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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 656
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/24/2004 | Age: 69 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 HAND ON A PIECE OF METAL WHILE WORKING ON A DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT LACERATED HAND ON A DRYER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2004 | Age: 54 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 |
| 54 YOF HIT HER HAND ON THE DRYER , NOW HAS CONTUSION TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT. CUT HER HAND ON A PIECE OF METAL ON THE EDGE OF A DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PATIENT STUCK HAND IN DRYER FAN; FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2004 | Age: 32 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 TOP OF RT HAND ON METAL DRYER RT HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT CLOSED FINGER IN DRYER LID. DX: R HAND CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2004 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT'S HAND WAS SHUT IN DRYER DOOR. DX: R HAND CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2004 | Age: 35 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 |
| LAC TO HAND WHEN MOVING A DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT TAKING LINT OUT OF THE LINT TRAP ON THE DRYER AT HOME STRUCK RIGHT H AND ON A PIECE OF SHARP METAL LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT WAS POKED IN THE HAND W A SYRINGE AS HE WAS TAKING SOMEONE ELSES CLOTHES OUT OFTHE DRYER. D: ACCIDENTAL NEEDLE STICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| STRAINED HAND WHEN STRUCK ON A CLOTHES DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT WORKING ON DRYER WHEN FRIEND LET GO AND DROPPED IT ON HAND RT HAND C ONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| RT HAND LACERATION.PT WAS MOVING A DRYER AND LACERATED HAND UNDER DRYER . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LAC TO R HAND WHILE FIXING THE DRYER DX: 3" HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/29/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CUT HAND ON A DRYER DX. HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2004 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LACERATION HAND - 63 YOM WAS MOVING A DRYER AND SLIPPED LACERATING HIS LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2004 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LAC (3.5CM) RT HAND ON SHEET METAL FROM DRYER @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| HELPING TO MOVE A DRYER OUT OF A PICKUP, DRYER FELL OVER, RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN DRYER AND TAILGATE DX: STRAINED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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