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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,083
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	19
Year 1999:	66
Year 2000:	163
Year 2001:	100
Year 2002:	60
Year 2003:	30
Year 2004:	105
Year 2006:	40
Year 2008:	220
Year 2009:	113
Year 2010:	162

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	29
6-15 years old:	75
16-25 years old:	81
26-50 years old:	252
50+ years old:	643

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/23/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
52YOF SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO RIBS TRIPPED AND FELL STRUCK CHEST ON A TOWEL RACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2010	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
22 Y/O MALE FELL & HIT RIBS ON A TOWEL BAR AT HOME A FEW DAYS AGO DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2010	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towel racks or bars
16 YO F HAD A PAPERTOWEL HOLDER THROWN AT HER DX: MINOR BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2010	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
50 Y/O F SLIPPED & FELL HITTING LT BREAST ON TOWEL RACK IN BATHROOM 3D AYS AGO. DX LT BREAST CONRUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
89YOF LOST BALANCE AND FELL ONTO TOWEL RACK AT HOME CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT WAS FIXING TOWEL RACK & FELL IN BATHROOM DX;#THORACIC CONTUSION, UPPER BACK
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: 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

Date: 02/04/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towel racks or bars, Doors
WAS IN BATHROOM, SLIPPED AND FELL, THINKS SHE TRIED TO GRAB TOWEL RACK, FELL BACKWARDS, HIT HEAD ON DOOR. DX. L RIB FXS, CONT. R TONGUE,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
FELL ON TOWEL BAR WHICH BROKE CUT CHEST LACERATION LEFT CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
FELL AGAINST TOWEL BAR DX. RIB CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT WAS PLAYING ON TOWEL RACK AND FELL. DX: ABR BACK, PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/08/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT FELL AND HIT TOWEL RACK. DX: CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towel racks or bars, Ceilings and walls
WOKE UP, TO BATHROOM, BLACKED OUT PULLED TOWEL RACK OFF WALL, +LOC. SY NCOPE, ACUTE CHEST PAIN, LEFT BBB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/19/2001	Age: 97 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, Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/02/2001	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2001	Age: 63 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
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/22/2000	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2000	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2000	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars, Sinks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/1999	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towel racks or bars
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/1997	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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