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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,026
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LACERATION INDEX FINGER FROM DRYER# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT CLEANIG BEHIND HER DRYER AND THE MACHINE TURNED ON WHILE HAND IN THE VENT LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT PUT HAND IN A SPINNING DRYER AND FINGER GOT CAUGHT. D: LACERATION RIGHT 3RD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT WAS FIXING DRYER AND INJURED FINGER AT HOME DX: DEEP LACERATION RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LEFT LONG FINGER CONTUSION.PT CAUGHT FINGER IN A DRYER DOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| AVULSION SKIN RT 5TH FINGER, PT REACHING INTO BACK OF DRYER AT HER HOUS E, SLICED TIP OF FINGER PAD. SMS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| DX LAC R MIDDLE FINGER: CUT DIGITAL PAD OF R MIDDLE FINGER ON METAL EDGE OF DRYER. UTD SHOTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT CUT ON DRYER-LAC RIGHT FINGER INDEX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| FINGERS LACS-CUT ON DRYER VENT-@ NEIGHBOR'S |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT WAS WORKING ON HIS DRYER AND SLIPPED DX: FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT CUT FINGER ON SHARP PIECE OF METAL ON DRYER. DX: L THIRD FINGER LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing |
| AT HOME PT SHUT R THUMB IN DRYER DOOR WHEN TAKING CLOTHES OUT,C/O PAIN, DX R THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| FINGER LAC-CUT ON CLOTHES DRYER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT CAUGHT FINGER IN A DRYER DOOR, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| DRYER DOOR SHUT ON THUMB. DX PARTIAL NAIL AVULSION R THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 60 YO F INJURED (R) 3RD FINGER WHEN CLOSED IN CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME DX: (R) 3RD DIGIT LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 45YOF WAS HOME ACCIDENTLY CUT FINGER ON THE DRYER VENT; FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Stairs or steps |
| FINGER FX-MOVING A DRYER-FELL DOWN 4-5 STEPS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 36 YO MALE PLUGGED IN DRYER AT HOME AND IT KNOCKED HIM TO GROUND BURN INJURY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PATIENT CRUSHED HER RIGHT RING FINGERTIP IN THE CLOTHES DRYER DOOR. DX-CRUSH INJURY TO RT RING FINGERTIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT HAD LAC TO L RING FINGER FROM CLEANING LINT OUT OF DRYER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| RIGHT 4TH FINGER FX. PT FELL HITTING HAND ON DRYER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT SLAMMED LT THUMB IN DRYER DOOR DX: LT THUMB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT SLAMMED FINGER IN DRYER DOOR DX: FINGER CRUSH INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2008 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT SUST LAC TO FINGER WHEN IT GOT CAUGHT IN DRYER# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| FINGER FX-INJURED ON DRYER DOOR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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