Accidents - Towels or cloths - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,849
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	290
6-15 years old:	774
16-25 years old:	729
26-50 years old:	1,167
50+ years old:	1,887

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	824	Head:	478
Eyeball:	442	All Of Body:	390
Upper Trunk:	375	Face:	361
Knee:	237	Wrist:	229
Neck:	208	Toe:	187
Hand:	156	Pubic Region:	144
Ankle:	140	Shoulder:	108
Foot:	99	Lower Leg:	90
Upper Leg:	82	Ear:	76
Lower Arm:	70	Finger:	70
Unkown:	30	Elbow:	15
Upper Arm:	15	Mouth:	12

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2009	Age: 86 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, Floors or flooring materials
86YOF REACHING UP TO GET A TOWEL,LOST BALANCE FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD ON FLOOR;SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 76 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
CONTUSION RT.EYE.PT.REFERS WHILE BENDING DOWN TO PICK UP CLOTH,ACCIDENT ALLY HITTING WOOD STICK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
SPRAIN THUMB - 6 YO FEMALE HURT HER LEFT THUMB WHEN MOM WAS TAKING HER OUT OF THE BATHTUB AND CHILD'S THUMB GOT CAUGHT UP IN TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
72YO HISP FEMALE TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL FELL LANDED ON L HIP DX CLOSED HIP FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/17/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths
USING WASHING CLOTH TO THE FACE NOW WITH PRURITIC RASH >>IRRITANT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
50YOF CONTUSION TO WRIST HIT ON SHELF WHILE PUTTING TOWLES AWAY AT HOME **
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Towels or cloths, Bleachers
DX PATELLAR DIS/PATELLAR TENDINITS: 16YOM: REACH'G DOWN TO PICK UP TOWEL; BACK ON KNEE HIT BLEACHER, PATELLAR DIS LAT. KNEE CAP REDUCED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2009	Age: 42 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
42 YOF C/O EYE PAIN, THINKS MAYBE SHE CAUSED IT WITH A TOWEL AT HOME. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Towels or cloths, Day wear
PT TRIED TO PUT OUT KITCHEN FIRE W/TOWEL & CLOTHES CAUGHT FIRE. +FD. DX: FULL THICKNESS BURNS CHEST/ABDOMEN, PARTIAL THICK BURN FACE 50%TBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/09/2009	Age: 40 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, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
WHILE DECORATING CHRISTMAS TREE, PIECE OF CLOTH FELL, LANDED ON CANDLE, STARTED TO BURN, WAS NEAR TREE,PT PICKED CLOTH UP, BURNED HAND,NO F.D.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2009	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
23 MO MALE RUNNING AROUND WITH A TOWEL ON HEAD AND HIT A SHELF. DX FAC E LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
30YOF MOM WAS CLEANING TOYS WITH A TOWEL HAD CLEANING SOLUTION ON IT PT USED TOWEL TO WIPE FACE AND BROKE OUT IN A RASH CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	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
PT CHEWING ON WASH CLOTH AT HOME AND CAP BROKE OFF OF TOOTH; CROWN FRAC TURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
81YOF AT THE NURSING HOME HAVING FACE WASHED WITH A WASH CLOTH AND SUST AINED A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2009	Age: 44 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 FOLDING LAUNDRY AND TOWEL HIT EYE. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2009	Age: 12 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
HIT WITH TOWEL;DX CONTUSED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2009	Age: 28 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
28 YOM PT BENT HEAD DOWN TO TOWEL DRY HAIR; FELT POP/PULL IN NECK. CER VICAL MYOFASICAL STRAIN - ACUTE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
PT DRYING SELF W TOWEL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER CAUSED SHOULDER INJ DX: SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2009	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
91YOF AT THE NURSING HOME GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER SLIPPED ON A TOWEL AND FRACTURED PELVIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/03/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towels or cloths
45 YO M PRISON INMATE STATES HE SLIPPED ON TOWEL AND FELL HITTING BACK OF HEAD TONIGHT. NOW HEAD/NECK PAIN. DX:SKULL FX, SAH, SDH, LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/24/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Towels or cloths
