Accidents - Clothes dryers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,664
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	75
Year 1998:	244
Year 1999:	142
Year 2000:	35
Year 2001:	16
Year 2002:	76
Year 2003:	145
Year 2004:	189
Year 2005:	135
Year 2006:	102
Year 2007:	176
Year 2008:	87
Year 2009:	168
Year 2010:	68

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/22/2010	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
71 YOM WAS REPAIRING HIS CLOTHES DRYER AND CUT HIS HAND ON A PIECE OF I T/ LAC TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
RT HAND LACERATION WITH REPAIR: WORKING ON *** DRYER @ HOME, HAD THETOP OPEN, PULLED HAND OUT & HAD A LACERATION TOP OF HAND, 3 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT CUT HAND INSIDE OF AN ELECTRIC DRYER, RIGHT HAND LACERATION TO PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2009	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: Clothes dryers
PUTTING OUT DRYER FIRE AND BURNED BOTH HANDS,UNKI IF FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT WAS MOVING A OLD CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME AND INJURED HAND DX: LACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HIT HAND ON DRYER DOOR. DX: R HAND ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
PT WAS PULLING ITEMS OUT OF THE DRYER WHILE IT WAS STILL TURNING AND CA UGHT LEFT HAND FRACTURED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT INJURED HAND WHILE LIFTING A CLOTHES DRYER AT A FRIENDS HOUSE DX// LEFT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
71 YO M CUT L HAND WHILE MOVING A DRYER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
DX LACERATION RIGHT HAND: INJURED HAND ON DRYER VENT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
L HAND CONT/57YOF STS AT HOME SHE FELL AND DRYER FELL ON HER HAND. HAD TO HAVE THE DRYER LIFTED OFF HER HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LAC R HAND ON PULLEY IN DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2004	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT. CUT HAND ON A PIECE OF METAL WHILE WORKING ON A DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT LACERATED HAND ON A DRYER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
54 YOF HIT HER HAND ON THE DRYER , NOW HAS CONTUSION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LACERATION HAND - 63 YOM WAS MOVING A DRYER AND SLIPPED LACERATING HIS LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
BANGED ARM INSIDE DRYER WHILE IT WAS STILL MOVING. DX. R HAND, FOREARM AND ELBOW CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
52 YEAR OLD MALE AT LAUNDRY MAT LACERATED HAND CLEANING OUT DRYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LAC RT HAND WHILE FIXING A DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT WAS WORKING ON A CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF TIN CUT HIS LEFT HAND. DX-LEFT HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2001	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2000	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/1999	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/1999	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/1998	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/1998	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/1998	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/1998	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/1997	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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