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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,039
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Heaters or heating systems |
| A 64 YR OLD MALE BACKED INTO HEATER & CLOTH IN POCKET CAUGHT FIRE - NO FD DX 3RD DEGEE BURN TO BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 11/22/2010 | Age: 79 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 |
| 79 YOF BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL AT HOME RSULTING IN RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 64 Y FEMALE WAS USING HOT TOWEL ON "BLACK-HEAD" BETWEEN HER BREAST, NOW W SWELLING/LG ABSCESS DX: CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2010 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 73YOM TRIPPED OVER TOWEL AT HOME FELL TO FLOOR INJURED UPPER TRUNK .... FX RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2010 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 63 Y MALE REOPRTS WASHCLOTH CAUGHT ON FEEDING TUBE, PULLED IT OUT DX: FEEDING TUBE COMPLICATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2010 | Age: 85 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, Toilets |
| 85YOF TAKING A SHOWER WHEN HANGING TOWEL UP LOST BALANCE FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING TOILET;FRACTURE RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2009 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Day wear |
| PT TRIED TO PUT OUT KITCHEN FIRE W/TOWEL & CLOTHES CAUGHT FIRE. +FD. DX: FULL THICKNESS BURNS CHEST/ABDOMEN, PARTIAL THICK BURN FACE 50%TBS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/25/2009 | Age: 85 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 |
| 85 YO F THORACIC COMPRESSION FRACTURE FELL WHILE REACHING FOR A TOWEL IN BATHROOM AT HOME, HISTORY OF FREQUENT FALLS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| RIBS STRAIN-STRAINED WHEN REACHING FOR A TOWEL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2009 | Age: 73 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, Sinks |
| PT WAS BRUSHING TEETH AND REACHED BEHIND HER TO GET A TOWEL AT THE SINK AND FELL STRUCK CHEST POSSIBLE RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| 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: 10/05/2007 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 68YOF WAS COMING OUT OF SHOWER,REACHED FOR TOWEL,SLIPPED HITTING HEAD AND UPPER BACK OFF SHOWER WALL;BACK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| CHEST PAIN WITH INCREASE DURING TOWEL FOLDING CHEST PAIN |
| 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: 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: 10/30/2005 | Age: 53 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 |
| CHEST WALL STRAIN.PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL AND HAD PAIN IN CHEST . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT WAS REACHING FOR A TOWEL 2 NIGHTS AGO AND HAD A MECHANICAL TRIP & FALL SUSTAINING RIGHT RIB PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/29/2005 | Age: 75 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 TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL AND FELL ONTO FLOOR AT HOME (THORACIC COMPRESSION FRACTURE) |
| 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: 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: 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 |
| 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: 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: 07/31/2001 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2000 | Age: 84 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/1997 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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