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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 613
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/22/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT SLIPPED ON A HANGER - HIT CHIN ON FLOOR. D: LACERATION CHIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | 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, Stools |
| PT TRIPPED ON CLOTHES HANGER AND FELL ONTO PLASTIC STOOL HITTING RT ELBOW-SWELLING/BRUISING RT EYEBROW; CONTUSION RT EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| CUT FACE WITH COAT HANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | 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 |
| SWINGING ON COAT RACK AND IT FELL AND HIT HER ACROSS FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| CUT EYELID THROUGH NASOLACRIMAL DUCT WITH CLOTHES HANGER |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 09/23/2003 | Age: 9 months | 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 |
| POKED IN CHEEK WITH HANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2003 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| CHILD TRIPPED AND LACERATED FACE ON METAL HANGER. D: FACIAL LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Keys, key rings or key chains |
| LEFT EYELID LACERATION. TRYING TO USE A COAT HANGER TO GET KEYS OUT OF A LOCKED CAR. HANGAR SPRUNG BACK AND HIT HIM IN EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | 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 |
| SCRATCHED R EYELID ON A COAT HANGER TODAY. DX. R EYELID ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2003 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| 1YOWM WHO WAS PLAYING WITH A PLASTIC COAT HANGER AND FELL AND CUT HIS F ACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| CLOTHING RACK FELL HIT PT ON HEAD SUPERFICIAL LACERATION TO FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT HAD A COAT RACK FALL STRIKING HER IN THE FACE LACERATION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT FELL ON COAT HANGER AND IT STUCK IN HIS CHEEK DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT CHEEK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2003 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| PT FELL ONTO A HANGER AND SUS A FACE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Pipes |
| PATIENT HIT ON HEAD WHEN CLOTHES RACK OR BAR IN CLOSET FELL AT HOME; LE FT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/13/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT ACCIDENTLY POKED HIMSELF IN THE NOSE WITH THE SHARP END OF A HANGER PUNCTURE WOUND NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| HIT HEAD ON CLOTHING RACK, DX-ACUTE 1.5 CM LACERATION FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | 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 |
| HIT FACE ON CLOTHS RACK AT STORE DX: ABRASION TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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