Accidents - Towels or cloths - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,981
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	198
6-15 years old:	233
16-25 years old:	414
26-50 years old:	1,882
50+ years old:	2,252

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	1,371	Eyeball:	579
Finger:	575	Face:	410
Shoulder:	346	Head:	310
Upper Trunk:	231	Lower Arm:	150
Neck:	148	Wrist:	117
Hand:	101	Foot:	101
Ankle:	86	Lower Leg:	86
Elbow:	73	Pubic Region:	73
Upper Arm:	59	Upper Leg:	59
Mouth:	55	All Of Body:	21
Knee:	15	Toe:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS HIT IN LT EYE WITH A TOWEL DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths, Stairs or steps
PT TRIPPED OVER TOWELS ON STAIRS INJURING (L) FOOT DX- FOOT SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	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
SHOULDER PAIN WHILE HANGING UP A TOWEL DX: SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2006	Age: 77 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, Bathtub or shower enclosures
THREW A TOWEL OVER THE SHOIWER ENCLOSURE AND FELT "POP" IN RT. HIP. RT. HIP PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Towels or cloths
1ST DEGREE BURN OF L INDEX & THIRD FINGERS & R MIDDLE FINGER SECONDARY TO DISH CLOTH THAT WAS ON FIRE, N/S IN REPORT OF F. DEPT. INVOLVEMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Towels or cloths
PT DRYING FOOT WITH TOWEL AND BUMPED VEIN ON FOOT/ HEMORRHAGE TO FOOT
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 12/13/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths, Spot removers or cleaning fluids
PATIENT RUBBED RAG WITH CLEANING AGENT ON FACE AND RESULTED IN CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2006	Age: 33 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: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials
STRAIN LOW BACK - 33 YO MALE REPORTS HAVING LOWER BACK PAIN SINCE HE SL IPPED ON A TOWEL ON HIS KITCHEN FLOOR LAST NIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths, Animal induced injury
36 YO F FRACTURE TO FINGER CAUGHT FINGER IN TOWEL WHILE DRYING DOG*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT SUSTAINED SUPERFICIAL INJURY OF RT CORNEA DUE TO AN END POINT OF A TOWEL THAT ENTERED THE RT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS WASHING LEG W/WASHCLOTH AND VERICOSE VEIN STARTED BLEEDING. DX: L LOWER LEG VARICOSE VEIN BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
72 YO MALE TRIPPED ON TOWEL IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON TUB AT CASINO FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2006	Age: 84 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: Towels or cloths
SLIPPED ON A TOWEL&FELL " FLANK CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2006	Age: 30 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, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON TOWEL ON BATHROOM FLOOR AT HOME INJURING ANKLE. WEARING SAN DLES. DX : SPRAIN ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Cabinet or door hardware
PT WAS GETTING TOWEL OFF THE BACK OF THE COAT HOOK STRUCK LOWER ARM ON THE HOOK ABRASION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2006	Age: 25 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
PIECE OF FUZZ WENT INTO EYE DRYING FACE WITH TOWEL/FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2006	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths, Ironing boards or covers
IN HER BASEMENT FOLDING TOWELS AND TRIPPED ON IRONING BOARD LEG AND FEL L HUMERUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT HURT FINGER WHILE DRYING OFF AFTER A SHOWER RIGHT RING FINGER FLEXOR TENDON AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	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
RIGHT AND LEFT HAND BURNS. PT BURNED HANDS WHEN GREASE CAUGHT FIRE AND PT TRIED TO DOUSE THE FLAMES WITH A TOWEL. FD AT BEDSIDE - ? AT SCENE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2006	Age: 78 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, Clothing
PT. FELL ON TOWELS PICKING UP CLOTHES TO WASH AT HOME. DX. CONT R HIP, FACE, R THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT SLIPPED ON WET TOWEL IN BATHROOM, FELL HITTING FACE, CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2006	Age: 79 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: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
L 9TH RIB FX: BRONCHITIS: REACHED FOR A TOWEL, LOST BALANCE, FELL BACK- WARDS BETWEEN BATHTUB AND TOILET, HIT RIBS ON TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
STRAIN NECK - 36 YO FEMALE COMPLAINS OF SUDDEN., WORSENING NECK PAIN - ONSET WHEN DRYING HAIR WITH A TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towels or cloths
PT FELL WHILE TWISTING A TOWEL AND LANDED ON RIBS. DIFFICULT HX TO OBTA IN DUE TO DEMENTIA. D:RIB FXS, PTX, MINOR CHI, LUNG GRANULOMA. ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/23/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials
PT RUNNING AT HOME, SLIPPED ON TOWEL LAYING ON FLOOR, FELL TO FLOOR, CO NTUSION RT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT DX LT CORNEAL ABRASION - PT C/O SLAPPED IN THE EYE WITH TOWEL LAST NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 3 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Pacifiers or teething rings
PT. WENT TO WIPE MOUTH W/CLOTH, WHEN HE DID PT'S HEAD WENT FORWARD AND HIT L EYE ON PACIFIER. DX. TEAR TO MOUTH, ABRA TO L SIDE OF MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Sinks
DX FOREHEAD LACERATION: SLIPPED ON TOWEL IN BATHROOM AND HIT SINK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS TOWELING OFF AFTER SHOWER WHEN SHE HAD NECK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 25 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 OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL AND SLIPPED STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Other manual workshop tools
