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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 424
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/27/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO HAND WHEN HE HIT IT ON A TOWEL RACK* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| HIT HEAD ON TOWEL BAR. DX-SCALP ABRASION, MINOR HEAD INJURY # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT WITIH LAC TO HEAD FROM A TOWEL RACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 49YO/M BUMPED HEAD ON TOWEL RACK DX HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| JAW PAIN - HIT TOWEL RACK IN BATHROOM WHILE WALKING IN THE DARK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK, WHEN STANDING UP DX: CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| HIT HEAD ON TOWEL BAR. DX. NECK STRAIN.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | 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 |
| BENT DOWN TO PICK UP SOMETHING&UPON STANDING HIT HEAD ONTO A TOWEL RACK >>SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2009 | Age: 36 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 WAS BENDING DOWN IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK DX: HEAD INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT WITH CONCUSSION, STRUCK BY METAL TOWEL HOLDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| WAS CLEANING BATHROOM AND FELL INTO TOWEL RACK STRICKING L ORBIT DX- C ONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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