Humidifiers

50YOF COMES TO THE ER FOR A BURN. SHE STATES SHE BURNED HER LEFT POSTERIOR FOREARM FROM HUMIDIFIER WATER. SHE WAS TRYING TO EMPTY SOME WATER FROM THE HUMIDIFIER AND DID NOT REALIZE THAT IT WAS VERY HOT. EXAM NOTES BURNS ON UPPER AND LOWER ARMS. DX: BURN ARM SECOND DEGREE

3YOM STANDING ON HUMIDIFIER AND FELL OFF INJURING HIS LEFT ELBOW DX: LEFT SUPRACONDYLAR HUMERUS FRACTURE

8YOF MOTHER PUT ROSEMARY AND LEMON LIME FLUID INTO HIS HUMIDIFIER AND PT STARTED COUGHING AND WHEEZING DX: COUGH

65YOF C/O FRACTURE OF RIGHT GREAT TOE AND FOOT PAIN S/P PT STATES SHE WOKE UP AND WAS WALKING THROUGH A DARK HALLWAY AND ACCIDENTALLY KICKED A LARGE HUMIDIFER UNIT. DX: INJURY OF FOOT; CLOSED NONDISPLACED FRACTURE OF RIGHT GREAT TOE

70 YOM TRIPPED OVER HUMIDIFER FACE HIT GROUND DX CONTUSION FACE

92 YOF WOKE UP TO GO TO BATHROOM, FELL HITTING HEAD ON THE HUMIDIFIER, DOES NOT TAKE BLOOD THINNERS, DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY

2YOM FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A HUMIDIFIER. DX: SCALP LACERATION

11MOM WAS CRAWLING ON THE FLOOR AND REACHED HAND INSIDE OF A HUMIDIFIER DX: THERMAL BURN TO HAND

74YOF WAS LIFTING A HEAVY HUMIDIFIED AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER DX: LEFT SHOULDER PAIN

8MOF DAD WAS HOLDING CHILD WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A HUMIDIFIER THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR AND DROPPED CHILD ONTO HEAD DX: SKULL FRACTURE

21MOF HAD A HUMIDIFIER IN HER ROOM THAT CAUGHT FIRE, HER ROOM FILLED WITH SMOKE, MOM WANTS HER CHECK OUT FOR SMOKE INHALATION, NOTHING STATES ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN: 2.1 DX: SMOKE INHALATION

18MOF WITH EYE IRRITATION WHICH BEGAN AFTER STEAM AND LAVENDER OIL FROM HUMIDIFIER GOT INTO PT'S EYE. MOM HAD A HUMIDIFIER WITH LAVENDER OIL ON THE GROUND AND THE PT CRAWLED CLOSE TO IT GETTING THE VAPOR INTO HER EYES. MOM IMMEDIATELY IRRIGATED THE EYES. DX: EYE IRRITATION.

We woke up in the middle of the night to a strong burning smell which we traced to the humidifier. We immediately put it in the trash suspecting that there may be a risk of fire. Recently we received the "fix" for this problem from QVC, but the product had already been disposed of.

The Safety1st brand Ultrasonic 360 Humidifier was purchased, in blue, for my son last year. It was used off and on for about 14 months. Proper cleaning and care was taken. It soothed my son to sleep many times as he needed the humidity. On the morning of September 25, 2012 I noticed a sickening sweet smell coming from my sons room. I figured it was the humidifier because sometimes it would make the air chalky, but this was different. I also noted that the green light was on but the chamber of water was empty. I turned it off and immediately aired out the room and checked on my son. The product malfunctioned. Somehow the "auto shut-off" mechanism was not triggered. The bottom of the chamber was tinted brown. The black portion of the center well fell and melted through the bottom of the whole thing. My home has this invading smell from the plastic. The fumes emitted from the melting are not pleasant.

I have been using 2 of the Boneco Ultrasonic U200 humidifiers in my children’s room. About 6 months after purchase I noticed a loud screeching coming from the transformer that plugs into the wall. I received a reply from the company stating it was normal. As the dry season is coming I started using them again. After the second night my daughter woke up to a burning smell. Upon examination it was identified to be the U200 Boneco humidifier. It was smoking and the bottom was beginning to melt. I immediately unplugged it took it outside. The smell of burning plastic stunk up my house. I feel there is an issue with these and they need to be addressed as they are in kids rooms across the country.

While cleaning my Vicks humidifier model VUL565 I found black mold growing in the tube.

Respondent reported that the smoke detector alerted the consumers of activity in their child's room, they discovered that there was smoke in the room which was emitting from the humidifier. The father attempted to remove unit but the base erupted flames, he had to use a fire extinguisher to contain the fire. This incident caused the area where the unit located to be burnt including carpet, padding etc. There were no injuries. Estimate property damages are $10,000.

We smelled a strong smell of an electrical fire and detected a bit of smoke in our upstairs also- the smell filled the entire upstairs. We quickly pinpointed that it was a humidifier that had automatically shut off days ago. The device was extremely hot and smelled like melting plastic. We believe that if we were not home, and given the time, this would have caused a house fire

We were using the Walgreens ultrasonic cool mist humidifier half filled with reverse osmosis water. It was on a low setting. I woke up to a strange smell and squealing. I thought it was running low and trusted the auto shut off feature to work. I was pinned down under a sleeping baby and could not check. In the morning, the light was off so I thought it turned itself off, despite a lingering hot plastic odor. I checked to refill it later and it was stuck to the box below. The motor had melted through the bottom, through the plastic lid of the box under it, and through plastic bags, burning the wool roving stored within. (Wool is very hard to burn). If the box had held flammable materials or the unit had been on the floor, I'm sure it would have caught fire and myself and two small children were in a bed right beside it.

Portable humidifier stick powered by [REDACTED] plug in melted the humidifier. I used the power cord that was included in the box and the whole thing burnt up and melted the product and the plug.