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Accidents - Clotheslines or clothes drying racks - 6-15 years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 516
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Arm:102Head:90
Foot:87Elbow:80
Face:78Neck:71
Wrist:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/17/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
CONTUSION TO SCALP 11 YO CUT SCALP WHEN CLOTHES RACH FELL ON HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT WITH LAC TO ARM FROM A METAL CLOTHES RACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
RUNNING AND RAN INTO A CLOTHESLINE. DX FACE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
NECK BRUISING & ABRAS/13YOM RAN INTO A CLOTHESLINE THIS AFTERNOON AT AN OLD HOUSE. STRUCK NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
6Y/O,M,SWINGING ON CLOTHESLINE, FELL, L ELBOW DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Beds or bedframes
JUMPED ON BED, AT HOME, & FELL OFF, CUTTING WRIST ON A PORTABLE CLOSET DX: WRIST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE/CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
LAC TO FOREHEAD, RUNNING @ HOME IN BACKYARD AND RAN INTO A METAL POLE OF CLOTHESLINE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT SWINGING OFF CLOTHES LINE-FELL- FX FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/20/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
AT HOME PT SWINGING ON A CLOTHES LINE,C/O R FOREARM PAIN DX R FOREARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
10 YO M AVULSION TO SOLE OF FOOT STEPPED ON METAL CLOTHING RACK*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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