Accidents - Towel racks or bars - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,323
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	203
6-15 years old:	320
16-25 years old:	320
26-50 years old:	501
50+ years old:	977

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	717	Elbow:	322
Hand:	207	Finger:	160
Neck:	157	Lower Trunk:	146
Toe:	140	Face:	128
Lower Arm:	73	Shoulder:	70
Lower Leg:	70	Ear:	70
Foot:	31	Upper Arm:	22
Eyeball:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
26 YOF LACERATED LEFT UPPER ARM ON A BROKEN CERAMIC TOWEL RACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK ON A TOWEL RACK AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2007	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT HIT ELBOW ON TOWEL RACK, CONTUSION TO ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT TRIPPED AND FELL INTO TOWEL RACK, SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
CUT BUTTOCKS ON TOWEL RACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/04/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars, Bathtubs or showers
3 YOM FELL & HIT ARM ONA TOWEL BAR, IN THE SHOWER, AT HOME, LAST NIGHT BRUISING OVER LT BICEP. DX; ECCHYMOSIS TO LT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
PATIENT C/O ELBOW PAIN AFTER HITTING HER ELBOW HARD INTO A CONCRETE TOWEL RACK AFTER BLOWING HER HAIR. DX-CONTUSION TO RIGHT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT FELL AND GRABBED TOWEL RACK ; RACK FELL OUT AND CUT PT ON FOREARM. D: SUPERFICIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
3Y/O,M,HANGING ON TOWEL BAR AT HOME, BROKE, CUT FINGER ON BROKEN TILE, LAC. R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars, Floors or flooring materials
L FOOT PAIN, HIT ON TOWEL RACK IN FLOOR DX; FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towel racks or bars
4 YO MALE HIT HEAD ON TOWEL ROD IN BATHROOM CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2007	Age: 29 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
PT DX FOREHEAD LACERATION - SLIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towel racks or bars
C/O H/A SINCE SLIPPED IN THE BR, HITTING HEAD ONTO TOWEL RACK >> MIGRAINE/CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
CONTUSED FOREARM ON TOWEL RACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON A TOWEL RACK, LACERATION TO RIGHT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars, Toilets
PT WAS HANGING ON TOWEL RACK WHEN IT BROKE AND PT HIT HEAD ON TOILET. D: FALL / CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT @ SCHOOL PUNCHED TOWEL RACK - FX R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
RAN INTO TOWEL RACK, METAL PENETRATED EYE, NO VISUAL DISTURBANCE, CORNE AL ABRASION DIRECTLY OVER PUPIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
FELL IN BATHROOM CUT EAR ON TOWEL RACK 5 CM LACERATION RIGHT EAR LOBE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2007	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
LACERATION HEAD-CUT ON TOWEL RACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towel racks or bars
FELL, HIT HEAD ON GRAB BAR IN BATHROOM/ CHI POST TRAUMATIC HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT AT HOME PULLING SELF UP BY A TOWEL RACK INJ SHOULDER / DX L SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2007	Age: 81 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
HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE FELL AGAINST TOWEL RACK AND CONTUSED HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/06/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towel racks or bars
18 YO FEMALE HIT HEAD ON PORCELAIN TOWEL RACK HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towel racks or bars
30 Y/O F INJURED L ELBOW WHEN HIT IT ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME. DX; L ELBOW SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towel racks or bars, Floors or flooring materials
PT SLIPPED ON THE WET BATHROOM FLOOR TWO DAYS AGO AND HIT BACK OF HEAD ON THE TOWEL RACK STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT BENT OVER IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK DX: HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars, Bathtubs or showers
PT STATES A TOWER RACK BAR FELL ON PTS FOOT IN SHOWER, LACERATION TO FO OT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
HIT BACK OF HEAD ON A TOWEL RACK. DX. 2 CM SCALP LACERATION, MINOR HEAD INJURY JS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars, Towels or cloths
HANGING A TOWEL ON A CERAMIC TILE HOLDER-HOLDER CAME OFF WALL ONTO FOOT 2 CM GREAT TOE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2007	Age: 60 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
HIT FOREHEAD ON CERAMIC TOWEL HOLDER IN BATHROOM LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2007	Age: 7 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, Ceilings and walls
7YFC HANGING ON TOWEL BAR AND BAR LET LOOSE FROM WALL LANDED ON BACK CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
LACERATES THUMB ON METAL TOWEL RACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT DX CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA - C/O TOWEL BAR FELL ON HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
CUT HEAD,FELL ON TOWEL BAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
51YOM CUT ON STEEL TOWEL RACK LAC L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towel racks or bars
DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT SLIPPED AT HOME STRIKING RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST A TOWEL RACK CONTUSION ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towel racks or bars
NONDISPLACED FRACTURE DISTAL PHALANX OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER FROM STRIKING HAND ON A RACK IN BATHROOM (ON SHOWER WALL) WHILE CLEANING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK AT ADULT HOME TODAY DX// SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2007	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT FELL IN NURSING HOME AND HIT ARM ON TOWEL RACKDX// RIGHT FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towel racks or bars
FELL WHILE IN BATHROOM, HIT BACK OF HEAD ON TOWEL RACK C/O DISCOMFORT IN NECK DX: NECK PAIN ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/08/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towel racks or bars, Toilets
85 YOF, WENT TO THE BATHROOM, FELT WEEK USED THE TOWEL RACK TO HELPLIFT OFF TOILET, WHEN TOWEL RACK BROKE, FELL DX: FRACTURE & LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/27/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
FOREHEAD LAC, PT STRUCK A TOWEL RACK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars, Bathtubs or showers
CONTUS/SKIN TEAR R 5TH TOE; IN SHOWER @ SCHOOL WHEN TOWEL BAR FELL ONTO TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
CUT THUMB ON TOWEL RACK/THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT SUS INJURY AFTER HITTING FINGER ON A METAL TOWEL RACK. DX FX LEFT F OURTH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2007	Age: 12 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
PT FELL AND HIT CHIN ON TOWEL BAR. DX: CHIN LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT SUS INJURY AFTER HITTING HEAD ON TOWEL RACK. DX CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
42 Y/O F INJURED L ELBOW WHEN HIT IT ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME. DX; L ELBOW CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2007	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	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
PT WAS BEING HELD AND BUMPED HEAD ON TOWEL BAR. D : CONTUSION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT STRUCK HEAD AGAINST A TOWEL RACK A FEW DAYS AGO CONTINUED PAIN IN HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT BENT OVER AT HOME YESTERDAY STRIKING HEAD ON A TOWEL RACK SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
HEAD LAC, PT HANGING FROM THE BATH TOWEL RACK, FELL DOWN & SUST INJURY AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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