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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 287
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/14/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT.INJ.HEAD AT HOME WHEN BUMPED ON DRYER DOOR. DX; CONTUSION SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT FELL OFF OF DRYER. DX: SCALP LAC 1 CM/CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| HIT HEAD ON DRYER/HEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2007 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL OFF CLOTHES DRYER TO FLOOR - CONTUSED TOP OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2007 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL FROM TOP OF DRYER, WAS IN CARSEAT BUT NOT STRAPPED IN, TO CONCRETE FLOOR BELOW, HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PATIENT FELL HITTING HEAD ON CORNER OF CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME. DX-CHI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2007 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| FELL AGAINST DRYER/SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2007 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF DRYER. DX: 5 CM SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT DX HEADACHE - PT HIT HER HEAD IN A DRYER DOOR X 3 WEEKS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK ON A DRYER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2007 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT FELL OFF TOP OF DRYER OR WASHER, HIT HEAD ON CEMENT FLOOR, LOC, SOMEWHAT UNRESPONSIVE, MOM SHOOK PT THEN STARTED TO CRY; HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 03/03/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PATIENT STRUCK HEAD ON CLOTHES DRYER AT LAUNDRY MAT. DX-CHI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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