Accidents - Clotheslines or clothes drying racks - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,549
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	259
6-15 years old:	889
16-25 years old:	84
26-50 years old:	197
50+ years old:	119

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	383	Head:	231
Lower Arm:	146	Elbow:	142
Lower Leg:	139	Shoulder:	102
Knee:	100	Neck:	91
Wrist:	85	Upper Trunk:	69
Mouth:	16	Finger:	16
Toe:	16	Upper Arm:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PLAYING WITH DOG IN SNOW AT HOME INJURING LOWER LEG ON BASE OF CLOTHES LINE. DX; LACERATION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
15 YOF WAS RUNNING AND RAN INTO A CLOTHESLINE. FACIAL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PATIETN HIT HER TOE ON A METAL CLOTHES RACK AT HOME. DX-1CM TOE LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT WAS RUNNING AT HOME TRIPPED OVER A CLOTHESLINE FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 13 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: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE; LACE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
RAN INTO A CLOTHES LINE AND SUSTAINED LACAERATION TO UPPER CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
14YOBM WHO WAS RUNNING X 2-3 DAYS AGO AND CLOTHESLINE CAUGHT HIM AT MOU H LEVEL AND NOW CAN'T OPEN MOUTH.DX:SUPERFICIAL ORAL ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
HEAD TRAUMA-FELL FORWARD-HIT HEAD ON WOODEN CLOTHES DRYING RACK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HIS HEAD FROM STRIKING A CLOTHES RACK AT A STORE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
CLOTHING RACK FELL ON WRIST DX: WRIST SPRAIN / CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT WAS HANGING ON CLOTHESLINE @ HOME, LOST BALANCE AND FELL 4FT AND FELL ON FACE. DX FACIAL CONTUSION.ABRASION,LIP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT HIT HEAD ON CLOTHING RACK AT PRESCHOOL DX: 1CM LT EYEBROW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT RAN INTO CLOTHES LINE @ NEIGHBORS HOME. C/O PAIN TO FACE. DX: LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
SWINGING ON CLOTHES LINE AND FELL/ CONTUSION SPRAIN RT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
13 Y.O.B.F. WHO WAS RUNNING AND RAN INTO A CLOTHESLINE AND CAUGHT HER T HROAT. DX: CONTUSION OF NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Bicycles or accessories
11 YO F RIDING BIKE, RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE. DX ANTERIOR NECK CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Day wear
76 YO F REACHED TO HANG CLOTHES ON LINE AT HOME, SHOULDER PAIN. DX R SH OULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Poles
60 YOM RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE POLE LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 6 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: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
6 YOF PLAYING ON CLOTHES LINE FX ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/01/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
6 YOF WAS PLAYING ON CLOTHLINE & FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT DX MSK STRAIN/TENDINITIS - C/O PAIN TO RT SHOULDER AND BACK AFTER CLOTHES RACK FELL ON HER X3 WEEKS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
FELL OFF CLOTHESLINE ONTO LEFT ELBOW. DX. SUPRACONDYLAR ELBOW FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Pipes
TAKING DOWN CLOTHESLINE & BROKE. 3RD FINGER RT HAND CRUSHED BETWEEN BAR & PIPE. DX; CONT RT 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
C/O PAIN L KNEE, FELL FOF CLOTHESLINE TODAY AT 6 PM. FELL ON HIS KNEES , KNEE POPPED. DX. CONT L KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
FRACTURED UPPER ARM WHEN FELL FROM CLOTHESLINE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Lawn mowers
SCALP LAC-MOWING THE LAWN-A THOME-HIT HEAD ON A CLOTHESLINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT RAN INTO A CLOTHESLINE AND WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Clothing
PT C/O LT SHOULDER PAIN SUSTAINED S/P TAKING SOME CLOTHES OF CLOTHSLINES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT CUT (L) FOREARM ON PIECE OF METAL THAT HOLDS CLOTHESLINE. DX: 1.5CM LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT HANGING FROM CLOTHESLINE AND FELL AND FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
OBESE PT TRIPPED AND HIT KNEE ON CLOTHESLINE POLE IN BACKYARD. D:KNEE C ONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
CHI WHEN CLOTHES RACK FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
CHILD FELL OFF CLOTHESLINE BAR AND ONTO BACK AND ARM. D: DISTAL RADIUS/ ULNA FRACTURES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2003	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD AFTER HITTING HEAD AGAINST CLOTHES RACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
FATHER STATES PT FELL HITTING A CLOTHES RACK DX; FOREHEAD LAC 2CM MILD CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2003	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
18YOM-CONTUSION LEFT CHEEK=RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE IN BACKYARD AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE;ABRAS, NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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