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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,028
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/10/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| FELL ASLEEP ON WET TOWEL THAT HAD BEEN MICROWAVED &BURNTTHE GLUTEAL&FLA NK AREA>>BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/09/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Stairs or steps |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL AND FELL DOWN STAIRS. DX: R DISTAL FIBULA FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| C/O SUDDENONSET OF SHOULDER, FELT A POP, FOLLOWED BY ARM&BACK PAIN WHIL E DRYING HAIR WITH TOWEL>>MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| DX BACKACHE: FELT SHARP PAIN, NON-RAD 10/10 PAIN W REACH'G F TOWEL IN SHOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT C/O ALLERGIC REACTION ON HANDS WHEN HE USED A TOWEL AT A RESTAURANT. DX: ALLERGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Insect induced injuries |
| 28 YOF FLIPPED A TOWEL AT A BUG THIS MORNING AND SUSTAINED A SPRAINED W RIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| THERM BURN. PT LAID HOT WASHCLOTHES ON STOMACH AND BURNED LOWER ABD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| THORACIC STRAIN-PAIN WHILE TOWELING OFF AFTER SHOWER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT SLIPPED ON A TOWEL LAST NIGHT, HIT HEAD ON METAL TOILET PAPER HOLDER. DX - HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| FOOT STR. PT STRAINED FOOT WHEN GETTING IT TANGLED UP IN A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 47YO HISP FEMALE FELL ON 10.6.08-SLIPPED ON WET TOWEL,LANDED ON BUTTOCK DX CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Jewelry |
| PT STATES A TOWEL WAS ON FIRE & SHE TRIED TO THROW IT AWAY FROM HER & IT GOT CAUGHT ON BRACELET BURNING WRIST DX: 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2008 | 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: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| C/O NECK PAIN WHEN HAD A TOWEL AROUND THE NECK&PULLED BOTH END HARD RES ULTING IN HYPERFLEXION OF NECK>>TORTICOLLIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| WHILE DRYING OFF WITH A TOWEL FELT IT POP OUT. DX RECURRENT R SHOULDER DISLOCATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SHOUDLER DIS. PT WAS TOWELING OFF BACK AFTER SHOWER AND INJURED SHOULD ER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| DX LUMBAR STRAIN/SCIATICA: BACK PAIN RAD TO R UPPER LEG SINCE DRY'G OFF W TOWEL OUT OT SHOWER YTDY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| FELL ASLEEP ON BEACH TOWEL ON BEACH,WOKE UP WITH PINCHED NERVE AND TING LING HAND WITH SHOULDER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| DX SPRAIN BACK: W H/O HERNIATED DISK HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF L SIDED LBP W BENDING OVER TO GET A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Hot water |
| BURNED HAND ON HOT CLOTH GETTING OUT OF HOT WATER TO WASH TRACTOR TRAIL ER. DX BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| LEFT SIDE OF BODY INJURY FROM SLIPPING ON TOWEL AND HIT LEFT RIBS ON TUB.DX-CHEST WALL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT, WHO FELL ONE MONTH AGO AND INJURED BACK, REACHED FOR TOWEL TODAY AN D FELT BACK PAIN. D:LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT PULLED TOWEL OFF OF HEAD AND FELT NECK POP. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Insect induced injuries |
| FINGER SPRAIN-WENT TO SWAT A BUG W/A TOWEL-HIT FINGER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT DRIED LEG OFF W/TOWEL AFTER SHOWER AND LEG STARTED BLEEDING. DX: ABR/AVULSION VERICOSITY L LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| CERVICAL STRAIN-PAIN WHILE TOWEL DRYING HAIR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| TRIPPED OVER TOWELS ON FLOOR AND HIT ARM ON CORNER OF CEDAR CHEST. DX L ACERATION TO FOREARM# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| NECK STR. PT STRAINED NECK WHENWRAPPING HAIR IN A TOWEL AFTER SHOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| HIT EYE WITH TOWEL DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| REPORTS A STACK OF TOWELS FELL OFF THE CLOSET HITTING HER IN THE EYE >>CORNEAL ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| ACCIDENTLY HIT RIGHT TESTICLE WITH WASH CLOTH WHILE BATHING RIGHT TEST ICLE PAIN # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A TOWEL SCIATICA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 47 YO PICKED UP TOWELS HEARD BACK POP BACK PAIN(LOW BACK) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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