Danika Jones was cooking pasta sauce in her Thermomix, when the lid flew open and the boiling hot pasta sauce burst out giving her second-degree burns.
She was using the popular kitchen appliance when it unexpectedly burst open and burnt her chest, arms and stomach.
The mother-of-two from Halls Head was rushed by ambulance to the hospital burns unit for extensive treatment. What shocked her more was what hospital staff told her, when she went to them in excruciating pain. The medical staff at the hospital informed her that she was not the first one to come to them with burns caused by this appliance.
Source: WAToday
"When I went to get my burns redressed, the nurse specifically said to me 'you're not the first person to come in here with burns from the seal coming off'," she told WAToday. "So many people use a Thermomix and they need to know how unpredictable they can be and how dangerous they can become when they malfunction. Imagine if my kids had been on the kitchen bench [when the appliance malfunctioned]."
According to a report in WAToday, Ms Jones had recently got the sealing ring replaced. In October 2014, the model was recalled over claims that, in rare circumstances, liquid or food may splash out of the mixing bowl when the user switches it from a high speed to the 'lid open' position.
Ms Jones is now urging Thermomix to introduce a full recall of the TM31 model.
Source: WAToday
The company Thermomix, in a statement, has said it was aware of the incident and was continuing to try and work with Ms Jones to investigate the matter.
"Unfortunately, Ms Jones has declined our requests to investigate the appliance. Without a thorough investigation of the appliance, the manufacturer is unable to determine the cause of this incident. Unfortunately, on occasion the appliance can be used incorrectly," it read.
