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Accidents - Laundry hampers - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,486
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Toe:356Face:298
Upper Trunk:215Lower Trunk:167
Knee:86Lower Leg:69
Finger:69Ear:69
Elbow:58Lower Arm:35
Head:22Hand:17
Foot:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/30/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Laundry hampers, Ceilings and walls
PT PLAYING IN HAMPPER THAT TIPPED OVER WITH PT HITTING FOREHEAD ON WA LL, HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Laundry hampers
CUT EAR WHILE SWINGING ON HANGING LAUNDRY HAMPER/ LAC LT PINNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2004Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Laundry hampers
PT LIFTING LAUNDRY HAMPER EARLIER AND DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN LUMBAR ST RAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Laundry hampers
PT WAS MOVING A HAMPER AND INJURED HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Laundry hampers
PULLED ON FULL CLOTHES HAMPER 16 WKS IUP ABD PAIN DISCOMFORTS OF PREG NANCY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2004Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers
CONTUSION L GREAT TOE, CLOTHES HAMPER KNOCKED OVER ON L GREAT TOE SATURDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Laundry hampers
SITTING ON CLOTHES HAMPER DX: R ARM INJURY DX: FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2004Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Laundry hampers
LOST BALANCE AND CUT ELBOW ON A WICKER HAMPER. DX. L EBLOW SKIN AVULSIO N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2004Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Laundry hampers
CHEST PAIN - DEVELOPED HEAVINESS IN CHEST WHEN LIFTING CLOTHES HAMPER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/09/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Laundry hampers
PT HIT TOE ON LAUNDRY HAMPER; FX TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Laundry hampers, Clothing
PATIENT LIFTED A LARGE HAMPER OF CLOTHES AND SUSTAINED LOW BACK PAIN AT HOME. DX-LUMBAR STRAIN WITH DISC BULGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers
FELL 4 DAYS PTA AND STRUCK ABD ON CLOTHES HAMPER, INT ABD SINCE, OR JUM PED IN A CLOTHES HAMPER 2 DAYS PTA,TO PCP TODAY ; ABD WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Laundry hampers
PAIN IN RIGHT 3RD FINGER AFTER GETTING IT PINCHED IN A CLOTHES HAMPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Laundry hampers
PT HIT FACE ON WOODEN CLOTHES HAMPER. DX: FACIAL LAC, HYPOKALEMIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Laundry hampers, Cabinet or door hardware
14:00 - STANDING ON HAMPER TO TURN ON LIGHT, FELL BACK & HIT HEAD ON DOOR HINGE. DX: HEAD INJURY, NOS. DX2: LACERATION SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers, Floors or flooring materials
3 YOF FELL FROM CLOTHES HAMPER TO FLOOR CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Laundry hampers
JUMPED OFF LAUNDRY HAMPER DX. FOREHEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2004Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Laundry hampers
TRIPPED / FELL HIT CHEST ON HAMPER DX: MYOFASCIAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2004Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Laundry hampers
TOE FX-STUBBED TOE ON A HAMPER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2004Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers
HIT TOE ON HAMPER TOE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2004Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Laundry hampers
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER CLOTHES HAMPER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/27/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Laundry hampers
TRIPPED AND FELL AND HIT FACE ON HAMPER. DX. 0.8 CM NASAL LACERATION, O PEN NASAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Laundry hampers
5 YOF WAS INJURED WHEN A LAUNDRY HAMPER FELL ON HER. AVULSION OF LEFT GREAT TOE NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2004Age: 23 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers
HAND CT-CUT ON A HAMPER LID-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Laundry hampers
FRACTURED ARM WHEN FELL OFF CLOTHES HAMPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers, Beds or bedframes
PT WAS PUTTING A CLOTHES HAMPER ON THE BED AND IT FELL HITTING PT IN THE FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2004Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Laundry hampers
DX LEFT 5TH TOE FRACTURE: STUBBED TOE ON HAMPER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2004Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Laundry hampers
FRACTURE KNEE - PATIENT FELL AT HOME - STEPPED ON A HAMPER LID AND FELL ABOUT ONE HOUR AGO - FELL TO RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Laundry hampers, Photographic equipment
PT IS A NURSING STUDENT AT SCHOOL WAS WATCHING A FILM ON NEUROSURGERY A ND SHE PASSED OUT STRIKING FACE AGAINST A LAUNDRY HAMPER LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Laundry hampers
PLAYING IN UPRIGHT HAMPER IT TIPPED OVER WITH PT INSIDE LANDING ON OUTSTRETCHED ARM. DX RADUIS FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2004Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers
1 WEEK AGO FELL WHILE PUSHING LAUNDRY CART WITH OXYGEN TANK, WHEELS CA UGHT IN TUBING, FELL TO BLACKTOP INJURING LOWER LEG. DX: ABRASION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2004Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers
CONTUSION TO FOOT WHEN DROPPED CLOTHES HAMPER ON FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers
NOSE CONTUSION, MOTHER STS PT RUNNING, BUMPED INTO A HAMPER, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, EYES EOMI, NO DENTAL INJURY OR LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2004Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Laundry hampers
FELL OVER CLOTHES HAMPER FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2004Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers, Vacuum cleaners
RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT WAS STANDING ON A LAUNDRY HAMPER AND VACCUMING VEN TS AND FELL AND STRUCK KNEE ON BATHTUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2004Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Laundry hampers
73 YOF DRYING OFF FOOT ON CLOTHES HAMPER FELL FX RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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