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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 923
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT LAC RT THUMB ON DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| WORKING ON CLOTHES DRYER LAC TO THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2009 | Age: 56 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-56YOF-HIT A DRYER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CUT FINGER ON A METAL DRYER PART. DX. FINGER SKIN AVULSION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2009 | Age: 41 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 |
| RT 3RD FINGER LAC.PT LACERATED FINGER WHILE TRYING TO PUT A BELT ON DRY ER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2009 | Age: 71 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 |
| CUT LEFT THUMB ON CLOTHES DRYER TONIGHT AT HOME. DX-LAC THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2009 | Age: 54 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 TRYING TO FIX HIS DRYER AND SUSTAINED A FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Pins and needles |
| PT SHUT FINGER IN CLOTHES DRYER LAST THURSDAY, PT POKED NEEDLE IN FINGE R TO DRAIN FLUID, CELLULITIS R MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Washing machines |
| PT INJURED AT HOME WHEN MOVING WASHER AND DRYER AND INJURED FINGER DX: FINGER FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2009 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing |
| THUMB INJURY FROM GETTING CLOTHES OUT OF DRYER, HPEREXTENED RIGHT THUMB. DX-ACUTE RIGHT LIGAMENTOUS INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CUT FINGER ON DRYER. DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| L FINGERS BURNED WHEN REACHING INTO DRYER WHILE MACHINE ACTIVE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LAC TO R 4/5 FINGERS ON DRYER VENT DX: FINGER LACS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CUT THUMB ON DRYER AT HOME. DX THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2009 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| SHUT FINGER IN CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME. DX FINGER HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2009 | Age: 48 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 WAS HOOKING UP A CLOTHING DRYER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION T O INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT CLOSED FINGER IN CLOTHES DRYER AT LAUNDRYMAT TODAY DX// RIGHT INDEX FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2009 | Age: 55 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 |
| CLOSED THE CLOTHES DRYER AND INJURED HER LEFT 3RD FINGER. DX: SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION TO LEFT 3RD FINGER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 37 YO INJURED FINGER ON DRYER DOOR LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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