Smart-Watch Battery Explosion Causing a Pediatric Burn: Report and Review of Literature

The increasing popularity of wearable technology, such as smartwatches, has introduced new physical safety risks, particularly for children. This report highlights a significant thermal injury sustained by an 8-year-old boy when his off-brand smartwatch overheated and exploded at school. The patient experienced a deep partial thickness burn to his left wrist requiring surgical intervention and partial thickness burns to his right hand that healed with nonoperative management. This is the first report in the literature of a thermal injury sustained from a smartwatch explosion.