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Accidents - Clotheslines or clothes drying racks - 16-25 years old - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 180
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Mouth:85Face:43
Foot:17Wrist:16
Head:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/03/2004Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
THE PATIENT WAS HIT BY A BLOCK OF WOOD THAT WAS ON END OF A CLOTHESLINE AT NEIGHBOR'S. DX CONT FACIAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2004Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
LIP LACERATION - RAN INTO A CLOTHESLINE WHEN CHASING THE DOG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
? LAC TO GUM, RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE LAST PM DX: GINGIVAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2004Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT C/O CLOTHES RACK FELL ON RT FOOT,NOW C/O PAIN AND SWELLING TO SAME. PT DX CONTUSION OF RT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2004Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT RUNNING ACROSS THE YARD WHENH HE STRUCK A CLOTHESLINE WITH THE TOP O F HIS HEAD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2004Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
CUT R WRIST ON RUSTY CLOTHES LINE DX: SUPERFICIAL LAC R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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