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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 243
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing |
| AT HOME LEANING DOWN TO GET CLOTHES FROM CLOTHES DRYER FELL INJURED KNE E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| INJURED HER LEFT KNEE WHILE CLIMBING ON DRYER AT HOME 5 DAYS AGO, HER KNEE HIT THE FRONT OF THE DRYER. DX CONTUSION LEFT KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 27YOM FELL WHILE CARRYING CLOTHES DRYER, HIT KNEE ON CEMENT/CUTE ABRASI ON/CONT R LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| FELL OFF DRYER, STRUCK KNEE ON DOOR/ LAC LT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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