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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,161
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 37 YOM RAN INTO CLOTHES RACK SAT. MORNING AT HOME NOW HAVING CHEST AND ABD PAIN. DX-CONTUSION CHEST WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 10 YO F WAS HANGING ON A CLOTHESLINE BAR WHEN SHE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO O UTSTRETCHED HAND. DX:RADIUS/ULNA FXS.3 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT HANGING FROM CLOTHES LINE, SLIPPED 2-3FT & FELL ON CONCRETE HITTING HEAD, DIZZY & BLURRY VISION X5 MINS, NAUSEA, VOMITING, HA; HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Ladders |
| 19 YOM FELL OFF LADDER, HIT CHIN ON CLOTHESLINE DX: NECK LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2009 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PT WAS BENDING OVER AND RAN INTO A CLOTHESLINE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PT FELL AND LANDED ON A WOODEN CLOTHES RACK/ HIP STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2009 | Age: 10 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 |
| RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE;DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2009 | Age: 9 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 |
| PATIENT RUNNING IN BACK YARD, GOT CAUGHT ON CLOTHES LINE WITH CHIN, FEL L BACK ON HEAD ON CONCRETE, NO LOC, EMESIS; MINOR HEAD INJ, CHIN ABRASI |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 09/21/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| HANGING ON CLOTHES RACK FESTRUCK CHESTLL OFF CONTUSION CHEST WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| FELL OFF CLOTHESLINE AT HOME, HURT HAND. DX LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/09/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 8 YOM, SWINGING OFF CLOTHESLINE, FRACTURE WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| L EYE PAIN, HIT END OF CLOTHESLINE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| FATHER WAS REMOVING OLD WOODEN CLOTHELINES A PIECE OF WOOD FELL ONTO RIGHT HAND. DX SUPERFICAIL LACERATION TO HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Industrial | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED OVER CLOTHESLINE AT OLD FACTORY, FELL HIT HEAD ON CONCRET FLOOR . DX CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| RAN INTO CLOTHES LINE WHILE PLAYING WITH DOG NECK STRAIN # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2009 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Poles |
| PT CUT HEAD WHEN FELL OUTSIDE IN YARD AND HIT METAL POST OF CLOTHESLINE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT HIT HEAD ON BOLT ON CLOTHES RACK; EYEBROW LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE YESTERDAY HITTING EYE, NOW WITH PAIN&BLURRY VISION >> EYE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| FIXING CLOTHESLINE, ? FB GOT INTO RT EYE,SOMETHING HIT CLOTHESLINE. DX S:CORNEAL ABRASION RT EYE, ACUTE EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| HANGING FROM CLOTHESLINE AND FELL ONTO ELBOW AND FX IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PT WAS WALKING THRU YARD AND STRUCK IN (R) EYE BY CLOTHESLINE DX;; CORNEAL ABRASION (R) EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PT LANDED ON RT ARM AFTER SWINING ON A CLOTHELINE POLE DX:FX RT RADIAL SHAFT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2009 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| LOST BALANCE TAKING SOMETHING OFF CLOTHESLINE COMPRESSION FRACTURE T-3 |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/02/2009 | Age: 44 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 |
| WAS HIT IN THE BACK OF HEAD W/ A CLOTHES RACK. DX: NECK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PT HIT ON THE EYE WITH A PLASTIC TOWELL RACK. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PT WAS PLAYING ON CLOTHESLINE AT HOME, FELL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED HAND C/O PAIN TO UPPER ARM. DX-LT HUMERUS FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2009 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| ON ***, WAS FIXING A CLOTHESLINE WHEN ENTANGLED IN THE LINE B/C OFTHE W IND&FELL HITTING HEAD, NO LOC, BIBEMS AS MTR>>CHI/ELEVATER INR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2009 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PT HAD EYE DILATED TODAY AND RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE AT HOME AND HAS A DEE P LAC TO L EAR. DX. L EAR LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PATIENT RAN INTO CLOTHES RACK AND HURT EYE. DX; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMOR RHAGE TO RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2009 | Age: 4 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 |
| WAS CLIMBING ON CLOTHESLINE, & FELL 3 FT. ONTO CONCRETE, AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE- HEMATOMA TO RT SIDE OF HEAD- NO LOC, BUT SLEEPY. DX: CHI |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 02/05/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Clothing |
| PT WAS HANGING UP LAUNDRY AND HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE C/O INJURYING KNEE DX:SYNCOPE,KNEE EFFUSION,ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. ADMIT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/08/2009 | Age: 13 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: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 13 YO RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE STRIKING FACE LAC FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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