Scalds | Upsetting cups | Child upset mother's coffee cup, contents spilled over the abdomen |
| | Child crawled up to table, grabbed father's cocoa cup and upset it |
| | Upset coffee cup while sitting in father's lap |
| | Put hand in cup of hot coffee |
| | Sat at kitchen table, grabbed cup of tea, upsetting it |
| | Just started to walk, pulled table cloth, upsetting coffee cup, was scalded |
| Upsetting large receptacles with boiling liquid from cooking stoves | Pulled down pot with boiling egg water from stove* |
| | Pulled down coffee kettle from stove |
| | Played in kitchen, pulled down pot of boiling oatmeal* |
| | Climbed chair close to the stove and pulled down coffee kettle* |
| | Pulled down tea kettle from stove* |
| Upsetting large receptacles of hot liquid from other places | Alone in kitchen, climbed the table and upset full teapot, scalded* |
| | Playing in living room, upset coffee pot, scalded |
| | Stood besides living room table, upset pot with hot water* |
| | Upset newly boiled cocoa in large pot from table* |
| From tap | Climbed into bathroom sink and was scalded by opening hot water tap* |
| | Was scalded from hot water tap in kitchen |
| | Opened hot water tap and was scalded on left side of abdomen* |
| | She and her twin sister got into bathroom, was scalded from tap* |
Contact burns | Electrical iron | Mother was ironing, turned away for a moment, the child overturned the iron and was burned on hand |
| Electrical stove for cooking | Burned hand on cooker |
| Electrical stove for heating | Placed hand on stove |
| | Fell from chair on stove |
| | Placed both hands on living room stove |
| | Sat down on stove, burned buttocks* |
| Wood or coal burning stove for heating | Placed both hands on stove, burned both hands |
| | Was burnt on stove |
| | While playing in the hall, was burnt on stove |
Open fire | Matches | Played with matches, pyjamas caught fire* |
| | Siblings played with matches, bedclothes caught fire* |
| Open fire | While playing in the yard, the child ran into the open fire* |