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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,252
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS HIT IN LT EYE WITH A TOWEL DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Stairs or steps |
| PT TRIPPED OVER TOWELS ON STAIRS INJURING (L) FOOT DX- FOOT SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2006 | Age: 77 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, Bathtub or shower enclosures |
| THREW A TOWEL OVER THE SHOIWER ENCLOSURE AND FELT "POP" IN RT. HIP. RT. HIP PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 1ST DEGREE BURN OF L INDEX & THIRD FINGERS & R MIDDLE FINGER SECONDARY TO DISH CLOTH THAT WAS ON FIRE, N/S IN REPORT OF F. DEPT. INVOLVEMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT DRYING FOOT WITH TOWEL AND BUMPED VEIN ON FOOT/ HEMORRHAGE TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 12/13/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Spot removers or cleaning fluids |
| PATIENT RUBBED RAG WITH CLEANING AGENT ON FACE AND RESULTED IN CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2006 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS WASHING LEG W/WASHCLOTH AND VERICOSE VEIN STARTED BLEEDING. DX: L LOWER LEG VARICOSE VEIN BLEEDING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| 72 YO MALE TRIPPED ON TOWEL IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON TUB AT CASINO FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2006 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SLIPPED ON A TOWEL&FELL " FLANK CONTS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2006 | 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 Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Ironing boards or covers |
| IN HER BASEMENT FOLDING TOWELS AND TRIPPED ON IRONING BOARD LEG AND FEL L HUMERUS FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT HURT FINGER WHILE DRYING OFF AFTER A SHOWER RIGHT RING FINGER FLEXOR TENDON AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2006 | Age: 78 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, Clothing |
| PT. FELL ON TOWELS PICKING UP CLOTHES TO WASH AT HOME. DX. CONT R HIP, FACE, R THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2006 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| L 9TH RIB FX: BRONCHITIS: REACHED FOR A TOWEL, LOST BALANCE, FELL BACK- WARDS BETWEEN BATHTUB AND TOILET, HIT RIBS ON TUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2006 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT FELL WHILE TWISTING A TOWEL AND LANDED ON RIBS. DIFFICULT HX TO OBTA IN DUE TO DEMENTIA. D:RIB FXS, PTX, MINOR CHI, LUNG GRANULOMA. ADMIT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/21/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT DX LT CORNEAL ABRASION - PT C/O SLAPPED IN THE EYE WITH TOWEL LAST NIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Other manual workshop tools |
| PT REACHED FOR A TOWEL AND RAN HAND OVER A SCRAPER. DX: R HAND LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| FELL WHILE REACHING FOR A TOWEL. DX. MINOR HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LEFT KNEE STRAIN.PT BENT MOVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL AND INJURED KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2006 | Age: 61 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: Avulsion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| TORE OFF MOLE ON BACK WHILE DRYING WITH TOWEL AVULSION MOLE LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2006 | 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 |
| PT SLIPPED ON A TOWEL IN HER HOUSE AND FELL FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| LEFT THUMB LAC, PT WAS CLEANING A GRINDING DISC WITH A TOWEL AND CUT TH UMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 61 YO FEMALE HAS BACK PAIN AFTER PICKING UP TOWEL TONITE BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2006 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WITH FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYE, PT WASHED HER HANDS WITH WASH CL OTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | 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: Towels or cloths |
| BACK PAIN/51YOM 2 DAYS AGO SHOOK DROP CLOTH AND BACK SEIZED UP. HX OF B ACK SPASMS. MVA 2/06. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| FELL WHILE PICKING UP TOWEL AND FX. NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2006 | Age: 89 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, Towel racks or bars |
| PT WAS HANGING TOWELS AND RACK FELL AND INJURED WRIST. DX: SPRAIN WRIS T |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| VAGINAL BLEEDING - SLIPPED ON A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2006 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PT WAS REACHING FOR A TOWEL IN BATHROOM AND SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING FOREARM ON HEATER REGISTER ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2006 | Age: 70 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 WAS WASHING HER FACE WITH A WASH CLOTH AND NOTICED SOME PAIN IN RIGH T EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2006 | Age: 73 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, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS PICKING UP A WASH CLOTH WHILE TAKING A SHOWER, LOST BALANCE AND FELL. DX. HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2006 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PAINTING & TRIPPED OVER DROP CLOTH DX L FEMUR FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/04/2006 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 71 YOM FOREIGN BODY EYE WHEN WASHING FACE WITH WASHCLOTH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT. WENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL YEST, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. DX. ACUT E MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMBAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| FELT POP IN R SHOULDER WHEN TOWELING OFF DX: R SHOULDER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| WRINGING OUT A DISH RAG AND EXPERIENCED IMMEDIATE PAIN IN SHOULDER SPRA IN SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT SLIPPED ON WET TOWEL THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR AT HOME FELT A CRACK IN R IGHT FOOT STRAINED FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2006 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL OVER TOWELS GETTING OUT OF SHOWER SCALP LACERATION/CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2006 | Age: 87 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: Towels or cloths |
| LT HIP PAIN - PAIN AFTER BENDING TO PICK UP A WASHRAG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2006 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS REACHING BEHIND HIMSELF TO WIPE BACK OFF WITH A TOWEL AND STRAIN ED CHEST MUSCLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2006 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 81 YOF FOREIGN BODY EYE AFTER WASHING FACE WITH A WASH CLOTH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT AT BEACH, SHAKING OUT TOWEL, GOT SAND IN EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| WRINGING OUT A WASHCLOTH RUPTURED VESSEL OF HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2006 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| NOTED LUMP ON ABDOMEN WHILE TOWELING OFF AFTER SHOWER AT HOME. DX: ING UINAL HERNIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2006 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SLIPPED ON A TOWEL/FOREHEAD CT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2006 | Age: 70 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 |
| PT WAS SHAKING OUT A TOWEL AND DISLOC HIP. DX: L HIP DISLOCATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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