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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 220
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 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: 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: 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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