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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 379
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2006 | Age: 35 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: Towel racks or bars |
| FELL AND HOT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK LAC FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| DX RIGHT EYEBROW LACERATION: HIT FACE ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| HIT FOREHEAD ON TOWE RACK FOREHEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK IN BATHROOM DX FOREHEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| TOWEL RACK HIT PT IN THE FACE, FACIAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PATIENT FELL IN BATHROOM AND HIT EYE ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME; EYELID ABR ASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Coins |
| 4 YOF STRUCK HEAD ON TOWEL HOOK CAUSING LACERATION TO FOREHEAD, ALSO SW ALLOWED QUARTER LAST SATURDAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| INJURY TO RIGHT UPPER EYELID WHEN SHE BENT OVER AND HIT EDGE OF TOWEL R ACK. CONTUSION, RIGHT UPPER EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2006 | Age: 47 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: Towel racks or bars |
| PT FELL AND HIT NOSE ON TOWEL HANGER. DX: NASAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS IN THE BATHROOM, AT HOME, & GRABBED A TOWEL, HITTING HEAD ON TOWEL BAR- NO LOC. DX: FACIAL LACERATION- REPAIRED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2006 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PATIENT FELL AND HIT FOREHEAD ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME. DX: LACERATION FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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