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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 861
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 59 YO M CUT FINGER WHILE TRYING TO REPAIR DRYER. DX THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing |
| PATIENT WAS UNLOADING CLOTHES FROM THE DRYER, SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT 3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT STATES HE CLOSED HIS FINGER IN THE DRYER DX FINGER CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| RT INDEX FINGER PARANYCHIA.PT RIPPED ARTIFICIAL NAIL OFF IN DRYER AND N OW FINGER AND NAIL ARE SWOLLEN AND RED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CHILD'S THUMB SHUT IN DRYER DOOR. D: FRACTURE, THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT STATES LACERATION ON A CLOTHESDRYER DX LACERATION TO RT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 5 YO F CLOSED FINGER IN CLOTHES DRYER DOOR AVULSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| DX 2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT THUMB: ELECTRICAL PLUG IN FOR CLOTHES DRYER THREW SPARKS WHEN PATIENT TOUCHED IT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CUT FINGER ON EDGE OF CLOTHES DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LAC R LONG FINGER - SHUT FINGER IN DRYER DOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 34 YOM MOVING DRYER CUT THUMBDX LACERATION L THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 41 YOF ACCIDENTALLY SLAMPED DOOR OF LAUNDROMAT DRYER ON RT. MIDDLE FING ER. CONTUSION, RT. MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| FINGER LAC-AT HOME-WHILE MOVING A DRYER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| RT INDEX FINGER LAC-CUT ON DRYER VENT AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LEFT 5HT FINGER FRACTURE.PT PUNCHED A DRYER AND INJURED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| SHUT FINGER IN DRYER DOOR - FINGER LACERATOIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 40 Y/O F INJURED R THUMB NAIL WHEN GOT CAUGHT ON CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME. DX; PARTIAL AVULSION R THUMB NAIL . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT REACHING INTO A CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER FROM A PIECE OF THE METAL IN THE DRYER LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LACERATION FINGER - VICTIM CUT FINGER ON METAL PIECE ON DRYER DOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| SAYS WORKNG ON CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME W/O UNPLUGGING IT, RECEIVED S HOCK TO L MIDDLE, RING AND PINKY FINGER. DX. 2 DEG BURNS TIPS OF 3&4 F |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT LAC R 5TH FINGER WHILE REPAIRING DRYER AT HOME DX R 5TH FINGER EXTENSOR TENDON LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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