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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 745
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Laundry hampers |
| PT WAS BENDING OVER AT HOME PULLING SOEM TOWELS OUT OF A LAUNDRY HAMPER DISLOCATED LEFT HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/11/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| BURN LT HAND YESTERDAY-TOWEL CAUGHT ON FIRE. ACUTE 2ND DEGREE BURN LT H AND, DRAINAGE OF SEROUS BLISTERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LT WRIST SPRAIN-AT HOME-WHILE SQUEEZING A WASH CLOTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| TOWELING OFF AT HOME APPROXIMATELY 1830, EXPERIENCED FOREIGN BODY SEN- SATION OF LEFT EYE, NO FB SEEN IN ER. DX CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| WRIST SPRAIN, TENDONITIS - 58 YOF NOTICED PAIN TO WRIST THREE DAYS AGO AFTER TWISTING A TOWEL, INJURY TO RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| RUPTURED VARICOSE VEIN - LOWER LEG BEGAN BLEEDING WHEN RUBBING IT WITH A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SUBCONJUCTUAL HEMMORRHAGE - HIT SELF WITH A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| DIRECT TRAUMA TO R EYE, HIT W/TOWEL WHILE DRYING HAIR AT 7 AM. DX. COR NEAL ABRA R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 78 YO F GOT TANGLED IN TOWEL FELL BACKWARD ONTO BACK BACK PAIN(LOW BACK) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT FELL BACKWARDS WHILE THROWING A TOWEL. DX-LEFT DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT BENT TO PICK UP WASH CLOTH AND HAS PX. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| SLIPPED ON TOWEL LAYING ON BATHROOM FLOOR AND FELL, HIT TUB WITH UPPERB ACK, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| TAKING A BATH USING A WASH CLOTH. WHEN WASHING LEG STARTED BLEEDING. HEMORRHAGE RT LOWER LEG 2ND TO VARICOSE VEIN. DO NOT CONTACT PT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | 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: Towels or cloths |
| SCRATCHED RIGHT EYE WITH A WASH CLOTH THIS MORNING BATHING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Chairs |
| RT 4TH FINGER DISLOCATION-AT HOME-"PUSHING A TOWEL DOWN INTO A CHAIR"- FELT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| THORACIC CT-@ HOME-REACHING FOR TOWEL ON A RACK- FELL-HIT BATHTUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| BACK PAIN AFTER BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL DX BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2002 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| 87 Y.O. W FEMALE W/BACK CONTUSION. PT WAS REACHING FOR HER BATH CL OTH & LOST HER BALANCE & FELL TO FLOOR IN BATHROOM @ HOME. PT ADM. E888 |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/06/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| AT HOME DRYING OFF W TOWEL AFTER SHOWER HAD SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| AFTER SHAKING TOWEL OUT PAIN IN ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2002 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Washing machines |
| SOFT TISSURE AVULSION R INDEX FINGER, PUTTING TOWEL THROUGH WRINGER WASHER AND CAUGHT FINGER ON ROLLER |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/04/2002 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | 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: Towels or cloths |
| 90 YOM FELL WHILE PICKING UP TOWEL CONTUSION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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