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| Date: 12/23/2007 | Age: 26 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 WITH CORNEAL ABRASION FROM THE END OF A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2007 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Stairs or steps |
| PT HAD A FEW GLASSES OF WINE AND SLIPPED ON A TOWEL FALLING DOWN STAIRS DX: C3-4 FX, R RIB FX 7-9, R LOCULATED HEMOTHORAX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/16/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT BURNED HAND WHILE COOKING ON HOT DISHCLOTH THAT STUCK TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| WHILE DRYING OFF WITH TOWEL AFTER SHOWER, PT FELL, BACK PAIN-STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| MT FX-LS STRAIN-FELL WHILE REACHING FOR TOWEL FROM SHOWER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Day wear |
| MOTHER STATES WALKED IN ON SON WITH TOWEL ON & 5 YR OLD WITH PANTIES DOWN CHILD SAID BROTHER HAD HER LAY ON TOP OF HIM DX: ALLEGED SEX ASSA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2007 | Age: 85 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 |
| PT DRYING OFF WITH TOWEL SCRAPPED VERICOSE VEIN CAUSING HEMORRHAGE FROM VEIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2007 | Age: 52 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: Towels or cloths |
| BATHING HUSBAND WHO HAS G TUBE,REMOVED TOWEL THAT COVERED TUBE AND TUBE CAME OUT AND NOW NEEDS REPLACEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2007 | Age: 18 years | 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 |
| INFLAMMATION OF BROW RING SITE - SNAGGED ON TOWEL ONE TO TWO WEEKS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT PULLED TOE NAIL OFF WITH TOWEL 3 DAYS AGO DX/ TOE NAIL AVULSION LEFT SECOND TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2007 | Age: 25 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, Stairs or steps |
| SLIPPED ON WASHCLOTH & FELL DOWN STEPS DX CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2007 | Age: 25 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, Stairs or steps |
| 25YOF WAS CARRING LAUNDRY DOWN THE STEPS,A TOWEL WAS HANGING,GOT TANGLED IN TOWER,FELL APRROXIMATELY 5 STEPS;ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2007 | Age: 45 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 |
| WENT CAMPING, DOING LOTS OF CLEANING, SOF LBP LIFTING A HEAVY LOAD OF W ET TOWEL >> MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT TOWELING SELF OFF IN THE SHOWER ABD FELL LACERATION LEG- ON COUMADIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT WITH LAC TO FINGER WAS CUTTING CLOTH WITH A "ROTORCUTTER" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2007 | Age: 41 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, Bathtubs or showers |
| 41YOM WAS USING TOWEL TO DRY FOOT,HAD FOOT ON LEDGE OF BATHTUB,LOST BALANCE,SLIPPED HIT RIGHT SIDE OF BATHTUB;SHOULDER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| S'D&F ONTO WET TOWEL GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER >> ANKLE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/28/2007 | Age: 31 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 STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN BENDING OVER TO WRAP HAIR IN TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2007 | Age: 53 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 |
| BACK PAIN: PICKED UP A TOWEL, LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2007 | 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: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| P/W LIP LESION, STS AS A PIMPLE THAT MOM WIPED C WARM CLOTH, THEN AWOKE TODAY C LIP SWELLING >> CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2007 | Age: 68 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: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| 68YOF WAS COMING OUT OF SHOWER,REACHED FOR TOWEL,SLIPPED HITTING HEAD AND UPPER BACK OFF SHOWER WALL;BACK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| FB EAR, BLUE CLOTH REMOVED FROM EAR W/ALLIGATOR FORCEPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2007 | Age: 46 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 |
| LUMBAR STRAIN-PAIN WHEN SHE BENT OVER TO P/U A TOWEL FROM THE FLOOR-@ H OME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2007 | Age: 53 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 |
| EXPIERENCED LOW BACK PAIN WHEN TURNED TO PICK UP WASH CLOTH. DX LOW BAC K STRAIN# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2007 | 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 |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A TOWEL AND FELT A POP IN BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2007 | Age: 42 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, Other sound recording, reproducing or receiving equipment |
| PT SLIPPED ON A TOWEL AND HIT HER BACK ON A STERO AT HOME DX// LUMBAR CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2007 | 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: Towels or cloths |
| INJURED BACK, BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL @ HOME DX LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2007 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT AT THE NURSING HOME TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A LAC ERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT TWISTED THUMB ON A TOWEL, C/O PAIN. DX-FRACTURE RIGHT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2007 | Age: 3 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 |
| AT BABYSITTERS LAST NIGHT & WAS FLIPPING TOWEL, POSSIBLY GOT HIT IN FACE W/TOWEL, EYE IRRITATED-CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS BURNED IN HOUSE FIRE WHEN TOWELS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PT SLEPT. FD NS. DX: MULT SMALL AREAS OF BURNS R ARMS/R FLANK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2007 | Age: 24 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 |
