Accidents - Clothing - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,037
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1999:	106
Year 2000:	85
Year 2001:	235
Year 2002:	92
Year 2003:	84
Year 2004:	145
Year 2005:	257
Year 2006:	75
Year 2007:	100
Year 2008:	90
Year 2009:	493
Year 2010:	269

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 06/28/2010	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing, Floors or flooring materials
75 Y/O FEMALE WAS WASHING CLOTHES AND BENT OVER AND GOT DIZZY & PASSED OUT ONTO FLOOR DX: SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2010	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
80 YR OLD MALE CHANGING CLOTHES AND DEVELOPED SLURRED SPEECH,LEG WEAKNE SS AND HAD A STROKE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/19/2010	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
78YOF DOING HER LAUNDRY AT HOMR AND PASSED OUT TREATED FOR SYNCOEP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/13/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothing
55 YR OLD FEMALE ON HOME OXYGEN WHEN TANK EXPLODED AND CAUGHT HER CLOTH ING ON FIRE BURNING FOOT AND HAND WITH SMOKE INHALATION,UNK FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/12/2010	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
68YOF, REPORTS SUDDENLY DEVELOPED LIGHTHEADNESS&DIZZINESS, FETL LIKE AB OUT TO PASS OUT WHILE FOLDING THE LAUNDRY>>NEAR-SYNCOPE/ R/O MI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/04/2010	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Clothing
EPISTAXIS, POSS. POSTERIOR BLEED: 72YOM NOSE STARTED BLEEDING ABOUT 1H R PTA TO ER, BLOOD ALL OVER HIS CLOTHES, ON *** QD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Clothing
52YOF ALLERGIC REACTION WHILE SORTING OLD CLOTHING TURNED RED THROAT ST ARTED TO CLOSE ALSO HEADACHE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing
PT SUBSTAINED BURNS ALL OVER BODY WHEN CLOTHES CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE LIGHTING A CIGARETTE LIVING AT BOARDING HOME, FD DID ATTEND FIRE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/17/2009	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
87YOF OUTSIDE IN THE HOT SUN HANGING HER CLOTHING FOR OVER 30 MINUTES G OT LIGHTHEADED AND PASSED OUT TREATED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2009	Age: 92 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: Other
Product: Clothing
DEHYDRATION - 92 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH DIZZINESS AND FAINTING - THIS PM WHILE DOING LAUNDRY AT LOCAL LAUNDRAMAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 52 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: Clothing
52YO BLACK MALE STS WALKING TO BUS STOP AFTER DOING LAUNDRY- BECAME DIZZY & NAUSEATED, DX VERTIGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
NEAR SYNCOPAL EPISODE:NEW ONSET A-FIB WITH RVR:C/O DIZZY, GETTING CLOTHES OUT OF CLOSET,FELL BACKWARDS INTO CLOSET,NECK, UPPER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
DX SOB/FEVER/LEUKOCYTOSIS:SOB & WEAKNESS>TODAY: FELL THIS WEEK +LOC. EPISODE OF CHEST PN TODAY W DO'G LAUNDRY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/09/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing, Stairs or steps
WITH PROGRESSIVE WEAKNESS, BROUGHT CLOTH UPSTAIRS TO HUSBAND, LATER FD BY HIME UNRESPONSIVE ONTO THE BED WITH LEGS ONTO FLOOR>>SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Clothing, Laundry soaps or detergents
PT SWITCHED TO A CHEAPER BRAND OF DETERGENT AND WHEN SHE PUT ON HER CLO THES SHE BROKE OUT IN A RASH CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing, Washing machines
PT WAS MOVING HER CLOTHING FROM THE WASHING MACHINE TO THE DRYER AND FE LL FORWARD PASSED OUT ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/28/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Clothing, Fabric treatment products
DX RASH: RASH STARTED @ 2100 LAST NOC. PT WASH'G CLOTHES IN NEW FABRIC SOFTNER & STARTED WEAR'G THE CLOTHES ABOUT 5HRS BEFORE RASH APPEARED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
WHILE FOLDING CLOTHES IN BEDROOM, PT DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN AND SOB, DX S OB,
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
PT DOING LAUNDRY AT HOME AND STARTED TO WQHEEZE ASTHMA ATTACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
PT FELL WHEN FOLDING CLOTHES DX:SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Clothing, Washing machines
PT PUT ON CLOTHING AFTER THEY WERE WASHED IN A BRAND NEW WASHING MACHI NE DEVELOPED A RASH CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Clothing
DERMATITIS(RASH).PT.REFERS AFTER WEARING NEW CLOTHING BEGAN RASH ON BOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing, Floors or flooring materials
WENT TO CHANGE CLOTHES AFTER NAPPING ON COUCH AND GOT DIZZY AND LEANED AGAINST WALL AND PASSED OUT ONTO FLOOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothing, Clothes dryers
A"JOLT" FROM PACER AFTER GETTING CLOTHES FROM DRYER PACER MISFIRE PACER LEAD MISPLACEMENT
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/22/2005	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
VASOVAGAL EPISODE - BECAME DIZZY WHEN TAKING CLOTHES OFF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2005	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
SUDDEN LIGHTHEADNESS&DIZZINESS, WHILE DRESSING UP, SYNCOPED&?FELL " SYNCOPE"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/20/2005	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
64 YO PUTTING CLOTHES FELL ON FLOOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
PT WAS ASSAISTED BY WIFE TO CHANGE HIS CLOTHES, FELT DIZZY&LIGHTHEADED, THE PASSED OUT&FELL SUSTAINED" SYNCOPE"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/08/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Clothing
HAS CLOSE CONTACT WITH CLOTHING PRESENTS WITH RASH DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
NEAR SYNCOPE,NECK AND CHEST PAIN - STARTED TO GET WEAK AND DIZZY WHEN D OING LAUNDRY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Clothing
RASH ALL OVER AFTER WEARING OLD CLOTHES SHE HAD STORED-CONTACT DERMATIT IS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
WAS HANGING OUT LAUNDRY, WAS FOUND LYING OUTSIDE IN THE YARD. FULL ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/07/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Clothing
PT W/ FACE RASH SINCE YEST. BEGAN *** 1 WK AGO. ALSO TOOK MOM'S UNKMED FOR PAIN. WEARS LONG SLEEVES & SPF30 SUNSCREEN.D:PHOTODERMATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
PT WAS WASHING CLOTHES AND PASSED OUT AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Clothing
PT FOUND DOWN IN STREET INTOXICATED , TAKING OFF CLOTHES DX: ETOH ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Clothing
PT HAD FIVE ANTS ON CLOTHING. HAS BITES ITCHY AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH. DX:ANT BITE RXN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing, Laundry baskets
PT PICKED UP LAUNDRY BASKET FULL OF CLOTHES AND PASSED OUT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/14/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
PT IN A KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS REGALIA WARDDROBE IN A PARADE OUT IN THE HO UT SUN BECAME OVERHEATED AND PASSED OUT ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/27/2001	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2001	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2001	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/14/2001	Age: 95 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/07/2001	Age: 85 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: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/24/2000	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2000	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing, Blankets
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/10/1999	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/26/1999	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Clothing, Washing machines
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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