Accidents - Clothes dryers - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 330
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	6
Year 1999:	5
Year 2000:	23
Year 2001:	66
Year 2003:	68
Year 2004:	16
Year 2007:	11
Year 2008:	15
Year 2009:	15
Year 2010:	101

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/26/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers, Metal containers
15YOM PUNCHED A DRYER OR A CAN OR A JAR WHEN HE WAS MAD; HAND FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
11 YO F CUT HAND ON DRYER VENT. DX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: American Indian/Alaska Native
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Clothes dryers
12 YOF CAUGHT HAND IN BATHING SUIT DRYER AT ***. DX: R HAND CRUSH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT SLAMMED RT HAND/WRIST IN DRYER DOOR AT HOME, HAS PAIN WITH MOVEMENT, IS UNABLE TO WRITE. DX-RT HAND/WRIST SPRAIN, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 09/21/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
CUT HAND ON DRYER PART WHEN DAD TAKING DRYER APART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT CUT HAND ON METAL PART FROM OLD CLOTHES DRYER; HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT TAKING LINT OUT OF THE LINT TRAP ON THE DRYER AT HOME STRUCK RIGHT H AND ON A PIECE OF SHARP METAL LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
PT. HIT CLOTHES DRYER WITH FIST WHEN GOT ANGRY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2001	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2000	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2000	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/1999	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/1998	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothes dryers, Day wear
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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