| POPPED NECK WHILE TOWELING DRY DX; NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floor lamps or table lamps |
| TOWEL LEFT ON LAMP CAUGHT FIRE IN BEDROOM CAUSING SMOKE INHALATION, UNK IF FIRE DEPT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2007 | Age: 7 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 |
| CONTUSED EYE WITH TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 3 YOF WAS STANDING BEHIND MOM WHEN SHE WAS SHAKING OUT A TOWEL, & HIT PT'S FINGER - BRUISED. DX; MINOR FINGER TRAUMA- HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL TODAY INJURING HIS RT SHOULDER. DX-RIGHT HUMERAL HEAD FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2007 | Age: 41 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 SLIPPED ON WET RAG AND FELL HITTING HEAD. DX: NECK STRAIN, HEAD CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2007 | 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: Towels or cloths |
| SLIPPED ON TOWELS AND FELL ON BOTTOM COCCYX STRAIN DP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2007 | Age: 35 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 |
| PT WITH LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER BENDING OVER TO PICK UP SOME TOWELS. D:LO W BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Swimming pools |
| 4 YO F CLOSED HEAD INJURY CONTUSIONS TO FACE AND FOREHEAD TRIPPED ON TOWEL GETTING OUT OF POOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2007 | Age: 58 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, Bathtub or shower enclosures |
| 58YOM WAS STEPPING OUT OF SHOWER,USING A TOWEL TO DRY OFF,DEVELOPED LOWER BACK PAIN;LOWER BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2007 | Age: 13 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 MESSING AROUND WITH A FRIEND WHO SNAPPED THE TOWEL AND STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PATIENT JUST GOT OUT OF BATH, WAS WRAPPED IN TOWEL, ACCIDENTALLY FELL H ITTING HEAD ON WOOD PART OF COUCH; EYEBROW LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| DISLOCATED WHILE SHAKING OUT TOWEL AT BEACH DX: DISLOCATION SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2007 | Age: 48 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 |
| PICKING UP TOWEL AND INJ BACK RESULTING IN LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| CLEANING BATH TUB WITH CLOTH,FINGER POPPED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2007 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| POSSIBLE INJURY WHILE USING TOWEL AFTER BATH SCROTAL BLEEDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2007 | Age: 6 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 |
| CHILD WAS RUNNING AND SKID ON A WET TOWEL FALLING TO GROUND. DX CHI. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/10/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Other ranges or ovens |
| PT WAS REMOVING PAN OFF STOVE WITH A TOWEL, TOWEL CAUGHT FIRE DX: FIRST DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Paint or varnish thinners |
| PT HAD A RAG SOAKED W/PAINT THINNER IN POCKET. DX: L ABDOMINAL WALL BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Built-in swimming pools |
| FELL WHILE WALKING BESIDES POOL TRIPPED ON A TOWEL AND FELL ONTO FACE. NOSE BLEED. DX CHI FACIAL CONTUSION. NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| 31YMC C/O LOW BACK PAIN FROM TOWELING OFF IN SHOWER/STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| MOTHER WRAPPED PATIENT IN A TOWEL AFTER SHOWER, TRIPPED ON CORNER OF TO WEL HITTING HEAD ON EDGE OF DRESSER; FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| R EAR LAC/87YOF AT SENIOR LIVING, CAUGHT FOOT ON TOWEL IN BATHROOM ANDF ELL AND HIT EAR ON CABINET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| TRIPPED ON A TOWEL AT THE WATERPARK. DX LIP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT WRAPPED HERSELF IN TOWEL @ PARK, WAS UNABLE TO MOVE ARMS & FELL INJURING LOWER LIP & TEETH. DX-MOUTH CONTUSION, LWR LIP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT SUST INJURY TO PENIS ON A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| SOMEONE FLICKED A WET TOWEL EYE PAIN RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2007 | Age: 26 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 FELT A POP WHEN DRYING OFF WITH A TOWEL AFTER TAKING A SHOWER- STRAI NED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Toilets |
| PT SLIPPED ON A TOWEL AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON TOILET. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, SCALP LAC 4 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Towels or cloths, General purpose household cleaners |
| PT CLEANING WITH GOOF OFF ON A TOWEL AND WIPED FACE WITH THE TOWEL GOT IN RIGHT EYE CHEMICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Hot water |
| PT PUT DISH TOWEL IN HOT WATER, PULLED TOWEL OFF STOVE ONTO SELF BURNIN G ABDOMEN, CRYING W/PAIN, BLISTERING; 1ST & 2ND DEGREE SPLATTER BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| 59YOM DRYING OFF WITH TOWEL IN SHOWER FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SWINGING BATH TOWEL BEHIND HER BACK AND CAUGHT FINGER HYPEREXTENDING TH EM,SPRAINING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | 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 OUT ON THE BEACH SHAKING OUT A TOWEL AND GOT SAND IN RIGHT EYE ABRAS ION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2007 | Age: 46 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| LUMBAR STRAIN; BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL FROM FLOOR & FELT BACK TWIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Knives |
| PULLED A TOWEL OFF OF A COUNTER AND KNIFE FELL ON FOOT. DX=6 MM FOOT LA CERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT STATES HE HAS FUXX FROM HIS BATH TOWEL IN HIS EYE DX- F/B |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2007 | Age: 57 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 |
