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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 478
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 04/22/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| WAS TRYING TO BREAK A HANGER WHEN IT BROKE IT HIT PT IN L EYE LID DX- CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| CUT ABOVE EYE BY A HANGER LACERATION RIGHT EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT GOT COAT HANGER STUCK IN NOSE NASAL FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| C/O PT STATES WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT WITH COAT HANGER DX RT EYEBROW ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| DX FACIAL LACERATION: INJURED FACE ON SHARP EDGE OF CLOTHES HANGER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| COAT HANGER VS EYE CONTUSION EYELID/EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| 21 YO MALE SCRATCHED FACE ON HANGER ABRASION LEFT SIDE OF FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2002 | 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: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| REFERS PUNCTURED WOUND IN RT.SUPERIOR EYEBROW WITH A CLOTH HANGER TONIG HT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2001 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2001 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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