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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 325
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| HIT HEAD ONN TOWEL RACK IN BATHROOM YESTERDAY SYNCOPE/MIGRAINE * |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT WITH HEADACHE. PASSED OUT IN BATHROOM YESTERDAY. UNSURE IF HIT HEAD BUT NOTED TOWEL RACK CROOKED. D: HEADACHE, CHI, SYNCOPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT BENT DOWN AND HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK. D: CHI, ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| STRUCK HEAD ON TOWEL RACK DX: CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 43 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: Towel racks or bars |
| PT HIT HEAD ON A TOWEL RACK, SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| DX CEPHALGIA, IMPROVED: SYNCOPE EPISODE, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TOWEL HOLDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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