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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,723
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | 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 STUCK HANGER DOWN LEG WEARING A CAST TO SCRATCH LEG HANGER NOW STUCK, PT C/O LOW LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT SLIPPED ON A PLASTIC CLOTHES HANGER THAT WAS IN THE FLOOR AND FELL. DX-RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN, LEFT UPPER EXTREMITY CONTUSIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| STEPPED ON COAT HANGER W/ LT FOOT YESTERDAY AM. AVULSION LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT POKED EYE W/HANGER. DX: L EYE CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| STEPPED ON A HANGER AT *** DX- ACUTE L DISTAL RADIUS COMPRESSIONS FRACT URE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT SUS INJURY TO HAND FROM A HANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PUNCTURE HAND - PATIENT REPORTS METAL PIECE OF HANGER WENT INTO PALM OF RIGHT HAND AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| 47 YO MALE LIFTED HANGER AND HURT BACK MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| DX:LEFT CORNEAL INJURY. POKED SELF IN EYE WITH HANGAR 48 HRS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Clothing |
| DX:RIGHT CONJUNCTIVAL INJURY. HANGING UP CHILD'S CLOTHES AND ACCIDENTAL LLY STABBED HERSELF IN THE EYE WITH WIRE HANGAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| BENT DOWN TO PICK UP SOMETHING AND HIT EYELID A METAL HANGER AND LAC EY ELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Laundry hampers |
| RT WRIST SPRAIN.PT WAS CARRYING A LAUNDRY HAMPER AND SLIPPED ON A HANGE R AND FELL AND INJURED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2002 | Age: 46 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: Fracture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Stairs or steps |
| FX RIBS-SLIPPED ON A HANGER IN BASEMENT-HIT HIS CHEST ON A STEP @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 44 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| CLOTHING RACK FELL ONTO PATIENT'S NOSE. D: NOSE CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| LEFT KNEE SPRAIN-GOT LEFT FOOT CAUGHT UNDER COAT RACK. C/O LEFT KNEE AN D LEFT ANKLE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| TRIP OVER CLOTHES HANGER AND FELL ON BACK IN *** LUMBAR MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN S/P FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| PT CAME TO THE ER BECAUSE TODAY INAM SUFFERED A FELL AFTER SLIPPING AND HIT WITH A RUSTY HANGER IN THE LT NASAL AREA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT STEPPED ON METAL HANGER. DX: PW L FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| DX PERINEAL ECCHYMOSIS: FELL ONTO METAL CLOTHES RACK AT STORE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS IN HER EYE, SHE BROKE A PLASTIC HANGER AND THOUGHT A PC OF PLASTIC MAY HAVE FLOWN INTO HER EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| ACUTE LOWER BACK STRAIN, RT TRAPEZIUS STRAIN, RT KNEE CONTUSION - TRIPP ED ON A HANDER @ *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| TRIPPED OVER HANGER TWISTING KNEE DX: KNEE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT DX CORNEAL ABRASION - C/O HIT RT EYE WITH PLASTIC HANGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT C/O PAIN TO LT HAND AFTER BEING STUCK WITH CLOTHES HANGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Clothes dryers |
| 29 YO WF - HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL CURRENT EXPOSURE - WAS SEARCHING BEHIND DRYER WITH A HANGER FOR FALLEN OBJECT - RECEIVED ELECTRICAL JOLT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| INJURED ON COAT HANGER DX. FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| SLIPPED ON CLOTHES HANGERCONTUSION RIGHT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2002 | Age: 34 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| ABRASION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK SELF WITH COAT HANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT.REPORTED INJURY TO LT.MIDDLE FINGER LT.HAND SUSTAIN IN STREET BY COAT HANGER. DX- PUNCTURE WOUND LT.MIDDLE FINGER/WOUND INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| HIT TOE ON A COAT RACK. CONTUSIONS TO LEFT LITTLE TOE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| LAC TO NECK FROM COAT HANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| 43 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME WHEN HE PUNCTURED HIS LT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A W IRE CLOTHES HANGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| FELL ON COAT HANGER @ ROSS'S; CHRONIC PAIN BACK KNEE HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Grocery or shopping carts |
| AT ***, HAD SZ, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON CLOTHES RACK, PULLING SHOPPING CAR T ON TIP OF HER. CONTUSION CHEST WALL, SZ ACTIVITY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| HIT SELF IN EYE W. COAT HANGER; CONJUNCTIONAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT HIT IN HEAD W/A COAT RACK INNSTORE - DX SCALP HEMATOMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| COAT RACK FELL ON DAUGHTER AT HOME AT 0230, HE JUMPED UP AND PICKED UP THE COAT RACK, NOW HAS LOWER BACK PAIN. DX ACUTE LOW BACK STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| WHILE DIGGING IN EAR WITH A HANGER, PT FELT EAR PAIN, DX EAR TRAUM A |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PULLED ON A COAT HANGER AND IT FLIPPED BACK AND HIT RIGHT EAR, CUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PATIENT, WITH CAST ON LEG, USED COAT HANGER TO SCRATCH AND FELT IT PULL ON SKIN. D: CELLULITIS, DIABETES, RENAL FAILURE. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/06/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| BENT OVER TO PICK UP HANGER NOW CANNOT STRAIGHTEN UP DX LUMBARSTRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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