HAIRSPRAY HUFFING:CAUGHT HUFFING AEROSOL HAIRSPRAY THROUGH A TOWEL @ GROUP HOME @ 9:30 AM,SEEN 3 PM,CDC NTF,STATED SHOULD HAVE NO EFFECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Towels or cloths
HAIRSPRAY HUFFING:DISCOVERED HUFFING AEROSOL HAIR SPRAY ,SPRAYING ON A TOWEL @ GROUP HOME 9 AM,SEEN 3PM,CDC NTF,STATED SHOULD HAVE NO EFFECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Towels or cloths
HAIRSPRAY HUFFING:CAUGHT HUFFING *** HAIRSPRAY THROUGH A TOWEL @GROUP H OME 9:30 AM,CDC NTF,STATED SHOULD HAVE NO EFFECT/SEEN IN ER 3 PM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Towels or cloths
HAIRSPRAY HUFFING:DISCOVERED HUFFING AEROSOL HAIRSPRAY THRU A TOWEL@ 9: 30 AM @ GROUP HOME,SEEN 3 PM, CDC NTF, STATED SHOULD HAVE NO EFFECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL AND HIT HEAD ON SHELF CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2009	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths, Laundry soaps or detergents
1MOM MOM WASHED FACE WITH A WASHCLOTH THAT WAS WASHED IN A BRAND NEW DE TERGENT AND PT DEVELOPED A RASH TO FACE CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths
16YOF AT THE BEACH LYAING ON A HOTEL TOWEL AND DEVELOPED A RASH TO UPPE R TRUNK CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2009	Age: 20 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, Bathtubs or showers
BEGAN HAVING RT LOWER BACK PAIN RADIATING INTO RT HIP AFTER BENDING OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL AFTER GETTING OUT OF SHOWER. STRAIN TO LOW BACK*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2009	Age: 47 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
DX MECH LBP: BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL A FEW D AGO W ONSET R SACRAL DISCOMF W RAD DOWN R THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths
TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL FELL HIT HEAD DX: SCALP LAC, CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Tables
BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL AND HIT HEAD ON MARBLE TABLE SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Towels or cloths
ANKLE BLEEDING AFTER RUBBING WITH A TOWEL. DX. BLEEDING VARICOSE VEIN.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL THAT WAS ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR AND STRUCK CHIN SUSTAINED A FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
FELL ON WET TOWEL IN BATHROOM FX LT FOOT *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	Age: 11 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
LEFT EYE ABRASION-SUS INJ TO LEFT EYE WHILE PLAYING WITH BROTHER AND WA S HIT IN THE EYE WITH A TOWEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
PT WAS COOKING W/GREASE WHICH CAUGHT FIRE & THREW A WET TOWEL ON TOP WHICH CAUGHT FIRE. FD NS. DX: BURNS BILAT HANDS, CHEST, ABDOMEN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/17/2009	Age: 10 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 WAS SNAPPED IN LT EYE WITH THE END OF A TOWEL BY SISTER C/O PAIN & BURNING TO EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths
PT SKIN RASH - C/O SKIN RASH AND ITCHING AFTER USING NEW TOWEL 4 HRS PTA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
H/O DD, TREACHER-COLLINS SYNDROME, CLEFT LIP/PALATE, HAD LESION ON TONG UE, DEVELOPED INTO OPEN WOUND,H/O CARRIES WASHCLOTH IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	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, Stairs or steps
26YOM WALKING DOWN THE STEPS SLIPPED ON A TOWEL FELL AGAINST STEP INJURED HIP;HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
LIFTING HER MOTHER X 3 DAYS AGO & DEVELOPED BACK & CHEST PAIN TODAY BEN T OVER TO PICK UP TOWELS DX STRAIN THORACIC LUMBAR *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
HIT TESTICLES WITH A TOWEL THIS MORNING TESTICLE PAIN / EPIDIDYMITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 85 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS GOING TO BATHROOM AND SLIPPED ON TOWEL ON FLOOR AND FELL HITTING HEAD DX: ABRASION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths, First aid equipment
REPORTS CLEANED FOOT WITH TOWEL&***S IN B/T TOES&NOW WITH SWELLING&REDN ESS SPREADING ONTO FOOT>>CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
PT SLIPPED ON A TOWEL IN BATHROOM. DX: R 8, 9, 10,11 RIB FX'S, R L3-4 TP FX, TRACE PERIHEPATIC FLUID.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 08/24/2009	Age: 44 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
44 YOM DRYINING HAIR WITH TOWEL PULLED SOMETHING UPPER BACK, DX: STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2009	Age: 25 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
