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Accidents - Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers - Years 1997-2010 - Ear

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,022
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 03/30/2010Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
2YOF WAS AT HOME PLAYING IN A CLOSET, A WIRE HANGER FELL CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2010Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
51YOM CAUGHT EAR ON HANGER HOOK DX: RT EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
LAC TO EAR WHEN FELL ON A HANGER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2008Age: 3 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PATIENT STARTED CRYING LAST NIGHT, BROTHER HOLDING METAL CLOTHES HANGER , WOKE WITH BLOOD IN EAR, MAY HAVE BEEN POKE IN EAR W/HANGER;OTITIS MED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
STUCK A WIRE HANGER IN HER LT EAR EARLIER, TODAY, STILL BLEEDING OFF & ON. DX: EAR CANAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
FELL AND THE POINT OF METAL COAT HANGER CUT EAR,ACUTE EAR TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2008Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CUT EAR ON A CLOTHING HANGER. DX EAR LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2007Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CUT EAR, SHOE RACK FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2007Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CUT EAR ON COAT HANGER DX; EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2007Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
ACCIDENTALLY INJURED EAR WITH COAT HANGER LT TYMPANIC MEMBRANE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2007Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PATIENT HAS EAR DRAINAGE AND PAIN AFTER INJURING CANAL WITH PLASTIC HAN GER 2-3 WEEKS AGO; OTALGIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CUT EAR ON HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PATIENT STABBED SELF IN EAR WITH METAL COAT HANGER, DRIED BLOOD IN EAR CANAL; SUPERFICIAL TRAUMA TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
STUCK PLASTIC HANGER IN EAR, HANGER NOT BROKEN, C/O PAIN SINCE, OTITIS MEDIA W/EFFUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR ABRASION TO EAR WHEN USING HANGER TO SCRATCH HIS E AR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2006Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT CLEANED EAR WITH BROKEN METAL HANGER, ABRASION TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2006Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PUNCTURED EAR WITH WIRE CLOTHES HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT HIT EAR ON CLOTHES HANGER AT DEPT STORE. DX: .5 CM X .5 CM LAC L EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
SISTER STUCK COAT HANGER IN EAR WHILE ASLEEP. PUNCTURE LEFT EARDRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
USING A COAT HANGER TO RELIEVE ITCH IN EAR RIGHT TM PERFORATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
STUCK WIRE HANGER INTO EAR DX: ABRASION TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT HAD AN ITCH IN HIS EAR SO HE INSERTED A COAT HANGER TO ITCH IT PERFO RATED EAR DRUM PUNCTURE WOUND EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2004Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
WRESTLING LAST PM, FELL TO GROUND & HANGER WAS ON GROUND & GOT JAMMED I N EAR. PUNCTURE WOUND EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2004Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
EAR LAC-FELL INTO CLOSET-@ HOME-EAR CUT ON HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT STUCK A HANGER IN HIS EAR - EAR TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2003Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
STRUCK HEAD ON A METAL CLOTHES HANGER LEFT EAR ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Other toys
PATIENT STUCK A HANGER OR A TOY IN EAR, NOW HAS EAR PAIN; OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Ball sports
PT WAS AT THE BABYSITTERS AND HER GRANDCHILDREN WERE THROWING BALL AT H ER AND HITTING HER WITH A HANGER RESULTING IN A CONTUSION OF THE EAR,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
56 YOM HANGER CAUGHT ON EAR LAC EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
WHILE DIGGING IN EAR WITH A HANGER, PT FELT EAR PAIN, DX EAR TRAUM A
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PULLED ON A COAT HANGER AND IT FLIPPED BACK AND HIT RIGHT EAR, CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2001Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2001Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/28/2000Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2000Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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