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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 101
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT C/O HITTING HER HEAD ON A HAND DRYER X6 HRS AGO;C/O PAIN TO FOREHEAD AND LIGHTHEADEDNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PATIENT FELL IN THE UTILITY ROOM AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE CLOTHES DRYER. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2002 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| FELL AGAINST DRYER DX. HEAD CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT STOOD UP HIT HEAD ON DRYER, SCALP LACERATION PARTIAL THICKNESS, HEAD INJURY WITHOUT LOSS OF CONCIOUSNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT SUSTAINED LAC TO HEAD AFTER HITTING HEAD ON DRYER DOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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