BENT OVER TO WRAP HER WET HAIR IN TOWEL AND DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN WIT H SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
BACK STRAIN AFTER DRYING SELF OFF WITH TOWEL DX: BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
TRIPPED ON TOWELS FELL FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/17/2009	Age: 25 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
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN SLIPPING ON A TOWEL VISITING A PT AT MVH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
LEFT WRIST STR. PT STRAINED WRIST WHEN RINGING OUT A WASHCLOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 60 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
C/O HIP PAIN SLIPPED ON A TOWEL AND FELL AT HOME. DX-LEFT HIP INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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 ON SWIMMING POOL EDGE WHEN SLIPPED ON TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Ceilings and walls
PT SLIPPED ON A TOWEL AND HIT KNEE ON WALL. DX: L KNEE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL AND FELL FACE FIRST ONTO CONCRETE HAS ABRA TO NOS E CONT TO LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
PLAYING WITH ANOTHER CHILD WHO STRUCK PT'S EYE WITH A TOWEL >>TRUMATIC HYPHEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials
STANDING ON A TOWEL WHEN SOME ONE PULLED THE TOWEL&FELL HITTING FACE OT O THE FLOOR>>NASAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths
REPORTS THE NOT UTD WITH SHOTS NEIGHBOR'S *** WAS UNTIED&TRIED TO THROW A TOWEL @ HIM TO KEEP HIM AWAY YET BIT HER ANTECUBITAL FOSSA>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 36 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
PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT BENT TOE BACK WHILE JUMP ROPING W/BEACH TOWEL. DX: L GREAT TOE SPRAIN, SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2009	Age: 8 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: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
PT GOT CHEWING GUM ON CHEEK 4 DAYS AGO. MOM RUBBED IT OFF W/ A WASH CLO TH. CAUSED BRUSH BURN. NOW WOUND RED, SWOLLEN. DX CELLULITIS FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
25YOF GOT OUT OF HER SHOWER,ATTEMPTING TO WRAP TOWEL AROUND HER, FELT PULLING IN RT SHOULDER;SHOULDER TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2009	Age: 23 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
C/O LOW BACK PAIN BENDING OVER DRYING LEGS WITH A TOWEL AT HOME. DX-LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Toilets
TRIPPED OVER TOWEL,HIT KNEE ON TOILET LAC RT KNEE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths
PT TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL AND HIT HEAD HEAD ON CONCRETE. D: FACIAL LACE RATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths
PATIENT STANDING ON HOOD OF CAR REACHING FOR BEACH TOWEL ON TOP, FELL I NTO WINDSHIELD AT HOME, GLASS BROKE; THIGH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 44 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 DOWN TO PICK UP A TOWEL WHEN FELT POPPING SENSATION IN BACK. DX:DISC HERNIATION, LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
TRIPPED OVER TOWEL AT HOME LT HIP PAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Towels or cloths
34YO WHITE MALE THREW A CLOTH AT GIRLFRIEND & DISLOCATED R SHOULDERDX A NTERIOR SHOULDER DISLOCATION - CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS AT HOME GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER, GOT FOOT TANGLED IN THE TOWEL CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT GREAT TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2009	Age: 19 months	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, Clothes dryers
PAIN GETTING TOWELS OUT OF DRYER CHEST WALL PAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 WAS SHAKING OUT A TOWEL AT THE BEACH AND GOT AND IN EYES CORNEAL ABR ASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Towels or cloths, Cookware
HOLDING PAN W/DISH TOWEL BURN HAND WHEN TOWEL SLIPPED OFFBURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 8 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
TRIPPED OVER TOWEL IN HALLWAY;DX LACERATED CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Towels or cloths
SPILLED HOT SOUP ON THIGHS WHEN WEARING SHORT NIGHT GOWN, APPLIED COLD WASHCLOTH, WHEN REMOVED WASHCLOTH SKIN CAME OFF;2ND DG BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2009	Age: 22 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
WAS IN BASEMENT SLIPPED ON TOWEL INJURED FOOT ...FOOT SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
