Accidents - Towels or cloths - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,430
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	514
6-15 years old:	326
16-25 years old:	289
26-50 years old:	553
50+ years old:	745

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	460	Lower Trunk:	381
Shoulder:	280	Toe:	174
Face:	165	Lower Leg:	136
Finger:	99	All Of Body:	91
Lower Arm:	83	Hand:	82
Upper Trunk:	76	Mouth:	73
Internal:	68	Ear:	68
Knee:	67	Wrist:	38
Neck:	36	Pubic Region:	15
Head:	15	Ankle:	11

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PATIENT RUBBED FACE WITH A TOWEL YESTERDAY, HAS FACIAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2002	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
PT. TRIPPED OVER BATH TOWEL AND INJURED FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Towels or cloths, Laundry hampers
PT WAS BENDING OVER AT HOME PULLING SOEM TOWELS OUT OF A LAUNDRY HAMPER DISLOCATED LEFT HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/16/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Towels or cloths, Heaters or heating systems
CHILD FIGHTING OVER TOWEL WITH SISTER-LET TOWEL GO-FELL AND HIT HEATER WITH BACK/SHOULDERS DX SECOND DEGREE BURN TO SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Towels or cloths, Solvents
18 Y.O. W MALE W/BURN TO HANDS. PT STS A TOWEL HAD SOME SOLVENT IN IT & IT CAUGHT ON FIRE & PT GRABBED IT & RAN OUTSIDE. NS IF FD ATTD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT IN THE EYE WITH A TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Towels or cloths
BURN LT HAND YESTERDAY-TOWEL CAUGHT ON FIRE. ACUTE 2ND DEGREE BURN LT H AND, DRAINAGE OF SEROUS BLISTERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths
SCALP LAC, PT DROPPED A WASH CLOTH AND THEN SLIPPED ON IT HITTING HEAD,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
LT WRIST SPRAIN-AT HOME-WHILE SQUEEZING A WASH CLOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths
RUBBED A CLOTH AGAINST EYE DX. CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
TOWELING OFF AT HOME APPROXIMATELY 1830, EXPERIENCED FOREIGN BODY SEN- SATION OF LEFT EYE, NO FB SEEN IN ER. DX CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
SPRAINED ANKEL WHEN SLIPPED ON TOWEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
WRIST SPRAIN, TENDONITIS - 58 YOF NOTICED PAIN TO WRIST THREE DAYS AGO AFTER TWISTING A TOWEL, INJURY TO RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
SPRAINED ANKLE WHEN TRIPPED OVER TOWEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
RUPTURED VARICOSE VEIN - LOWER LEG BEGAN BLEEDING WHEN RUBBING IT WITH A TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT BENDING OVER DRYING HAIR WITH TOWEL DEVELOPED BACK PAIN DX:LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET TOWEL OFF SHELF DX SPRAINED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL IN SHOWER, FELT POP C/O BACK PAIN ALL DOWN LOWER BACK AND HIPS. DX: ACUTE LBP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials
PT. BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL ON FLOOR, FELT PAIN IN MIDDLE LOWER BACK . DX. CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WITH PAIN AT SITE OF INCISION AFTER PULLING STITCHES BY USING A TOWEL TO DRY OFF DX: BREAST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths
SPECK OF METAL FROM CLEANING RAG TO EYE 2 DAYS AGO, C/O HEADACHE. DX: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Towels or cloths
35 Y/O M C/O LEFT SHOULDER DISLOCATE - WHILE DRYING BACK WITH TOWEL. DX: DISLOCATED SHOULDER RIGHT ANTERIOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT BENT TO PICK UP A TOWEL. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT AND HER BROTHER WERE PLAYING AROUND AND WAS HIT WITH A WASH CLOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths
TRIPPED ON BEACH TOWEL/ LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Tableware and accessories
PT WAS RUNNING WITH A TOWEL & STEPPED ON THE TOWEL & FELL DOWN WHILE H OLDING SIPPY CUP IN MOUTH, LOWER LIP LACERATION. D: LACERATION LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Towels or cloths
SUBCONJUCTUAL HEMMORRHAGE - HIT SELF WITH A TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
20 YOWF WAS BITTEN BY A SPIDER WHEN SHE GRABBED A TOWEL WHILE STEPPING OUT OF THE SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths, Built-in swimming pools
PT WAS AT A LOCAL POOL, WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE GRASS, JUMPED A TOWELAN D CAUGHT TOE ON THE TOWEL AND BENT TOE BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials
BENT OVER TO PUT TOWEL OVER HEAD, DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN, FELL ONTO FLOOR. DX: LT. SCIATICA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT INJURED BACK WHILE TOWEL DRYING HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
PT HAD A STYE TO RIGHT EYELID. USED A WARM WASHCLOTH WHICH OPENED STYE. DX: STYE RIGHT EYELID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
NECK STRAIN, TORTICOLLIS - 24 YOF WEARING A TOWEL WRAPPED AROUND HER HE AD, SNAPPED HER NECK WRONG AND NOW UNABLE TO MOVE IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PERNEUM AB-SCRATCHED WHILE WASHING HERSELF W/A CLOTH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths
PT USED WASH CLOTH AND HAD EYE PX. DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS, CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths, Washing machines
