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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 277
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/04/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| INJURED LOWER BACK A WEEK AGO, TODAY WAS CLEANING BATHOOM, FELL AND HIT BACK ON TOWEL RACK DX: LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2003 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| FX R HIP - FELL WHEN HAND SLIPPED OF TOWEL RACK |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/21/2003 | Age: 94 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: Towel racks or bars |
| 94 Y/O F INJURED LOWER BACK WHEN FELL IN BATHROOM HITTING TOWEL RACK AT HOME. DX; LOW BACK CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Towels or cloths |
| LUMBAR STR/41YOF LEANED TOWARD TOWEL RING TO GET A TOWEL AND IN DOING S O INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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