14Y/O,F,BENDING OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL & KNEE BEGAN TO HURT, R KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
FELT SHARP SHOOTING PAIN IN R HAND THAT STAARTED WHILE SHE WAS WRINGIN G OUT CLOTH AT HOME DX R HAND SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WALKING ON THE BEACH AND TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED RIGH T ARM STRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
PT IN HER BATHROOM PICKING UP TOWELS AND FELL LANDED ONTO RIGHT HIP FRA CTURED PELVIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/05/2009	Age: 90 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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
90YOF IN CUPBOARD REACHING FOR A TOWEL AT HOME LOST BALANCE FELL INJURED NECK;NECK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 4 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
4Y/O,M,FB IN NOSE FOR 1 WEEK, REMOVAL FB (CLOTH) FROM L NOSTRIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Beds or bedframes
TRIPPED ON TOWEL, HIT FOREHEAD ON BED DX: FACE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths
C/O RASH&EYE PAIN FOR 4D WITH SWELLING&ITCHING, NOT SURE IF TOWELS @ T HE HOTEL ARE CAUSING IT>>CONJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2009	Age: 85 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
85 YO F THORACIC COMPRESSION FRACTURE FELL WHILE REACHING FOR A TOWEL IN BATHROOM AT HOME, HISTORY OF FREQUENT FALLS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2009	Age: 3 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
PATIENT FELL FORWARD WHILE WRAPPED IN A TOWEL, COULDN'T CATCH HIMSELF A ND FELL ON SIDEWALK; CHIN LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2009	Age: 65 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
RIBS STRAIN-STRAINED WHEN REACHING FOR A TOWEL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2009	Age: 46 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
PT STEPPED ON THE BATHROOM TOWEL AND SLIPPED STRAINED RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths
C/O IRRITATNT SKIN SPECIALLY TO CHIN AFTER WASHING FACE WITH WASHING CL OTH>>IRRITANT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2009	Age: 87 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 WAS HELPING DAUGHTER FOLD TOWELS AND DEVELOPED BACK PAIN DX: MECHANICAL LOWER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/22/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towels or cloths
CHI-HIT HEAD WHILE REACHING FOR A TOWEL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2009	Age: 14 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
14YOF AT HOME TRIPPED ON A TOWEL HEARD A CRACK AND POP IN RT ANKLE; ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2009	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
ANKLE FX. PT DROPPED A TOWEL AND FELL OVER IT WHEN CARRYING LAUNDRY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/12/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Towels or cloths
66YOM WAS HOME WASHING HIMSELF WITH WASH CLOTH NOTICED BLOOD;SCROTAL SK IN TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Hot tubs or home spas
51 YOF SLIPPED ON TOWEL GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB CONTUSION COCCYX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
PATIENT PLACED WET TOWEL IN EAR, HAS EAR TUBE IN PLACE, DEVELOPED EAR P AIN AFTER PULLED TOWEL OUT W/O DIFFICULTY; PAIN D/T TUBE PUSHED INTO TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 39 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
ACUTE CORNEAL ABRASION: DRYING HIMSELF WITH A TOWEL EARLIER TODAY, EYE HAS BEEN BOTHERING HIM SINCE, AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 72 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 WAS BENDING OVER TO WRAP HAIR IN TOWEL AND STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 27 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
RIGHT EYE CORN ABR. PT HIT HIMSELF IN EYE WITH A COTTON WASHCLOTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2009	Age: 6 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, Heaters or heating systems
GOT OUT OF TUB,NORMALLY SITS NEAR SPACE HEATER TO WARM UP, DROPPED TOWE L AND BENT TO PICK UP, BUTTOCK TOUCHED PLASTIC GRID ON HEATER;BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
51 YOM WAS ATTEMPTING TO HANG TOWEL NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
46 YOM SKIN BEGAN BURNING AFTER USING TOWEL AT HOTEL ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Towels or cloths, Microwave ovens
PT WARMED TOWEL IN MICROWAVE AND THEN THREW IN GARBAGE WHERE IT CAUGHT FIRE. +FD. DX: SMOKE INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS ON THE BEACH WALKING WITH HIS POOL TOWEL WALKING AND STEPPED ON IT FELL FACE FIRST TO CONCRETE LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners
