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Accidents - Clothes dryers - Year 2008 - Elbow

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 219
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:14
26-50 years old:130
50+ years old:74

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/26/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
C/O L ELBOW PAIN & SWELLING X 3-4 DAYS. PAIN STARTED AFTER LIFINTG A V DRYER BUT, PT DOES NOT REMEMBER ACUTE INJ. TENDONITIS L ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HIT ELBOW ON DRYER DOOR AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT ELBOW SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT CAUGHT R ELBOW IN DRYER. DX. SPRAIN, CONT R ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LEFT ELBOW LAC.PT CLOSED DRYER DOOR ON ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT PUT ARM INTO CLOTHES DRYER TO STOP SPINNING, ARM WAS TWISTED, STRAIN ED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HIT LEFT ELBOW AGAINST A DRYER TWO DAYS AGO SUSTAINED A CONTUSION T O ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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