45 Y.O. B FEMALE W/FX FINGER. PT WAS PULLING ON A TOWEL TO REMOVE IT FR OM UNDER SOMETHING & STRUCK FINGER ON WASHING MACHINE @ HOME. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL AND GOT DIZZY DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
DIRECT TRAUMA TO R EYE, HIT W/TOWEL WHILE DRYING HAIR AT 7 AM. DX. COR NEAL ABRA R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2002	Age: 78 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: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
78 YO F GOT TANGLED IN TOWEL FELL BACKWARD ONTO BACK BACK PAIN(LOW BACK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
PATIENT FELL BACKWARDS WHILE THROWING A TOWEL. DX-LEFT DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT BENT TO PICK UP WASH CLOTH AND HAS PX. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
TRIPPED OVER TOWEL, CAUGHT TOE. NONWORKSPRAINED RIGHT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2002	Age: 64 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: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON TOWEL LAYING ON BATHROOM FLOOR AND FELL, HIT TUB WITH UPPERB ACK, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
SCRATCHED LEFT EYE WITH TOWEL. DX: SCLERAL ABRASION, LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2002	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Towels or cloths
PATIENT GOT CHOKED ON PIECE OF CLOTH AND THEN SWALLOWED. DX: INGESTIO N ON PIECE OF CLOTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
LEFT CORN ABR. PT AND HER FRIEND WERE SNAPPING TOWELS AT EACH OTHER AND PT WAS HIT IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
HAIR GOT CAUGHT IN TOWEL - PULLED AND HURT NECK. D: ACUTE CERVICAL ST RAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Towels or cloths
TAKING A BATH USING A WASH CLOTH. WHEN WASHING LEG STARTED BLEEDING. HEMORRHAGE RT LOWER LEG 2ND TO VARICOSE VEIN. DO NOT CONTACT PT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
SHOULDER STRAIN- SUSTAINED WHILE SHE WAS TOWELING HERSELF OFF IN THE SH OWER AND SHE REACHED BEHIND HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
SCRATCHED RIGHT EYE WITH A WASH CLOTH THIS MORNING BATHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2002	Age: 24 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: Towels or cloths
SLIPPED ON TOWEL AND FELL ON LEFT SIDE. NONWORK. LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 25 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: Towels or cloths, Laundry baskets
BACK PAIN-AT HOME-AFTER SHE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL AND LAUNDRY BASKET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Towels or cloths, Chairs
RT 4TH FINGER DISLOCATION-AT HOME-"PUSHING A TOWEL DOWN INTO A CHAIR"- FELT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths
FOREIGN BODY EYEBALL FROM TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
EAR ACHE FOR 1 HOUR, PPUT HOT WASH CLOTH OVER EAR WITHOUT REKIEF AT HOJ E. DX: OTITIS MEDIA, RSV.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT TRIPPED ON A TOWEL. DX: L GREAT TOE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
HIT SELF IN EYE WITH DRY TOWEL DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
LAST NIGHT CLEANING WITH TOWEL, HURT WRIST WHILE WRINGING TOWEL DX: LEFT WRIST INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2002	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: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
THORACIC CT-@ HOME-REACHING FOR TOWEL ON A RACK- FELL-HIT BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Towels or cloths
ON **, NOSEBLEED UNABLE TO CONTROL, SOAKED 2 WASHCLOTHES AND A TOWEL. ACUTE EPITAXIS, RESOLVED, ** THERAPY, CONGENITAL HT DZ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
STARTED CRYING WHEN MOM WIPED FACE WITH TOWEL;CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
BACK PAIN AFTER BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL DX BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths
PUT CLOTH IN NOSE DX: FB NOSTRIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT INJURED BACK WHILE REACHING FOR TOWEL DX BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
22 Y.O. W MALE W/CERVICAL STRAIN. PT STS HE WAS DRYING HIMSELF W/A TOWEL & TURNED NECK & FELT A POP. E927
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 87 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: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials
87 Y.O. W FEMALE W/BACK CONTUSION. PT WAS REACHING FOR HER BATH CL OTH & LOST HER BALANCE & FELL TO FLOOR IN BATHROOM @ HOME. PT ADM. E888
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Towels or cloths, Tableware and accessories
GLASS IN LEFT PALM - WASHING DISHES & PIECE OF GLASS IN TOWEL- SQU EEZED TOWL & GLASS GOT STUCK IN HAND. D: NO DX; LEFT W/OUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
AT HOME DRYING OFF W TOWEL AFTER SHOWER HAD SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 78 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: Towels or cloths
AFTER SHAKING TOWEL OUT PAIN IN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2002	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Towels or cloths, Washing machines
SOFT TISSURE AVULSION R INDEX FINGER, PUTTING TOWEL THROUGH WRINGER WASHER AND CAUGHT FINGER ON ROLLER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/04/2002	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	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: Towels or cloths
90 YOM FELL WHILE PICKING UP TOWEL CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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