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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 354
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/13/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM DRYER PLUG LAST PM, L HAND, ARM, NECK AND CP DX: ELECTROCUTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2005 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Floors or flooring materials |
| WHILE DAD WAS DOING LAUNDRY AND PLACED PT ON DRYER - PT ROLLED OFF AND LANDED ON CARPETED FLOOR. D: H/O FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| GAS DRYER VENT WAS SEALED OFF. DX. MILD CARBON MONOXIDE INHALATION, HEA DACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| GAS DRYER VENT WAS SEALED OFF. C/O HEADACHE. DX. MILD CARBON MONOXIDE I NHALATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| GAS DRYER VENT SEALED OFF. DX. MILD CARBON MONOXIDE INHALATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| GAS DRYER VENT WAS SEALED OFF. DX. MILD CARBON MONOXIDE INHALATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CLOTHES DRYER CAUGHT FIRE IN PATIENT'S HOME, INHALED SMOKE, ASTHMA ATTACK. DX-SMOKE INHALATION. (NOT DOCUMENTED IF FIRE DEPT. ATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| ELECTRICAL BURNS 220 VOLTS WHILE TOUCHING SOMETHING BEHIND THE DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT STATES, THAT THE CLOTHES DRYER SPARKED WHILE TOUCHING A KNOB&FELT SU DDENT SHAR PAIN IN HAND&ARMS SUSTAINED" F.ARM PAIN"+" ELECTRICAL INJ" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2005 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| STATES HE WAS SHOCKED WHEN HE PLUG UP DRYER AND TURNED IT ON DX ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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