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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 118
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/20/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| HAND BURN-REACHING INTO A DRYER-HIT HEATING ELEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| STRAINED NECK WHEN STRUCK A DRYER AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT PUT HAND IN A SPINNING DRYER AND FINGER GOT CAUGHT. D: LACERATION RIGHT 3RD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| FELL ON DRYER;DX CHI, LACERATED FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 12 YOM HIT HEAD ON HAND DRYER IN BATHROOM AT CRISIS CENTER SUSTAINING A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing |
| PATIEN WAS DRYING CLOTHES WHEN DRYER STARTED SMOKING AT HOME. DX-INHALATION SMOKE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| FINGER LAC-CUT ON CLOTHES DRYER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| DX 1CM SIMPLE LAC L FORHEAD - SUTURED: DOING LAUNDRY W BROTHER WHEN BROTHER GOT MAD AND HIT PT'S HEAD INTO DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT WITH CONTUSION TO HIP, BUMPED INTO DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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