Accidents - Clothes dryers - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 6,353
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	546
6-15 years old:	118
16-25 years old:	858
26-50 years old:	3,463
50+ years old:	1,366

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	1,204	Finger:	1,026
Hand:	664	All Of Body:	473
Upper Trunk:	414	Head:	387
Lower Arm:	351	Face:	342
Wrist:	221	Elbow:	219
Shoulder:	217	Lower Leg:	164
Ankle:	149	Knee:	130
Toe:	90	Neck:	87
Upper Arm:	75	Pubic Region:	71
Foot:	58

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
RUNNING AND STRUCK HEAD ON DRYER. FORHEAD LACERATION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
SLIPPED HIT HEAD ON CLOTHES DRYER. DX CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers, Ductwork for heating or cooling systems
25 YOM CUT LEFT HAND WHILE CHANGING VENT TUBING ON CLOTHES DRYER LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
MUSCLE SPASM OF LOW BACK AFTER TAKING CLOTHES OUT OF DRYER TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
PT WAS TAKING CLOTHES FROM THE DRYER WHEN SHE TRIPPED AND FELL DOWN C/O HIP/GROIN PAIN. DX: S/P FALL, HIP FRACTURE. ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
LEFT SHOULDER STR. PT STRAINED SHOULDER WHEN MOVING A DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 12/14/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
HIT CHIN ON DOOR OF DRYER AT HOME 1.5 CM CHIN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN CARRYING A DRYER DOWN BASEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
PT CLOTHES DRYER WENT ON FIRE IN HOME POSSIBLE SMOKE EXPOSURE DX// SMOKE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
PT CLOTHES DRYER WENT ON FIRE IN HOME POSSIBLE SMOKE INHALATION FIRE DE PT ON SCENE DX/ POSSIBLE SMOKE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
RT ANKLE SPRAIN/STRAIN: LOW BACK STRAIN/SPRAIN: CARRYING A DRYER, HIT SOME ICE, ANKLE TWISTED, FELL, ANKLE, BACK PAIN, HELPING RELATIVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: 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: 11/24/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
UPPER ARM PAIN-SINCE LIFTING A DRYER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
CHIN LAC.PT FELL INTO A DRYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2008	Age: 7 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
HAND BURN-REACHING INTO A DRYER-HIT HEATING ELEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
C/O L RIB PAIN, N/V & SOB X 2-3 DAYS AFTER FALLING ONTO DRYER. RIB FX (9TH L SIDE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
KNEE GAVE OUT AND FELL AGAINST DRYER. DX ARM CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
WALKING BACKWARDS AND CARRYING DRYER AND FELL. DX R SHIN ABRASION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
STRAINED NECK WHEN STRUCK A DRYER AT SCHOOL
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: 11/10/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT STATES WAS STANDING ON THE DRYER TO PUT AN ITEM IN THE CABINET WHEN IT TILTED AND SHE FELL OFF HITTING THE FLOOR DX CONTUSION TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
WAS WORKING ON DRYER & SLICED ARM OPEN--4CM LAC (R) FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT CAUGHT TOE IN DRYER. DX: CONTUSION TO TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
30 Y/O HIT HAND ON CLOTHES DRYER ATTEMPTING TO TAKE CLOTHES OUT AT HOME DX-FX RIGHT METACARPA,.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Clothes dryers
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON DRYER AT HOME. DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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: 10/29/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
BENT TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF DRYER & FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK. LUMBAR S TRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT STRAINED LOWER BACK WHEN BENDING TO PUT CLOTHES IN DRYER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
WAS GETTING THINGS OUT OF THE DRYER WHEN SHE TURNED AROUND AND EASED HERSELF TO THE FLOOR, WAS DIZZY. DX: DIZZINESS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers
FELL ON DRYER;DX CHI, LACERATED FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: 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: 10/15/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
MOVING THE DRYER AT HOME HURT WRIST. DX WRIST SPRAIN
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: 10/05/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
SPR ANKLE MOVING DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
34 YOF RECEIVED ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM DRYER AND WHILE REMOVING HAND, CUT WRIST - LACERATION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS FELT DIZZY LEANED AGAINST DRYER & FELL ONTO FLOOR AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO SCALP/ SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 24 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
ELECTROCUTION.PT WAS PLUGGING IN A CLOTHES DRYER AND WAS ELECTRCUTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
PT WITH WITH LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING CLOTHES DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: 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: 09/23/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HIT HEAD ON DRYER DX: EYEBROW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT SUS CONTUSION TO FOOT WHILE MOVING CLOTHES DRYER%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
LEG PAIN AFTER WORKING ON A DRYER TRAP TODAY. DX.FX. ANKLE.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
PT THREW LAUNDRY OVER DRYER AND FELT PULL IN LT SHOULDER DX:LT SHOULER INJ
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: 09/15/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
12 YOM HIT HEAD ON HAND DRYER IN BATHROOM AT CRISIS CENTER SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LEFT ELBOW LAC.PT CLOSED DRYER DOOR ON ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LEFT FOREARM LAC.PT LACERATED FOREARM ON PROTRUDING METAL IN DRYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
PT STRUCK PINKY TOE ON DRYER. DX; TOE PAIN
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: 09/07/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
HURT BACK BENDING OVER TAKING CLOTHES OUT OF THE DRYER YESTERDAY. DX. BACK PAIN.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
PT GETTING LAUNDRY OUT OF THE DRYER AND FELL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
BACK STR. TP STRAINED BACK WHEN WORKING ON DRYER WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 3 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
FELL OFF CLOTHES DRYER AND HIT HEAD ON DRYER DX: SKULL FX; CHI; ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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: 08/28/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Motor vehicles or parts
ACUTE R PARALUMBAR STRAIN: LOADING ROPER CLOTHES DRYER ON TRUCK YESTERDAY, BELIEVES "PULLED SOMETHING" LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
CUT TO ARM WHILE WORKING ON DRYER DX: LACERATION TO ARM
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: 08/23/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Day wear
BENDING OVER GETTING CLOTHES OUT OF CLOTHES DRYER PAIN LOW BACK
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: 08/20/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PAIN TO BACK GOT HIT WHILE TRYING TO LIFT DRYER DX: CONTUSION TO BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PUSHED CLOTHES DRYER WITH KNEE AND STRAINED IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT DX RT WRIST SPRAIN - HIT WRIST AGAINST DRYER TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2008	Age: 33 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 TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON CLOTHER DRYER AT HOME. DX-CHI.
