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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 320
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/24/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LAC RT HAND WHILE FIXING A DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2002 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PATIENT PUT HAND IN DRYER AT HOME, BURNED ON HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PATIENT WAS WORKING ON A CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF TIN CUT HIS LEFT HAND. DX-LEFT HAND LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT CUT LEFT HAND WHILE CLAENING A DRYER VENT AT HOME LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CONTUSION HAND - PATIENT EXPERIENCED A RAGE AND STARTED PUNCHING HER CL OTHES DRYER AT HOME - SHE HAS PAIN IN THE RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT HAD A DRYER FALL ON HAND WHILE MOVING IT; LAC LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT HIT HAND ON CLOTHES DRYER, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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