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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 423
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| 38YOF PT STATES SHE WAS HOLDING CHILD WHO PULLED A HEAVY COAT RACK & STRUCK HER ON HEAD DX: HEAD CONTUSION, CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2009 | Age: 16 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| A 16YOM LACERATED HEAD FROM A CLOTHES HANGER. DX: 2 CM. SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2009 | Age: 3 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT HIT IN FACE/HEAD W/PLASTIC CLOTHES HANGER AT HOME BY 2YO BROTHER, NO W W/ABRASIONS, LACS & HEMATOMA TO HEAD/FACE, NO LOC; MINOR HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT DX HEAD CONTUSION - DUE TO DIRECT BLOW,WAS WALKING IN *** AND HITHIS HEAD ON A RACK YESTERDAY AFTENOON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2009 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| COAT RACK FELL ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| LAC HEAD ON CLOTHES BAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL, HIT HEAD ON A WIRE HANGER. D: SCALP ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2009 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT C/O HEADACHE, RT WRIST & RT SHOULDER PAIN AFTER SLIPPING ON COAT HANGER & FALLING BACKWARDS IN GROCERY STORE. DX-HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Telephones or telephone accessories |
| GOT HIT IN HEAD WITH CLOTHS HANGER AND CELL PHONE DURING ASSAULT ON SCH OOL BUS DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PATIENT HIT HEAD ON METAL COAT RACK; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| GOT HIT AT CLOTHING STORE W A HANGERS ON HEAD. MINOR HI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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