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Accidents - Clotheslines or clothes drying racks - 0-5 years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 279
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Face:91Lower Trunk:84
Head:60Neck:30
Lower Arm:5Upper Arm:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/29/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
FELL FROM A CLOTHES LINE NO LOC HAPPENED AT HOME C/O MID TO LOW BACK PA IN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
CHILD PLAYING WITH COUSIN WHEN COUSIN HELD CLOTHESLINE DOWN. PATIENT GR ABBED IT AND IT FLEW UP. CHILD FELL DOWN ON BRICK. D:CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
HANGING FROM CLOTHESLINE, FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2002Age: 7 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT FELL AND HIT FACE ON CLOTHES RACK - DX SMALL LACERATION RT FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT WAS HANGING ON CLOTHES LINE AND FELL.DX: CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
RUNNING, HIT CLOTHING RACKHEMATOMA FOREHEAD FACIAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
4 Y/O HISPANIC MALE RAN INTO CLOTHES RACK AND SUSTAINED LACERATION TO ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT FELL WHILE BALANCING ON A CLOTHESLINE. D: FRACTURE DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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