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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 167
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/30/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| CHEST WALL STRAIN.PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL AND HAD PAIN IN CHEST . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2005 | Age: 18 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WITH THORACIC PAIN WHEN REMOVING TOWEL AFTER SHOWERING TODAY. D: THO RACIC STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT WAS REACHING FOR A TOWEL 2 NIGHTS AGO AND HAD A MECHANICAL TRIP & FALL SUSTAINING RIGHT RIB PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/29/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL AND FELL ONTO FLOOR AT HOME (THORACIC COMPRESSION FRACTURE) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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