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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 899
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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: 10/23/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| INJURED L FOREARM WHEN IT BECAME CAUGHT IN A RUNNING DRYER. L FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| REACHED IN DRYER- WHILE DRYER STILL SPINNING CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM |
| 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: 09/02/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| FELL MOVING A DRYER DX. ELBOW FX |
| 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: 06/24/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CONTUSION (R) ELBOW, PT STS CAUGHT IN ROTATING CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME, C/O PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| CONTUSION HAND - PATIENT EXPERIENCED A RAGE AND STARTED PUNCHING HER CL OTHES DRYER AT HOME - SHE HAS PAIN IN THE RIGHT HAND |
| 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: 05/15/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| INDUSTRIAL CLOTHES DRYER FELL ON FOOTCONTUSION LEFT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK - VICTIM DISCONNECTED HER DRYER AT HOME AND GOT A SHOCKI N HER RIGHT ARM - SHE TINGLED FROM HER HAND INTO HER ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PATIENT CUT FOOT ON SHARP EDGE OF DRYER 3 DAYS AGO. D: ABRASION/ CELLULITIS, FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO FOOT AFTER HITTING IT AGAINST THE CLOTHES DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2002 | Age: 23 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, Stairs or steps |
| C/O MID TO UPPER BACK PAIN AFTER CARRYING A DRYER DOWN STAIRS DX: BACK STRAIN |
| 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 |
| Date: 01/25/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| STUCK HEAD IN DRYER TO FIX IT DX: LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2002 | Age: 19 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 |
| PAIN WHILE LIFTING DRYER DX. LS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 22 Y F PLUGGED IN HER DRYER AND GOT SHOCKED LATER HAVING EXTREME N OSE BLEEDS. DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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