PT REACHED FOR A TOWEL AND RAN HAND OVER A SCRAPER. DX: R HAND LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towels or cloths
FELL WHILE REACHING FOR A TOWEL. DX. MINOR HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2006	Age: 65 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
LEFT KNEE STRAIN.PT BENT MOVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL AND INJURED KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Towels or cloths, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
TOWELS IGNITED ON THEIR OWN CAUSING FIRE AT HOUSE, BROKE WINDOW TO ESCA PE, FD ATTENDED FIRE DX: SMOKE INHALATION, L HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
L CORNEAL ABRAS. PAIN & FB SENSATION AFTER WIPING FACE WTH TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 26 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
B/L PARATHORACIC CONTUSION & MUSCLE STRAIN: SLIPPED ON TOWEL IN BATHTUB AND FELL BACKWARDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Towels or cloths
SMOKE INHALATION WHEN KITCHEN TOWEL CAUGHT ON FIRE.FIRE DEPT ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PAIN LEFT SHOULDER SHAKING TOWEL OUT LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT DRYING HAIR WITH TOWEL, FELT POP IN LT SHOULDER, STRAINED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2006	Age: 61 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: Avulsion
Product: Towels or cloths
TORE OFF MOLE ON BACK WHILE DRYING WITH TOWEL AVULSION MOLE LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2006	Age: 50 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: Towels or cloths
MUSCULAR HIP STRAIN - HIP POPPED WHEN KICKING A TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Towels or cloths
PT HAD HOT TOWEL ON LOWER BACK; TB LUMBAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
PT SLIPPED ON A TOWEL IN HER HOUSE AND FELL FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
PATIENT HAD A HYPEREXTENSION INJURY TO FINGER AS SHE WAS CLEANING WITH A CLOTH AT HOME. DX-FINGER INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
LEFT THUMB LAC, PT WAS CLEANING A GRINDING DISC WITH A TOWEL AND CUT TH UMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS WALKING WITH A TOWEL OVER HIS FACE TO KEEP THE SUN OUT DID NOT S EE CURB AND FELL OVER THE CYRB STRIKING FACE ON THE ROADWAY LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths
6 YOM WAS REACHING FOR TOWEL, FELL BACKWARDS CAUSING LACERATION TO B ACK OF HEAD. NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
61 YO FEMALE HAS BACK PAIN AFTER PICKING UP TOWEL TONITE BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WITH NECK PAIN SINCE YESTERDAY WHEN FELT "BONE GO OUT OF PLACE" WHIL E DRYING HAIR WITH TOWEL. D: STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 4 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths, Air conditioners
LEFT WET TOWEL ON PTS HEAD TOO LONG & TURNED AC ON TOO SOON THINKING SH E CAUSED PT TO START SNEEZING & COUGHING D-CONGESTION, NASAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
AXIAL PULL WITH A TOWEL FINGER FX /SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 45 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
BACK STRAIN-PAIN-@ HOME-WHEN SHE BENT TO PICK UP A TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WITH FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYE, PT WASHED HER HANDS WITH WASH CL OTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT USING TOWEL AT HOME, CAUGHT LT 3RD FINGER IN TOWEL. STRAIN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2006	Age: 51 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: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
BACK PAIN/51YOM 2 DAYS AGO SHOOK DROP CLOTH AND BACK SEIZED UP. HX OF B ACK SPASMS. MVA 2/06.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
RT 3RD FINGER FRACTURE.PT TWISTED FINGER IN A TOWEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
PT TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL AND INJURED TOE.DX TOE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
FELL WHILE PICKING UP TOWEL AND FX. NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Towels or cloths
28 YOF SLIPPED WHILE REACHING FOR TOWEL IN BATHROOM CAUSING DISLOCATION TO LEFT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2006	Age: 89 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, Towel racks or bars
PT WAS HANGING TOWELS AND RACK FELL AND INJURED WRIST. DX: SPRAIN WRIS T
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns
HANGING TOWEL UP IN BATHROOM,HIT A MARBLE STATUE OF AN ORCA WHALE WITH TOWEL,STATUE HIT PT'S HEAD DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
VAGINAL BLEEDING - SLIPPED ON A TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS PLAYING JUMP ROPE WITH A TOWEL AND FELL STRIKING FACE ON THE GRO UND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WENT TO DRY BACK AFTER TAKING A SHOWER WITH A TOWEL AND FELT RIGHT S HOULDER POP OUT OF PLACE DISLOCATED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL, HAD IMMEDIATE PAIN IN BACK DX: LUMBAR STR AIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths, General purpose household cleaners
CONTACT DERMATITIS.PT PICKED UP A WASH CLOTH WITH CLEANER ON IT AND USE D IT ON NFACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 36 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
PT BENT DOWN FOR TOWEL TO WRAP UP HAIR STATES BACK PAIN LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2006	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Ductwork for heating or cooling systems