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: 08/08/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Dollies, handtrucks or luggage carriers
PT WAS MOVING A DRYER, FELL OFF DOLLY & HIT IN LEFT SIDE DX; LEFT SHOUL DER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
PATIEN WAS DRYING CLOTHES WHEN DRYER STARTED SMOKING AT HOME. DX-INHALATION SMOKE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers, Dollies, handtrucks or luggage carriers
PT MOVING A DRYER OUT OF HOUSE 5 DAYS AGO ON A DOLLY WHEN DOLLY SLIPPED AND STRUCK PT IN L LOWER ABD. PAINFUL FOR 4 DAYS. DX LOWER ABD CONTUSIO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers, Washing machines
AT HOME PT STANDING ON WASHER,FELL HIT CORNER OF THE DRYER,NLOC DX FOREHEAD LACERATION
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: 08/02/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LIFTED DRYER AT HOME LACERATED LT KNEE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 45 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
CHI. PT BENT OVER TO PICK SOMETHING UP AND HIT HEAD ON DRYER DOOR AT LA UNDRAMAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers
RAN INTO DRYER;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT LAC LOWER LEG ON DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers, Laundry baskets
PT WAS PUTTING CLOTHES IN DRYER AND TRIPPED OVER THE LAUNDRY BASKET, FRACTURE OF LEFT HIP, ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/09/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
19 YOM SUSTAINED STRAINED SHOULDER MOVING CLOTHES DRYER 3 DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 48 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
PT WORKING ON THE MOTOR OF A CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A HAN D LACERATION
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: 06/29/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Day wear
PT WAS AT HOME GETTING CLOTHES OUT OF THE DRYER CAUSING RT KNEE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Towels or cloths
PATIENT BENT OVER TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF DRYER, SLIPPED ON A TOWEL & FELL DOWN TO HER BUTTOCK. DX-INTRACTABLE BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE SCALP BY STRIKING AGAINST A CLOTHES DRY ER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Fuel storage tanks
STRAIN, TESTICULAR PAIN: PAIN PENILE HEAD, STARTED AFTER LIFINT HEAVY DRYER AND A GAS TANK WITH FRIEND
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: 06/08/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LACERATED HAND ON A CLOTHES DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT HAD ONSET LOW BACK PAIN AFTER BENDING OOVER THE CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME. DX-STRAIN LOW BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 25 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, Medical equipment, general
CHEST PAIN: WORKING ON *** DRYER AT HOME, GOT SHOCKED, NOW HASCHEST PAI N ( HAS A PACEMAKER)
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 05/30/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT INJURED SHOULDER WHILE REACHING INTO THE DRYER. DX: LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HIT R FA ON DRYER AND HAS A SKIN TEAR TO HER ARM. DX. LAC R FA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT WAS AT CLOTHES DRYER DURING A LIGHTNING STORM. DX-LIGHTNING INJURY. PATIENT LEFT AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
DX 1CM SIMPLE LAC L FORHEAD - SUTURED: DOING LAUNDRY W BROTHER WHEN BROTHER GOT MAD AND HIT PT'S HEAD INTO DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothes dryers
BURN R UPPER ARM BY A DRYER AT HER APPT BUILDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
PT C/O MID LOW BACK PAIN FOR 3 DAYS,STS BENT OVER TO PULL SOME CLOTHES OUT OF DRYER,DX LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
RT HAND FX.PT WAS MOVING A DRYER AND DROPPED IT ON HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-GAS EXPOSURE FROM DRYER VENT-COHB 8.0-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2008	Age: 35 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
CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-GAS EXPOSURE FROM DRYER VENT-COHB 1.7-@ HOME
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: 04/27/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: 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: 04/26/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HELPING MOTHER MOVE A DRYER STRAINED LOWER BACK
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: 04/24/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT WITH CHEST WALL STRAIN FROM BENDING OVER A DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
SMOKE INHALATION IN HOUSE FIRE WHEN DRYER CAUGHT FIRE,FIRE DEPT ATTENDE D
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: 04/17/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT STRAINED LOWER TRUNK BENDING OVER REACHING INTO DRYER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
WRIST SPRAIN-HIT A CLOTHES DRYER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT STATES ACCIDENTLY BUMPED HAND ON THE DRYER DX RT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
PT HAD ONSET OF LOW BACK PAIN WHILE TAKING LAUNDRY OUT OF DRYER TODAY. D: SCIATICA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT GRABBED BELT ON ELECTRIC DRYER MOTOR-COTUSION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 48 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
