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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 199
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 05/02/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| 13 YR F CUT LOWER LEG ON CLOTHES HANGER;DX LACERATED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Power lawn mowers |
| PATIENT WAS MOWING METAL CLOTHES HANGER WAS STROWN AND STRUCK PATIENT'S LOWER LEG. DX-FOREIGN BODY LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| SHARP PAIN IN CAST AREA-PT CUT OFF TOP PART OF CAST AND USED HANGER TO SCRATCH LEG-SUPERFICIAL WOUND TIBIA -END OF CAST REPLACED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| LAC TO LEG WHEN STRUCK BY HANGER AT HOME - LWT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/10/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Power lawn mowers |
| LOWER LEG LACERATION, RAN OVER WIRE CLOTHES HANGER WITH LAWN MOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT C/O COAT RACK FELL ON HIM TODAY - C/O PAIN TO BACK AND LT LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| METAL HANGER STUCK IN LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| HAD LOWER LEG CASE, WENT TO SCRATCH LEG WIH LONG COAT HANGER, AND GOT H ANGER STUCK IN CASE DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL FROM L LEG CAST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2001 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2001 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2001 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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