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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,905
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2008 | Age: 76 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 |
| CHI.PT FELL IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON TOWEL BAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 57 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Other drugs or medications |
| 3 DAYS AGO, TRIPPED&FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST A TOWEL RACK, +BUMP ONTOH EAD>>CLOSED HEADINJUREY/HEMATOMA/ +P *** |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| DX FALL STRIK'G AN OBJECT/ABRASION HEAD/CONTU FACE: MECH FALL IN BATHRM THIS MORN'G AFTER CHR LOW BACK SPASMS, HIT L FACE ONTO TOWEL BAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT WITH CHI FROM A TOWEL RACK AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| HIT HAND ON TOWEL BAR IN BATHROOM AND FX WRIST AND THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| CHEST WALL PAIN-GRABBED TOWEL RACK FOR SUPPORT-RACK BROKE-PT FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Tablet or capsule drugs |
| HIT HEAD ON TOWEL BAR IN BATHROOM AND IS ON ***, AMOUNT NOT STATEDCONTU SION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 46 YOM SLIPPED IN HOTEL AND HIT FOREHEAD ON TOWEL RACK FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Soaps |
| PT LEANING OVER TO GRAB SOME SOAP FROM CERAMIC TOWEL RACK AND BROKE TOW EL RACK CUTTING SELF ON WRIST ACCIDENTLY. DX: LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS AT HOME SWINGING FROM A TOWEL BAR, FELL ON A WASTE BASKET CAUSING A PENILE LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 72 YOM FELL AND HIT HEAD ON BAR IN BATHROOM AT NURSING HOME; ABRASION H EAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT C/O INTERMITTENT HA & NAUSEA SINCE HITTING HER HED ON TOWEL RACK. F RONTAL ASPECT, SHARP LAST A FEW HOURS. HEAD CONTUSION HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT DX SCALP ABRASION - S/P AFTER TOWEL RACK BROKE AND FELL ON PT'S HEAD AT HOME TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 4 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 |
| HIT CORNER RT EYE ON TOWEL RACK LAST NIGHT. FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 20 YO FELL STRUCK NECK ON TOWEL RACK LAC NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| DENTAL INJURY - 2 YO FEMALE WAS HANGING FROM TOWEL BAR AT HOME AND FELL AND STRUCK FRONT TOOTH KNOCKING IT OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| HIT EWRIST ON A TOWEL RACK INJURY RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| STRUCK BACK ON TOWEL RACK/MUSCLE SPASM RT DORSAL THORAX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| HIT HEAD ONN TOWEL RACK IN BATHROOM YESTERDAY SYNCOPE/MIGRAINE * |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT DX HEAD CONCUSSION/TINEA CAPITIS - S/P PT HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK AND FELL AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| SHOULDER INJURY FROM GRABBING TOWEL BAR AND PULLED SHOULDER. DX-FALL, RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN, BACK PAIN POST SURGERY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| LEFT 4 AND 5 FINGER CONT/SPR. PT FELL WHEN GOING INTO BATHROOM AND HIT HAND ON A TOWEL RACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| VIDEO GAME FELL OVER;DX CONTUSED LOWER TRUNK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT STRUCK HEAD ON PAPER TOWEL HOLDER. DX: HEAD ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT FELL TODAY IN BATHROOM AND HIT TOWEL RACK. DX: RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | Age: 33 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 WITH HEADACHE. PASSED OUT IN BATHROOM YESTERDAY. UNSURE IF HIT HEAD BUT NOTED TOWEL RACK CROOKED. D: HEADACHE, CHI, SYNCOPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| DX CONTU, DORSUM OF R FOOT: DROPPED A METAL TOWEL RACK ON R FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| FELL ON TOWEL RACK;DX LACERATED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT BENT DOWN AND HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK. D: CHI, ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| CUT TOP OF FOOT WHEN TOWEL RACK FELL ;DX LACERATED FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT HIT HIS HEAD ON A TOWEL RACK IN A GROUP HOME DX LT EYEBROW LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| STRUCK HEAD ON TOWEL RACK DX: CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| SCALP & FACIAL LAC/66YOM SLIPPED IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON TOWEL BAR. ALSO LAC UNDER R EYE.NO DIZZINESS OR LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 6 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: Towel racks or bars |
| FELL AGAINST TOWEL RACK;DX LACERATED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | 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 HIT HEAD ON A TOWEL RACK, SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| STATES WAS DRYING HER HANDS AT HOME, LOST HER BALANCE AND GRABBED A TOWEL RACK WITH HER LT WRIST. NONDISPLACE FX LT WRIST* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 2 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 |
| PT SUS CONTUSION TO FACE AFTER STRICKING IT AGAINST TOWEL RACK IN BATHROOM% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| TOWEL BAR FELL ON FOOT DX: FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| AT HOME PT BUMPED L ELBOW AGAINST TOWEL RACK & REINJURED ELBOW AT WORK, DX CONTUSION TO L ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 21 YO HIT IN FACE BY PAPER TOWEL RACK CONTUSION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| DX CEPHALGIA, IMPROVED: SYNCOPE EPISODE, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TOWEL HOLDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 3 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 |
| SLIPPED IN BATHROOM - RAN INTO TOWEL RACK DX: LAC TO EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2008 | Age: 80 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 |
| CHI,RT ELBOW CONTSION.PT FELL INTO A TOWEL RACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL IN SHOWER, LAC TO R SHOULDER, HIT ON TOWEL RACK DX; 3 CM SHOULDER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2008 | Age: 76 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 |
| TOWEL RACK FELL ON FOOT. DX- L ANKLE AND FOOT CONTUSIONS # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| INJURED FINGER ON A TOWEL RACK THIS MORNING LACERATED THUMB * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2008 | Age: 72 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 |
| PT BENT OVER STRUCK FOREHEAD ON TOWEL RACK, CAUSED LACT TO FOREHEAD AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Paper products |
| TRYING TO GET A PAPER TOWEL AND THE WHOLE RACK FELL ON HER. DX. R FOOT INJURY* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT LEANED ON A TOWEL RACK WHICH COLLAPSED. DX: CHEST CONT, 9TH RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PASSED OUT IN BATHROOM AT RESTAURANT HIT BACK ON TOWEL RACK. DX THORACI CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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