Accidents - Towels or cloths - Years 1997-2010 - Neck

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,547
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	96
Year 1998:	125
Year 1999:	146
Year 2000:	267
Year 2001:	6
Year 2002:	36
Year 2003:	86
Year 2004:	463
Year 2005:	66
Year 2006:	148
Year 2007:	204
Year 2008:	141
Year 2009:	208
Year 2010:	549

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	5
6-15 years old:	93
16-25 years old:	827
26-50 years old:	1,062
50+ years old:	559

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/04/2010	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	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
35YOM SUDDENLY HEARD A POP IN THE NECK WHILE TRYING TO TEAR A WASH CLOT H IN HALF>>MS/ R/O VASCULAR INV.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/25/2010	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
53 YOF NECK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A HEAVY PILE OF WET TOWELS NECK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2010	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: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
DX ACUTE CERVICAL MUSCLE STRAIN/SPASM: 26YOF HEARD POP IN NECK W PUT'G TOWEL ON HEAD, THEN LIFTED R ARM & PN DOWN SH/ARMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2010	Age: 57 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
57YOF CAME OUT OF SHOWER WAS USING A TOWEL TO DRY HAIR,TILTED HEAD FELT A POP IN NECK;CERVICAL SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2010	Age: 34 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
34YOF WAS TOWEL DRYING HER HAIR AT HOME WHEN HER NECK POPPED DX CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2010	Age: 44 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, Bathtubs or showers
44 F, PT TRIPPED ON TOWEL WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER AT HOME. DX. CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2010	Age: 19 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, Sinks
19YOM BENDING OVER PULLING A TOWEL FROM UNDER SINK,LOST BALANCE FELL INTO THE SINK HITTING HEAD AND INJURING NECK;CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2010	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths, Gasoline
46YOM GAS BURNING ON NECK AFTER USING TOWEL AT GYM THAT SMELLED LIKE GASOLINE/ CHEMICAL EXPOSURE OT SKIN OF NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	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, Bathtubs or showers
55YOM GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER AND SLIPPED ON A WET TOWEL AND FELL STR AINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2010	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
36YOF WRAPPED HAIR IN A TOWEL AND HEARD CRACK CERVICAL SPRAIN
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: 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: 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: 09/28/2008	Age: 41 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: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
C/O NECK PAIN WHEN HAD A TOWEL AROUND THE NECK&PULLED BOTH END HARD RES ULTING IN HYPERFLEXION OF NECK>>TORTICOLLIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 8 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 HAD A TOWEL WRAPPED ON HER HEAD WHEN HER YOUNGER BROTHER PULLED ON I T JERKING HER NECK. HAS PAIN IN NECK. DX NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 28 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
PT PULLED TOWEL OFF OF HEAD AND FELT NECK POP. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2008	Age: 32 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
CERVICAL STRAIN-PAIN WHILE TOWEL DRYING HAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2008	Age: 27 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, Bathtubs or showers
NECK STR. PT STRAINED NECK WHENWRAPPING HAIR IN A TOWEL AFTER SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 25 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
25YOM WAS HOME USING A TOWEL TO DRY HAIR,DEVELOPED PAIN IN NECK AREA; MUSCLE STRAIN, NECK
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: 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: 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: 08/09/2007	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: 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: 10/25/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
STRAIN NECK - 36 YO FEMALE COMPLAINS OF SUDDEN., WORSENING NECK PAIN - ONSET WHEN DRYING HAIR WITH A TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

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

Date: 03/19/2005	Age: 21 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
BENT OVER TO PICK UP A WASHCLOTH, FELT SOMETHING POP, C/O R SHOULDER PAIN, BACK PAIN, DX; ACUTE NECK MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2004	Age: 73 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
CERVICAL STRAIN, DRYING HAIR WITH TOWEL, PUSHED TOO HARD, FELT SOMETHING "CRUNCH" IN BACK OF NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2004	Age: 81 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
FELL PICKING UP TOWELS HEAD CONT. NECK STRAIN, CONT. KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/29/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Towels or cloths
PT BURNED NECK WHEN MADE HOMEMADE HEATING PAD OUT OF TOWELS AND BURNED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 34 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
JERKED TOWEL, HURT NECK DX NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2004	Age: 36 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, Bathtubs or showers
CERVICAL STRAIN - 36 YOF C/O NECK PAIN AFTER TWISTING REACHING FOR TOWE L WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 20 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
CERVICAL STRAIN-TAKING A TOWEL OFF OF HAIR-FELT A "POP" IN NECK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths, Ceilings and walls
SLIPPED ON A TOWEL AND FELL INOT WALL. DX. MINOR HEAD TRAUMA WITH CERVI CAL SPINE FX. AT C-1.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/17/2004	Age: 17 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, Floors or flooring materials
CERVICAL STRAIN - SLIPPED ON TOWEL ON FLOOR,FELL AGAINST BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2004	Age: 37 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
37 YOWF C/O NECK PAIN WHILE TOWEL DRYING HER HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 16 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
NECK SPASM,STRAIN - NECK POPPED WHEN DRYING OFF WITH TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
R/O F.B IN THROAT. PT IN SHOWER AND WHILE DRYNG OFFM, INHALED A PIECE OF TOWEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

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

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

Date: 08/07/2001	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2000	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2000	Age: 31 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2000	Age: 33 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, Sinks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2000	Age: 37 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2000	Age: 20 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/1999	Age: 20 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/1999	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/1999	Age: 15 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/1999	Age: 46 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, Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/1998	Age: 50 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/1998	Age: 43 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/1998	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/1998	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	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, Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/1997	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/1997	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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