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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 150
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/20/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| FATHER WAS REMOVING OLD WOODEN CLOTHELINES A PIECE OF WOOD FELL ONTO RIGHT HAND. DX SUPERFICAIL LACERATION TO HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT HIT HEAD ON BOLT ON CLOTHES RACK; EYEBROW LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PT LANDED ON RT ARM AFTER SWINING ON A CLOTHELINE POLE DX:FX RT RADIAL SHAFT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PATIENT RAN INTO CLOTHES RACK AND HURT EYE. DX; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMOR RHAGE TO RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| WAS CLIMBING ON CLOTHESLINE, & FELL 3 FT. ONTO CONCRETE, AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE- HEMATOMA TO RT SIDE OF HEAD- NO LOC, BUT SLEEPY. DX: CHI |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
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