Accidents - Towel racks or bars - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,305
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	31
Year 1999:	84
Year 2000:	86
Year 2002:	242
Year 2003:	277
Year 2004:	75
Year 2005:	98
Year 2006:	110
Year 2007:	146
Year 2008:	6
Year 2009:	82
Year 2010:	63

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	110
26-50 years old:	360
50+ years old:	833

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/19/2010	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
75YOF ABR HIP ON TOWEL RACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2010	Age: 72 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
LUMBAR CONTUSION.72YOM FELL INTO A TOWEL RACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2010	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towel racks or bars
30 YOF FELL IN BATHROOM AND LANDED ON TOWEL RACK. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towel racks or bars, Floors or flooring materials
PT LEANED ON A TOWEL RACK THAT GAVE WAY AND FELL TO FLOOR, LUMBAR SPRAIN
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: 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: 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: 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: 08/26/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT FELL INTO TOWEL RACK, CONTUSION TO BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Towel racks or bars, Towels or cloths
DX ABDOMINAL HEMATOMA: REACHING FOR TOWEL ON RACK, RACK CAME LOOSE AND PT FELL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2006	Age: 80 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
PAIN TO BACK FELL TRYING TO GRAB TOWEL RACK DX: CONTUSION TO BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2005	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towel racks or bars
FELL DIZZY, GRABBED TOWEL RACK TO BRACE FALL, FELL & HIT HEAD DX: HTN, BACK SPRAIN 2ND COMPRESSION FX, DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/17/2005	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towel racks or bars
DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: FELL IN BATHROOM, STRUCK TOWEL RACK AND WRENCHED BACK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towel racks or bars, Floors or flooring materials
PT COULDN'T GET OUT OF BED, CRAWLED TO BATHROOM AND TRIED TO PULL HIMSE LF UP USING THE TOWEL RACK, TOWEL RACK GAVE & PT FELL TO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2004	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT FELL IN BATHROOM DURING THE NIGHT AND HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK. COMPLA INING OF HIP PAIN. D: HIP FX, UTI. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 53 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
PT SLIPPED IN BATHROOM AND GRABBED TOWEL BAR WHICH BROKE. DX: INTRACTABLE HIP PX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 66 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, Toilets
PT. WAS TRYING TO MOVE FROM WHEELCHAIR TO COMMODE , WAS LEANING ON TOWEL RACK, WHICH BROKE, CAUSING PATIENT TO FALL INJURING LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towel racks or bars, Ceilings and walls
LOW BACK PAIN/50YOM AT WK 3 NIGHTS AGO, FELL BACKWARDS & HIT HIS HEAD O N TOWEL BAR & HIT BACK INTO THE WALL. NOW C/O EXCRUICIATING PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2002	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towel racks or bars, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED AGAINST TOWEL RACK FALLING TO FLOOR DX: FRACTURE TO HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/20/2000	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towel racks or bars
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2000	Age: 93 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/1999	Age: 92 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/1999	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towel racks or bars
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/03/1998	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/1998	Age: 10 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/1998	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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