Accidents - Clothes dryers - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,357
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	19
Year 1999:	17
Year 2000:	189
Year 2001:	111
Year 2002:	137
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	245
Year 2005:	31
Year 2006:	71
Year 2007:	74
Year 2008:	86
Year 2009:	132
Year 2010:	223

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/06/2010	Age: 24 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, Cords, electrical
24YOF, 37WKS PREG, GOT SHOCKED WITH BURN TO THE HAND AFTER PLUGGINGIN A N ELECTRICAL CORD VS DRYER>>ELECTRIC BURN/SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2010	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers, Day wear
23 YO PREGNANT F WAS DRYING HER HUSBAND'S UNIFORMS WHEN DRYER BEGAN SMO KING & FILLED HOUSE WITH SMOKE. SOB. ?FDA. DX:SMOKE INHALATION.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/28/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
20YOM WORKING ON A CLOTHES DRYER, SHOCKED BY 220 VOLT, PT. FELL AND CUT HIS HAND ON THE DRYER. DX. 9 CM LAC. HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2010	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 YOF WAS CLEANING DRYER AND GOT SHOCKED; NUMBNESS AND TINGLING UPPER EXTREMITY..............DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers, Floors or flooring materials
EVAL. FOR ELECTRICAL SHOCK: CHEST PAIN RESOLVED; PRISON INMATE HAD WET HANDS,WENT TO OPEN DOOR ON DRYER,ELEC.SHOCK,KNOCKED TO KNEES TO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
PULLED OUT DRYER PLUG. DX- ELECTRIC SHOCK #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
ELECTROCUTION.PT WAS PLUGGING IN A CLOTHES DRYER AND WAS ELECTRCUTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers, Medical equipment, general
CHEST PAIN: WORKING ON *** DRYER AT HOME, GOT SHOCKED, NOW HASCHEST PAI N ( HAS A PACEMAKER)
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 12/16/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HAD ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO BODY FROM PLUGGING IN DRYER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
PT PLUGGING IN CLOTHES DRYER,PT SHOCKED ON L THUMB/1ST FINGER DX ELECTRIC SHOCK TO LEFT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
SHOCKED BY DRYER/ELECTRICAL SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2006	Age: 24 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, Electrical outlets or receptacles
PT.INJ.L.HAND AT HOME WHEN PLUGING CLOTHES DRYER INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLET . DX; ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
CLOTHES DRYER CAUGHT FIRE IN PATIENT'S HOME, INHALED SMOKE, ASTHMA ATTACK. DX-SMOKE INHALATION. (NOT DOCUMENTED IF FIRE DEPT. ATTENDED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2005	Age: 24 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
PT STATES, THAT THE CLOTHES DRYER SPARKED WHILE TOUCHING A KNOB&FELT SU DDENT SHAR PAIN IN HAND&ARMS SUSTAINED" F.ARM PAIN"+" ELECTRICAL INJ"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 19 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
19 YOF PLUGGING IN CLOTHES DRYER ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM DRYER WHEN AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2004	Age: 18 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
PT SHOCKED BY DRYER; ELECTRICAL SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
GOT SHOCKED PLUGGING IN DRYER DX ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
PT TOUCHED ELECTRIC CLOTHES DRYER SPARKS FLEW AND GOT A SHOCL KNOCKED T O GROUND MILD ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
18 YOM INHALED SMOKE FROM DRYER FIRE SMOKE INHALATION NO FD INVOLVEMENT
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: 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

Date: 11/15/2001	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2001	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2001	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2000	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2000	Age: 23 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, Screwdrivers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2000	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2000	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/1999	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/1997	Age: 24 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, Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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