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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 112
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/13/2010 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 61 YOF DX HEAD CONTUSION - PT HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2010 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 89 Y MALE CHASING ROACHES, GRABBED A TOWEL RACK THAT BROKE. FELL AND HIT HEAD, DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2010 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Toilets |
| 90 YO F, C/O HITTING HEAD ON TOWEL RACK AFTER LOSING BALANCE GETTING UP FROM TOILET, DX HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Floors or flooring materials |
| 69YOM IN THE BATHROOM OF THE NURSING HOME SLIPPED GRABBED THE TOWEL RAC K AND THEN HIT HEAD ON THE FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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