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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 214
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| 16YOM, H/O TIB/FIB FX, C/O DISCOMFORT AFTER STUCK COAT HANGER DOWN CAST >>CAST RE-EVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| 16 YOF DX FOREIGN BODY IN RT LEG - RECENTLY HAD A BROKEN DUE TO MVA. PT C/O FOREIGN BODY IN CAST AFTER STICKING A HANGER IN CAST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT HAS A CAST ON LOWER LEG WAS USING A HANGER TO SCRATCH LOWER LEG AND NOW IT STINKS SKIN UNDER CAST INFECTED CELLULITIS LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| HIT LEG ON CLOTHS HANGER DX: LEG LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| RT LEG PUNCTURE WOUND-BACKED INTO A CLOTHES HANGER THAT WAS POKING OUT AND WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK OF THE KNEE. WOUND IS SQUIRTING BLOOD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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