Accidents - Clothes dryers - Year 2007 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 694
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	11
16-25 years old:	60
26-50 years old:	445
50+ years old:	176

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/22/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HIT HAND ON DRYER DOOR. DX: R HAND ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
HELPING DAD FIX CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME WHEN LAC L HAND ON SHARP EDGE OF METAL ON DRYER DX 1.5 CM HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2007	Age: 6 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 DRYER PART WHEN DAD TAKING DRYER APART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HIT RIGHT HAND AGAINST A CLOTHES DRYER FRACTURED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HAND ON A WASHER FIXING A DRYER > LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT PUNCHED DRYER IN ANGER - CONTUSED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Clothes dryers
LEFT HAND ELECTRICAL BURN. PT BURNED HAND WHEN GETTING SHOCKED BY A DRY ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
PT WITH FRACTURED HAND, PUNCHED DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
PT ANGRY AND PUNCHED A CLOTHES DRYER AND FRACTURED RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT CUT HAND ON METAL PART FROM OLD CLOTHES DRYER; HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2007	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Clothes dryers, Electrical outlets or receptacles
ELECTRICAL BURN. PT WAS INJURED WHEN REMOVING A RECEPTACLE FROM A DRYER EVEN THOUGH THE POWER WAS TURNED OFF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
PT CUT THE TOP OF RIGHT HAND ON THE DRYER THREE WEEKS AGO AND IT GOT I NFECTED CAME TO THE ED FOR CELLULITIS TREATMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2007	Age: 37 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
L HAND PAIN, GOT STUCK IN DRYER DX: HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
PT WAS PULLING ITEMS OUT OF THE DRYER WHILE IT WAS STILL TURNING AND CA UGHT LEFT HAND FRACTURED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2007	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Clothes dryers
PT INJURED HAND TAKING THINGS OUT OF CLOTHES DRYER SOMETHING PUNCTURED HAND DX// LEFT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
48YMC CUT HAND ON SHARP EDGE OF DRYER/LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothes dryers
BURNED HAND ON CLOTHES DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2007	Age: 59 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 INJURED HAND WHILE LIFTING A CLOTHES DRYER AT A FRIENDS HOUSE DX// LEFT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HAS A NEW CLOTHES DRYER BURNED HANDS WHEN REMOVING LINT FROM LINT TR AY DX// BILAT HAND BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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