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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 559
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/25/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 53 YOF NECK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A HEAVY PILE OF WET TOWELS NECK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2010 | Age: 57 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 |
| 57YOF CAME OUT OF SHOWER WAS USING A TOWEL TO DRY HAIR,TILTED HEAD FELT A POP IN NECK;CERVICAL SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2010 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| 55YOM GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER AND SLIPPED ON A WET TOWEL AND FELL STR AINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2009 | Age: 90 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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| 90YOF IN CUPBOARD REACHING FOR A TOWEL AT HOME LOST BALANCE FELL INJURED NECK;NECK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 51 YOM WAS ATTEMPTING TO HANG TOWEL NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2007 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Stairs or steps |
| PT HAD A FEW GLASSES OF WINE AND SLIPPED ON A TOWEL FALLING DOWN STAIRS DX: C3-4 FX, R RIB FX 7-9, R LOCULATED HEMOTHORAX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| 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: 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: 07/09/2003 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| R/O F.B IN THROAT. PT IN SHOWER AND WHILE DRYNG OFFM, INHALED A PIECE OF TOWEL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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