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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 175
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT STATES HE CLOSED HIS FINGER IN THE DRYER DX FINGER CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| RT INDEX FINGER PARANYCHIA.PT RIPPED ARTIFICIAL NAIL OFF IN DRYER AND N OW FINGER AND NAIL ARE SWOLLEN AND RED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| DX 2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT THUMB: ELECTRICAL PLUG IN FOR CLOTHES DRYER THREW SPARKS WHEN PATIENT TOUCHED IT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2002 | Age: 17 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 EDGE OF CLOTHES DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LEFT 5HT FINGER FRACTURE.PT PUNCHED A DRYER AND INJURED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 24 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 |
| PT REACHING INTO A CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER FROM A PIECE OF THE METAL IN THE DRYER LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2002 | Age: 17 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 |
| SAYS WORKNG ON CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME W/O UNPLUGGING IT, RECEIVED S HOCK TO L MIDDLE, RING AND PINKY FINGER. DX. 2 DEG BURNS TIPS OF 3&4 F |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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