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Accidents - Clothes dryers - Year 2003 - Shoulder

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 178
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:16
26-50 years old:162

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/24/2003Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT STUCK ARM IN DRYER AND TWISTED IT DX: RT SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2003Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Clothes dryers
PT. WAS MOVING A CLOTHES DRYER, HIS SHOULDER BECAME DISLOCATED. (THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Clothes dryers
DISLOCATED LT. SHOULDER AFTER PULLING ON DRYER. DX. DISLOCATED LT. SHOU LDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2003Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
PT FELL W/DRYER LANDING ON HIM. DX: R SHOULDER/HIP/LOW BACK/NECK PX. PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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