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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 461
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2009 | Age: 42 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 |
| PT LAC HAND WHILE WORKING ON DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PATIENT SLAMMED RT HAND/WRIST IN DRYER DOOR AT HOME, HAS PAIN WITH MOVEMENT, IS UNABLE TO WRITE. DX-RT HAND/WRIST SPRAIN, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2009 | Age: 58 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 |
| RT HAND LACERATION WITH REPAIR: WORKING ON *** DRYER @ HOME, HAD THETOP OPEN, PULLED HAND OUT & HAD A LACERATION TOP OF HAND, 3 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| DX BURNS TO HANDS: BLISTER'G ON FINGER TIPS W TRY'G TO GET A DRYER THAT HAD JUST CAUGHT FIRE OF OF THE LAUNDRY RM. BURNED THUMB, INDEX, M |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2009 | Age: 36 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, Clothing |
| LEFT HAND STRAIN.PT WAS PUTTING CLOTHES IN A DRYER AND INJURED HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2009 | Age: 24 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 CUT RIGHT HAND ON THE DOOR OF A CLOTHING DRYER SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT STATES DROPPED A DRYER ON HAND AT HOME DX: CONTUSION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2009 | Age: 73 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 CUT HAND INSIDE OF AN ELECTRIC DRYER, RIGHT HAND LACERATION TO PALM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Washing machines |
| PT GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN WASHER AND DRYER WHILE CLEANING MOTHER'S UTI TILY ROOM. DX. HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| STRAINED HAND WHEN MOVING A DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2009 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PUTTING OUT DRYER FIRE AND BURNED BOTH HANDS,UNKI IF FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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