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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 782
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 22 Y/O FEMALE WAS MOVING A DRYER THAT FELL OFF HER BOYFRIENDS TRUCK AND CUT FOREARM ON RUSTY EDGE DX: LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| RT FOREARM SPRAIN.19YOF WAS MOVING A DRYER AND INJURED FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CUT RIGHT ARM WHILE WORKING ON CLOTHES DRYER LACERATION LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CUT TO ARM WHILE WORKING ON DRYER DX: LACERATION TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Gas ranges or ovens |
| WHILE CHANGING GAS LINE FROM DRYER TO STOVE, FLAME SHOT OUT, BURNED AR M, NO STATED IF F.D. ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT C/O LAC. P TCUT ARM ON SCREEN IN DRYER. DX LAC RT FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Not recorded |
| Date: 11/08/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 24 Y/O M INJURED L FOREARM WHEN DRYER FELL ON HIM AT HOME. DX; L FOREARM CRUSH INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT STRAINED HIS ARM WHEN LIFTING A CLOTHES DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CHIP FX R ULNA/25YOF AT MOTHERS HOUSE REACHED INTO DRYER WHILE IN MOTIO N AND ARM WRENCHED AROUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT WORKING ON DRYER AT HOME, HIT RT LOWER ARM, LAC LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION. PT LEANING INTO DRYER TO REMOVE CLOTHES AND FELL FORWARD INTO THE DRYER. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| 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: 11/26/2000 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/1999 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/1999 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/1997 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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