Accidents - Laundry baskets - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Ankle

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 137
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 01/16/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Laundry baskets
TRIPPED OVER LAUNDRY BASKET AND TWISTED ANKLE. FRACTURE, DISLOCAT ION OF LEFT ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/02/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laundry baskets
BANGED HER LEFT ANKLE ON A CLOTHES BASKET 3 WKS AGO, OOZING FROM WOUND & SCABBED AREA SINCE. DX CELLULITIS OF LEFT ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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