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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,082
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 69 YO C/O WRIST PAIN, LIFTING STACKS OF TOWELS FELT A POP IN LEFT WRIST DX-LEFT WRIST STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 100 years | Sex: Male | 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, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT 100 YEARS TRIPPED ON TOWEL GETTING INTO SHOWER AT ADULT HOME AND HIT FACE AND HEAD DX// HEAD INJURY LIP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| DX DOG BITE: TETANUS VACCINATIOAN UPDATE: W TRY'G TO GET DISH RAG F DOG BY GIV'G IT A TREAT & W SHE TRIED TO GRAB RAG DOG BIT PT R THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS REACHING FOR A TOWEL & FELL IN BATHTUB AT HOME DX: FRACTURED LEFT HUMERUS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/29/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LUMBAR STRAIN-PAIN WHILE DRYING OFF W/A TOWEL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| R FOOT PAIN, PT TRIPPED ON WET TOWEL AT 7:30 AM AT HOME. DX. CONTS R F OOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| C/O WRIST PAIN S/P SLIPPED ON A TOWEL ON THE FLOOR&FELL ONTO OUTSTRETCH ED HANDS>>FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 79YO HISP FEMALE DRYING HAIR WITH TOWEL YEST HEARD POP IN SHOULDER DX R SHOULDER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2008 | Age: 78 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 FACE WITH A WASH CLOTH AND RUBBED RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| 64 YO FEMALE WAS DRYING WITH TOWEL AFTER SHOWER AND ANKLE BEGAN BLEEDING - LACERATION ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2008 | Age: 90 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 |
| PT WENT TO PICK UP WASH CLOTH AND HEARD A "POP" IN BACK DX: ACUTE BACK INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT FELL WHILE FOLDING WASHCLOTHS AT GRANDDAUGHTER'S HOUSE. DX. PELVIC FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT ON COUMADIN AND WHILE WRINGING OUT A WET TOWEL SHE FELT A POP IN RIG HG WRIST NOW HER WRIST IS SWOLLEN HMATOMA TO WRIST FROM POPPED VEIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Footwear |
| PT WAS CARRYING TOWELS WHILE WEARING HIGH HEELS AND FELL. DX: LEFT ELBOW PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WASHING HIS TESTICLES WITH A WASH CLOTH AND SCRATCHED HIMSELF DX/ LAC SCROTUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| FELL IN HER BATHROOM WHILE REACHING FOR A TOWEL FX LT HIP * |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/30/2008 | Age: 82 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 |
| TRIPPED ON TOWEL, FELL/WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Medical equipment, general |
| PT STATES THAT HE HAD A PIECE OF DENTURE ADHESIVE IN THE BACK OF HIS TH ROAT & TOOK A WASH CLOTH TO TRY TO REMOVE IT AND SWALLOWED WASH CLOTH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A LOWER LEG WHEN TOWELING OFF AFTER GETTIN G OUT OF A SHOWER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 52 YO F IRRITATION TO LIPS, PT HERE FOR BHU EVAL STATES "MY OTHER PERSONALITY SCRUBBED MY LIPS WITH A TOWEL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT TRIPPED ON A TOWEL AND FELL. DX: R SHOULDER PX/BACK PX, CHRONIC PX SYND, DRUG SEEKING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT USED TOWELS AT SONS HOUSE, DEVELOPED FACIAL RASH-DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Insect induced injuries |
| PT ON THE BEACH ON SUNDAY LAYING ON A TOWEL AND RED ANTS GOT INTO THE T OWEL ALL OVER FACE INSECT BITES FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| REACHED FOR TOWEL STANDING IN TUB AT NH/CHEST CT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT CAUGHT HER FOOT IN A TOWEL AND TRIPPED ONTO OUTSTRETCHED RIGHT HAND FRACTURED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 53 YO WRINGING OUT WASHCLOTH FELT POP IN SHOULDER DISLOCATION SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL YEST WHILE SHE WAS REACHING DOWN TO PICK UP A HAND TOWEL WHILE USING A WALKER. DX. SACRAL FX. OCCURRED AT NH. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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