pressure cooker. I think it is probably 40+ years old.
 
My mom cooks with a really old pressure cooker. I think it is probably 40+ years old
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Does she change the gaskets on it every so often?

I've got a "Super cooker" pressure cooker that is at least 20 years old. I love it; use it a lot in the winter to make beef stew and things like that.
 
I also "had" a pressure cooker....now I've just got the bottom half. The seal on the lid was about worn out....lucky me it didn't fly off and kill me....
 
Beach girl said:
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Does she change the gaskets on it every so often?

I've got a "Super cooker" pressure cooker that is at least 20 years old. I love it; use it a lot in the winter to make beef stew and things like that.
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I will have to ask her. I don't know if seals are available for something of that vintage. :dunno:
 
A lot of them were standardized for size for years and years, so you might be able to find one. It's important to do that to keep them safe.
 
Beach girl said:
A lot of them were standardized for size for years and years, so you might be able to find one. It's important to do that to keep them safe.
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It has never fallen off the stove. The relief valve still functions as it should. It's a simple rubber plug. It's still supple.
 
My mother cooked with pressure cookers all the time. She said they were bombs waiting for people to fall asleep.
 
I love pressure cookers but yah, they scare some people away. It's dangerous. If there's a defect, the explosion can be fatal.
 
Never used a pressure cooker before. It's too dangerous to be around kids so I don't bother and they're expensive to break even.
 
Mom used to have one, but when the seal cracked, she got rid of it. It was a wedding gift she received back in 1959.
 
Glenn said:
My mom cooks with a really old pressure cooker. I think it is probably 40+ years old.
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Pressure cookers have always scared the heck out of me. I have never used one because growing up I heard horror stories about them exploding.
 
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