FELL AT HOME AND HIT HEAD ON DRYER -LOC DX- HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT WAS MOVING CLOTHES DRYER AND HAD PX. DX: THORACIC/LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers, Dollies, handtrucks or luggage carriers
DRYER SLIPPED OFF DOLLY, HURT FOREARM. DX FOREARM CONTUSION
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: 04/06/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
PT PUTTING CLOTHES IN A CLOTHES DRYER AND STRAINED LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
NECK STR/37YOM WAS MOVING A DRYER AT HOME THAT WAS ON FIRE AND INJURED L SIDE OF NECK. NO FIRE DEPT. IN ATTENDANCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT WITH CONTUSION TO HIP, BUMPED INTO DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN WORKING ON A CLOTHS DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN WORKING ON A CLOTHS DRYER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers
HIT HEAD ON DRYER DOOR;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	Age: 40 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, Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WORKING ON A DRYER WHEN GOT SHOCK FROM ELECTRICAL WIRE AND JERKED HA ND BACK CUTTING IT ON SHEET METAL. D: HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2008	Age: 31 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 HAD LAC ON R HAND FROM LINT TRAP ON DRYER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2008	Age: 45 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
STATES WAS MOVING A CLOTHES DRYER SHE DROPPED THE DRYER ON HER HAND. CONTUSION TO HAND.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
30YOM WAS HOME MOVING TWO DRYERS,HEARD A POP,DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN; LOW BACK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
FOREHEAD / SCALP LAC. HIT FOREHEAD ON DRYER DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
DX LOWER BACK PAIN: L SIDED BACK PATN THAT STARTED YTDY WHILE SHE WAS TAKING CLOTHES OUT OF DRYERS
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: 02/27/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
74 YOF STRUCK RIGHT FOREARM ON DRYER SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK BY A DRYER WHEN MOVING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothes dryers, Lubricants
PT SPRAYED A CLOTHES DRYER BELT WITH BELT LUBRICANT & SOME HIT A HEATING ELEMENT & A FLASH FIRE BURNT PT ON FACE DX: 1ST DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 52 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 WAS MOVING A OLD CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME AND INJURED HAND DX: LACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
29YOM WAS HOME TRYING TO PICK UP A CLOTHES DRYER,DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN;BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT C/O RIB INJURY. PT FELL ON DRYER. DX ACUTE LFT BACK AND RIB CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 02/21/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
WRIST LAC-CUT ON METAL EDGE OF DRYER HE WAS MOVING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OFF DRYER TO FLOOR/CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
DRYER EXPLODED, CAUGHT ON FIRE, AT HOME, & PT INHALED SMOKE- FIRE DEPT. RESPONDED, EMS GAVE HER OXYGEN. DX; SMOKE INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT LIFTING SOMETHING OUT OF THE DRYER TWO WEEKS AGO AND FELT A PULL IN LOWER BACK STRAINED BACK
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: 02/04/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: 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

Date: 02/03/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
REMOVING CLOTHES FROM DRYER AND STRAINED SHOULDER SHOULDER STRAIN *
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: 02/01/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT WITH CONTUSION TO LEFT RIBS AFTER FALLING WHILE TRYING TO MOVE DRYER
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: 01/20/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
AT HOME PT RUNNING TO TURN OFF DRYER,TURNED-FELT A POP,HEARD SNAP TO L KNEE,DX PARTIAL TEAR GASTROCNEMIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Stairs or steps
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS CARRYING A DRYER UP STEPS AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT INJURED WRIST WHILE MOVING A DRYER, SPRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Christmas decorations
JUMPED OFF CLOTHES DRYER AFTER PUTTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AWAY, HEARD KNEE POP. DX-STRAIN KNEE.
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

Date: 01/09/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
RIGHT FOREARM CONT. PT FELL AGAINST A DRYER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
PT JUMPED OFF DRYER LAST PM AT HOME WHILE BAREFOOT. DX. FX L 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH METATARSAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT JAMMED FINGER AGAINST CLOTHES DRYER & PULLED THEM BACK INTO PLACE NOW HAS HAND PAIN DX: MUSCLE STRAIN RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LEFT TIBIA LACERATION.PT HIT LOWER LEG ON DRYER DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
PT PUTTING CLOTHING IN THE DRYER AND FELT A PULL IN LOWER BACK STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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