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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 512
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	67
Year 2000:	42
Year 2001:	38
Year 2002:	83
Year 2005:	68
Year 2006:	30
Year 2007:	30
Year 2008:	59
Year 2009:	16
Year 2010:	76

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/06/2010	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
74YOF INJURED SHOULDER WHILE MOVING DRYER AT HOME SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
RT SHOULDER STRAIN.PT MOVED A DRYER AND INJURED SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
PT THREW LAUNDRY OVER DRYER AND FELT PULL IN LT SHOULDER DX:LT SHOULER INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
PATIENT FELL, C/O SHOULDER PAIN, FELL OVER CLOTHES DRYER WHEN TAKING CLOTHES OUT OF DRYER. DX-SHOULDER PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Clothes dryers, Light bulbs
PT FELL OFF A DRYER WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB DISLOCATED SHOUL DER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Washing machines
PT WAS LIFTING WASHER & DRYER AND SPRAINED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
LEFT SHOULDER CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO A DRYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT C/O HURT SHOULDER . PT HURT SHOULDER CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF DRYER. DX SHOULDER STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
DX LEFT CLAVICLE FRACTURE: FELL AT HOME, AGAINST DRYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
RT ANTERIOR SHOULDER DISLOCATION - FELL WHEN GETTING CLOTHES OUT OF DRY ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2001	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2000	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/1998	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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