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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,204
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 12/13/2008 | 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: 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: 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: 09/07/2008 | 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: 09/03/2008 | 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: 08/28/2008 | 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: 08/23/2008 | 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: 08/20/2008 | 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: 08/05/2008 | 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: 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: 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: 06/07/2008 | 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: 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: 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: 04/17/2008 | 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: 04/13/2008 | 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: 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: 03/09/2008 | 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: 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: 02/24/2008 | 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: 02/13/2008 | 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: 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: 01/01/2008 | 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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