FACE ABRASION AFTER REMOVING TATTOO W ACETONE & SCRABING W WET TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
FELL STUBBING TOE WHILE HANGING FROM A TOWEL >>FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2009	Age: 73 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, Sinks
PT WAS BRUSHING TEETH AND REACHED BEHIND HER TO GET A TOWEL AT THE SINK AND FELL STRUCK CHEST POSSIBLE RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/21/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials
PT SLIPPED ON A WET TOWEL AND FELL TO THE FLOOR AT HOME LACERATION LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2009	Age: 36 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
SHOULDER STR. PT STRAINED SHOULDER WHEN SLIPPING ON TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS USING A RAG TO CLEAN UP WATER AND FELL ONTO KNEES. DX: R KNEE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2009	Age: 23 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths, Sheets or pillowcases
DX ALLERGIC RXN: RASH/ITCH'G TO B LEGS. PT STATES THAT SHE TOWELS & SHEETS THAT ARE NEW, NOT WASED. PT THINKS SHE'S HAV'G RXN TO SAME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Washing machines
PT C/O PAINFUL R HAND AND R 5TH DIGIT OF R HAND, WAS REMOVING CLOTHS FR OM WASHER MACHINE AND LID SLAMMED ON R HAND. DX. CONTS R HAND, 4&5 FI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2009	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towels or cloths, First aid equipment
PT PUT A * IN EAR AND THEN PUT A TOWEL OVER HEAD WITH THE * ST ILL IN EAR PUSHED IT IN FURTHER AND PERFORATED EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2009	Age: 66 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, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL ON BATHROOM FLOOR WHILE EXITING THE BATHROOM&FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST A ?DRESSER>>COSED HEAD INJ/T3 SPINE FX/SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/05/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths
PT DX SKIN RASH - DUE TO USING NEW TOWEL TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED ON A TOWEL&FELL HITTING THE RIB CAGE AGASINT THE FLOOR C/O>>RIB PAIN/PULMONARY INFILTRATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/03/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Towels or cloths
SAT ON A RAG WITH MINERAL SPIRTS WHILE DRIVING. DX CHEMICAL BURN R THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Towels or cloths
79YO WHITE FEMALE PUT HOT TOWEL ON UPPER ARM TO HELP WITH ARTHRITIS DX BURN WOUND R ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2009	Age: 86 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 PUTTING TOWELS ON THE PLANTS IN HER YARD TO PREVENT FROST DAMAGE AND FELL STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2009	Age: 58 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 LEGS OFF WITH A TOWEL AND FELT A PULL IN LOWER B ACK STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Towels or cloths
PT AT HOME SMOKING ASHES FELL ON TOWEL STARTING FIRE PT TRIED STEPPING OUT WITH BARE FEET/ DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS TOES 1 2 AND 4 NO FD ATTENDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2009	Age: 36 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.INJ.LOWER BACK AT HOME WHEN BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL & NOTED BACK PAIN. DX; LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Towels or cloths, Paint or varnish thinners
PT LIT A CLOTH WITH PAINT THINNER ON FIRE IN SHOP AT SCHGOLFIRE GOT OUT OF CONTROL PT STOMPED OUT WITH FOOT DX: BURN TO RIGHT LOWER LEG & FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Towels or cloths, Microwave ovens
59 Y/O PUT A TOWEL IN A MICROWAVE IN HOTEL ROOM CAUGHT TOWEL ON FIRE. DX-SMOKE INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2009	Age: 27 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
DX CORNEAL INJ: C/O L EYE PAIN. SUDDEN ONSET PAIN STARTED AFTER HE GOT OUT OF THE SHOWER & RUBBED HIS FACE W TOWEL. GOT FB IN HIS L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials
PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL OFF THE FLOOR OF THE BATHROOM AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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 STATES SHE TRIPPPED ON TOWEL ON FLOOR OF BATHROOM AND FELL BACKWARDS INTO BATHTUB HITTING HEAD. DX. CONT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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