PT WAS REACHING FOR A TOWEL IN BATHROOM AND SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING FOREARM ON HEATER REGISTER ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2006	Age: 70 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 WAS WASHING HER FACE WITH A WASH CLOTH AND NOTICED SOME PAIN IN RIGH T EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS PICKING UP A WASH CLOTH WHILE TAKING A SHOWER, LOST BALANCE AND FELL. DX. HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Towels or cloths
CAUGHT NAIL ON A TOWEL DX: R THUMB NAIL AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Towels or cloths, Soaps
HAD EYE SWELLING AND DRAINAGE AFTER RUBBING EYES WITH DIRTY WASHCLOTH W ITH SOAP OR CLEANING PRODUCT ON IT AT HOME; CHEMICAL BURN LIKELY SOAP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PAINTING & TRIPPED OVER DROP CLOTH DX L FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/05/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Chemicals
ANOTHER STUDENT WRAPPED A TOWEL WITH CHEMICALS IN IT AROUND PATIENT'S E YES AT SCHOOL, EYES EXPOSED TO CHEMICALS;CORNEAL ABRASION, CONJUNCTIVIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2006	Age: 71 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
71 YOM FOREIGN BODY EYE WHEN WASHING FACE WITH WASHCLOTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2006	Age: 32 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: Towels or cloths
32 YOF HAD BACKPAIN WHILE PICKING UP LOAD OF TOWELS. LWR BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 55 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. WENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL YEST, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. DX. ACUT E MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMBAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
FELT POP IN R SHOULDER WHEN TOWELING OFF DX: R SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	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
WASHING FACE, WIPPING FACE C TOWEL, SOMETHIGN GOT INTO EYE " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
WRINGING OUT A DISH RAG AND EXPERIENCED IMMEDIATE PAIN IN SHOULDER SPRA IN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
PT ACCIDENTLY HIT IN EYE WITH TOWEL BY DAUGHTER, EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
SLIPPED ON TOWEL/FOREHEAD CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Towels or cloths
PATIENT HAVING NOSEBLEEDING, SLIPPED ON TOWEL BUMPED FOREHEAD 3 DAYS AG O, 3 PREVIOUS NOSEBLEEDS; NOSE BLEED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials
PT SLIPPED ON WET TOWEL THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR AT HOME FELT A CRACK IN R IGHT FOOT STRAINED FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
FELL OVER TOWELS GETTING OUT OF SHOWER SCALP LACERATION/CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
PT LIFTED A TOWEL AND FELT POP. DX: L WRIST PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
PUT SPOILED RAW SEWAGE RAG IN MOUTH, SOILED BY DIRTY SEWAGE WATER DX: STABLE/ POSS. DIRTY RAG EXPOSED TO SEWAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2006	Age: 87 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: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
LT HIP PAIN - PAIN AFTER BENDING TO PICK UP A WASHRAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2006	Age: 38 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
38 YOF LUMBAR SRAIN PICKING UP A TOWEL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT INJURED BACK WHEN TRYING TO PICK UP TOWEL (PT MORBID OBESE) DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2006	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Towels or cloths, Hot water
INFANT W/ BURN TO ABD, PARENT WETTED CLOTH W/ HOT WATER, PLACED IT ON A BED TO COMFORT INFANT, CONCERNED IT WAS TOO HOT. DX: ABD BLISTERS. ADM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/18/2006	Age: 83 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
PT WAS REACHING BEHIND HIMSELF TO WIPE BACK OFF WITH A TOWEL AND STRAIN ED CHEST MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths
81 YOF FOREIGN BODY EYE AFTER WASHING FACE WITH A WASH CLOTH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2006	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Towels or cloths, Stairs or steps
FELL FROM STAIRS ONTO TOWELS DX: DENTAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT AT BEACH, SHAKING OUT TOWEL, GOT SAND IN EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Towels or cloths
WRINGING OUT A WASHCLOTH RUPTURED VESSEL OF HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
DRYING SELF OFF WITH A TOWEL WITH FOOT UP ON EDGE OF TUB, TWISTED BACK/ LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
TWISTED AROUND TO GRAB A TOWEL IN A HOTEL LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths, Towel racks or bars
FX PROXIMAL PHALANX RING FINGER: YESTERDAY WAS THROWING TOWEL ON RACK, HIT RING FINGER ON RACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2006	Age: 79 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
NOTED LUMP ON ABDOMEN WHILE TOWELING OFF AFTER SHOWER AT HOME. DX: ING UINAL HERNIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths
50 YOF HAD A RASH ON HER LEG. SHE WAS DRYING LEG WITH A TOWEL AND BROKE OPEN A VARICOSE VEIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
SLIPPED ON A TOWEL/FOREHEAD CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2006	Age: 70 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
PT WAS SHAKING OUT A TOWEL AND DISLOC HIP. DX: L HIP DISLOCATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Towels or cloths
USING RAG WHICH CAUGHT FIRE BURNS TO FINGER NO FD INVOLVEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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