| CHEST PAIN WITH INCREASE DURING TOWEL FOLDING CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2007 | Age: 42 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 |
| FB LEFT EYE. PT WAS FOLDING TOWELS AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT HAS BEEN SCRATCHING EYE WITH TOWEL, CONTUSION TO EYE, RED, ITCHING, DRAINAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2007 | Age: 43 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 |
| LUMBAR STR. PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A WASHCLOTH AND STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | 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 ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN EYE W TOWEL CAUSING INJ DX: CORNEA ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| CERVICAL STRAIN: REACHED DOWN TO PICK TOWEL UP OFF FLOOR THIS AM FELT NECK PULL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2007 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT TRIPPED OVER TOWEL AND FELL ON OUTSTRETCHED ARM, NOW HOLDING AR M BENT AT ELBOW; NURSEMAID'S ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT CARRYING A DROPCLOTH CONTAINING WOOD, WHICH CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED PT'S HAND, NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 THE BEACH SHAKING OUT A TOWEL AND GOT SAND IN EYES FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 29 YO M WRIST PAIN INJURED WHEN TWISTING TO DRY SELF OFF WITH A TOWEL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2007 | Age: 79 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 |
| 79 YOF REACHED FOR TOWEL - STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Towel racks or bars |
| PT IN THE SHOWER PULLING A TOWEL OFF THE TOWEL RACK AND THE RACK FELL O FF THE EWALL LANDING ONTO RIGHT FOOT LACERATION FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LS STRAIN-PAIN WHILE REACHING FOR A TOWEL-@ HOSPITAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Stairs or steps |
| FOOT AB-TRIPPED ON A TOWEL-FELL ON STEPS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL, HURT BACK DX LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL STRIKING BACK OF HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD I NJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | 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 THE BEACH SHAKING OUT A TOWEL AND GOT SOME SAND IN RIGHT EYE ABRA SION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2007 | Age: 62 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 |
| PT INJURED L LEG 3WEEKS AGOREINJURED 2DAYS AGO,PICKING UP HEAVY LOAD OF TOWELS,LEFT LOWER BACK PAIN RADITES L HIP TO FOOT, DX SCIATICA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2007 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WIPED HIS FACE WITH A TOWEL THAT HAD SHAVING CREAM IN IT AND GOT IT INTO HIS EYES STARTED TO BURN CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/06/2007 | Age: 36 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, Ceilings and walls |
| 36 YO HANGING CLOTH ON WALL DEVELOPED RIB PAIN RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2007 | Age: 63 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: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| AT HOME PT REACHING FOR A TOWEL IN BATHTUB & FELL DX RIGHT HIP FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/05/2007 | Age: 39 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 |
| 39 YO F LOW BACK PAIN AFTER BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| TRIPPED ON TOWEL/LOWER LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2007 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT LACERATED PENIS WITH A BATH TOWEL WHEN MOM WAS DRYING HIM OFF AFTER BATH. DX: PENIS LACERATION, MILD NO REPAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Windowsills or frames |
| FOREHEAD LAC-TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL-FELL-FOREHEAD HIT WINDOW SILL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2007 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SLIPPED ON TOWEL IN BATHROOM AND FELL UNABLE TO GET UP BEING WEAK,ADMIT TED FOR PNEUMONIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/15/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 20 YO MALE SCRUBBED FACE WITH FACE CLOTH TWO DAYS AGO SKIN INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Other ranges or ovens |
| PT WITH 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO UPPER LEFT LEG AFTER TRYING TO GET PAN OUT OF OVEN AND TOWEL CAUGHT ON FIRE NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2007 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 82YRS FEMALE, PT REACHING FOR A TOWEL, FELL DOWN & GOT HURT IN THE NURSING HOME, TRF TO ACUTE CARE. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/28/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED SLIPPED ON A TOWELON A WOODEN FLOOR -FELL LEFT FOOT FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2007 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT JUST GOT OUT OF THE SHOWER AND DRYING OFF GOT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT IN THE TOWEL AND HYPEREXTENDED THE FINGER FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PATIENT RUBBED HIS EYE WITH A TOWEL TO GET LASHES OUT OF EYES AT HOME. EYES BEGAN BURNING TYPE PAIN. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| P/W EYE PAIN&REDNESS S/P SLEEPING C HOT TOWEL ON EYE " CONJ" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2007 | Age: 57 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, Cosmetics |
| CORNEAL AB AFTER WASHING MAKE UP OFF FACE WITH WASH CLOTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT STEPPED OUT OF SHOWER, SLIPPED ON TOWEL, FOOT WENT IN AIR, CAUGHT CO RNER OF SINK, FELL TO FLOOR. DX. CONT L FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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