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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,334
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2004 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| C/O LOW BACK PAIN AFTER BENDING OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL/ LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2004 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL OFF FLOOR AND FELL INJURING RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2004 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP WASH CLOTH FROM FLOOR WHILE USING WALKER DX: CONTUSION LT. SHOULDER, NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 56 YO MALE CLEANED LEFT EAR WITH WET WASH CLOTH EAR CANAL TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2004 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LOW BACK PAIN-BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWELS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2004 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED ON TOWEL, FELL ON FLOOR DX. WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2004 | 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: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| CERVICAL STRAIN, DRYING HAIR WITH TOWEL, PUSHED TOO HARD, FELT SOMETHING "CRUNCH" IN BACK OF NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2004 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| FELL PICKING UP TOWELS HEAD CONT. NECK STRAIN, CONT. KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/29/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT BURNED NECK WHEN MADE HOMEMADE HEATING PAD OUT OF TOWELS AND BURNED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2004 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 87 Y/O W/FM RECEIVED HEAD CONTUSION WHEN GETTING TOWELS OFF CLOTHES LINE AND TRIPPED ON PINECONE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2004 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 80 YOM TORE HIS BICEP MUSCLE WRINGING OUT A WASH CLOTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2004 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SLIPPED ON TOWEL IN HOSPITAL DX ACUTE CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/23/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| WHILE DRYING OFF WITH A TOWEL AFTER A SHOWER, FINGER GOT STUCK. DX-MALL ET FINGER FRACTURE R RING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2004 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL OVER RAGS/CLOTHS HITITNG HEAD , MECH FALL DX; CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2004 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Ceilings and walls |
| SLIPPED ON A TOWEL AND FELL INOT WALL. DX. MINOR HEAD TRAUMA WITH CERVI CAL SPINE FX. AT C-1. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/16/2004 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS WRINGING OUT RAGS 3 MO AGO AND HAS HAD PX. DX: L LATERAL EPICONDILITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2004 | Age: 85 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 |
| PT WAS TRYING TO HANG UP A TOWEL AT HOME LOST BALANCE AND FELL TO THE F LOOR CONTUSION LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2004 | Age: 56 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 |
| PT WASHING HER FACE WITH A TOWEL AND THERE WAS A FAKE NAIL IN THE TOWEL RUBBED IT IN RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2004 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| BEND OVER TO PICK UP TOWELS, SLIPPED & FELL, FOUND ON FLOOR FX FEMUR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/24/2004 | Age: 53 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 LIFTED WET TOWELS. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2004 | 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: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| PICKING UP TOWEL IN SHOWER - HURT BACK - INABILITY TO AMBULATE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/11/2004 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Other ranges |
| TOWEL CAUGHT FIRE ON STOVE AND BURNED FINGERS. DX- 1ST DEGREE BURN L FI NGERS. NO FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| 55YOFC C/O LOW BACK PAIN AFTER TOWELING OFF AFTER A BATH/STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2004 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LEFT ANKLE FX. PT'S FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN A TOWEL IN BATHROOM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2004 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| RT ANKLE SKIN INJURY-@ HOME-WHILE TOWELING OFF AFTER SHOWER-RUBBED OFFA MOLE & SKIN STARTED BLEEDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2004 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT REACHING TO GRAB TOWELS IN KITCHEN FELL INJURING CHEST/RIB DX:RIB FX, THIGH PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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