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Accidents - Clothes dryers - 26-50 years old - Year 2003 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 206
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Date: 11/13/2003Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
WHILE MOVING A DRYER, PATIENT GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN DRYER DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2003Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
LEFT HAND CONTUSION.PT HAD A DRYER DOOR CLOSE ON HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2003Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT CUT TOP OF RIGHT HAND ON METAL DRYER R DORSUM OF HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2003Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LAC TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON CLOTHES DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2003Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
39 YO MALE GOT HAND CAUGHT IN DRYER HANDLE SPRAIN LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2003Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
PT TOUCHED BACK OF DRYER AND HAS HAND PX. DX: PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/12/2003Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Clothes dryers
PT STATES HE SMELLED SMOKE FROM DRYER, OPENED IT UP AND IT WAS A FIRE DX ELECTRIC BURN ON HAND NO FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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