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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 295
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/13/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| 22 YO F PLAYING PULLING SHEET INJURED FINGER FX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| 23 YOF SLEPT ON NEW BED SHEETS BEFORE CLEANING THEM ALLERGIC REACTION - RASH ON CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| 19YOF, WAS ARGUING WITH BOYFRIEND THIS AM, FLUNG SHEETS THEN NOTICED EL BOW PAIN>>SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| 17YOF WAS PLAYING TUG- OF-WAR WITH SIBLINGS, WITH BEDSHEET, AT HOME, WHEN HER LT KNEE TWISTED, SHE FELT A POP. DX; LT KNEE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Laundry soaps or detergents |
| 21YOF IN JAIL LAST NIGHT SLEPT IN SHEETS THAT WERE WASHED USING A NEW D ETERGENT RASH ON CHEST CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| 24YOF HANGED SELF WITH SHEET FROM AIR VENT IN JAIL HANGING / CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/16/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| A 18 YOM USED NEW BED SHEETS, TO ER WITH SWOLLEN FACE |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/09/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Ceilings and walls |
| 17YOBF PT WAS PULLING SHEETS AND HAND STRUCK WALL AND INJURED R THUMB. 2ND AND 3RD DIGITS. DX. SPRAINED R MCP, PIP DIP 1ST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| 19YOM HAS RASH FROM SLEEPING ON SHEETS AT HOTEL CONTACT DERMATITIS OF UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| 24YO WITH NECK FRACTURE AND DEATH FOLLOWING HANGING WITH SHEETSUNCLEAR BUT POSSIBLY FOUND IN JAIL CELL |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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