Accidents - Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers - 50+ years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 955
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	121	Lower Trunk:	116
Finger:	104	Hand:	102
Knee:	95	Lower Arm:	88
Face:	86	Wrist:	86
Elbow:	59	Shoulder:	30
Upper Trunk:	15	Ankle:	15
Head:	15	Foot:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/19/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT SLIPPED ON HANGER IN STORE, BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL IN DEPARTMENT STORE, SLIPPED ON A CLOTHES HANGER, FELL ON FLOOR. DX-HIP CONTUSION, STRAIN LOW BACK AND SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT HIT LT EYE ON COAT RACK DX: LT SUBCONJUCTIVAL HEMMORAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PAIN REACHING FOR HANGER/SHOULDER DISLOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
83 YOF WAS REACHING FOR A HANGAR AT HOME WHEN FELT SELF FALLING SUSTAIN ING PAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
STEPPED ON A RUSTY WIRE HANGER WHICH FLIPPED UP CUTTING ANKLE " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Clothing
WRIST PAIN-AFTER CARRYING SEVERAL HANGERS W/ CLOTHES-WHILE ON VACATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT WAS USING WIRE HANGER TO FIX SOMETHING AND WAS PUNCTURED 1 WK AGO. DX: R HAND CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT SLIPPED ON A PLASTIC HANGER AND FELL, BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Telephones or telephone accessories
CONTUSION NOSE-TRIPPED OVER COAT HANGER AT HOME RUSHING TO ANSWER CELL PHONE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
54 YOM TRIPPED LAST NIGHT ON COAT HANGER CAUSING FRACTURE TO RIGHT LOWE R ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT REACHED INTO A CLOSET HITTING RT HAND ON A METAL COAT HANGER CAUSING AN ABRASION TO HAND, SITE INFECTED, CELLULITIS RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
LACERATION FINGER - 52 YOM LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A METAL HANG ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
FELL AGAINST CLOTHES RACK AND CONTUSED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PATIENT COMPLAINING OF BLUNT TRAUMA TO THE LT EYE WHEN SHE WALKED INTO A PLASTIC COAT HANGER. DX - EYE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2006	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT. WAS USING A COAT HANGER FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON DIAGNOSIS; LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT CUT TO RT HAND W/A HANGER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT WAS IN A STORE AND STEPPED ON A HANGER AND SLIPPED STRAINED LEFT ANK LE AND KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CAUGHT WRIST ON COAT HANGERS 2 DAYS PRIOR SKIN TEAR / LACERATION TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
54 YO HIT ON HEAD BY STEEL HANGER HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT WAS POKED IN THE EYE W/A HANGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
DX RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION: TRIPPED OVER CLOTHES RACK AT STORE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
HIT L FOOT ON HANGER 2 WEEKS AGO, REDNESS TO FOOT DX: INFECTION L FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT RAN INTO COAT RACK 1WK AGO HITTING LEFT EYE, C/O WORSENING VISION SINCE DX: L EYE CONTU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PAIN REACHING UP FOR HANGER/CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
ACC POKED EYE ON A METAL HANGER " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Other toys
58 YOM FRACTURES HIP WHEN SLIPPED ON A COAT HANGER AND A CHILD'S TOY AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Clothing
HANGING UP CLOTHES ON HANGERS, LOST BALANCE, FELL DX ELBOW FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
1.5CM FINGER LAC-CUT ON COAT HANGER-@ HOSPITAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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