Accidents - Towels or cloths - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Wrist

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 922
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	217
Year 2001:	122
Year 2002:	32
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	15
Year 2005:	66
Year 2006:	86
Year 2008:	131
Year 2009:	153
Year 2010:	79

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/25/2010	Age: 67 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
67YOF, TRIPPED OVER A DROP-CLOTH&FELL LANDING ONTO HANDS >>WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2010	Age: 70 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
70 Y/O/F INJURED WIRST WHILE DRYING HERSELF OFF WITH A TOWEL AT HOME DX/ RIGHT WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towels or cloths
TRIPPED ON TOWELS FELL FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/17/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
LEFT WRIST STR. PT STRAINED WRIST WHEN RINGING OUT A WASHCLOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WALKING ON THE BEACH AND TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED RIGH T ARM STRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 01/01/2005	Age: 66 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
L WRIST FX/66YOF AT HOME WAS REACHING FOR A TOWEL AND FELL. HIT WRIST.
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: 08/26/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
57YOHF WHO WAS USING SOME TYPE OF CLOTH TO SCRUB BATHTUB AND IT BECAME SNAGGED ON SOMETHING AND CAUSED HER TO SPRAIN WRIST AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2002	Age: 66 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
LT WRIST SPRAIN-AT HOME-WHILE SQUEEZING A WASH CLOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths
WRIST SPRAIN, TENDONITIS - 58 YOF NOTICED PAIN TO WRIST THREE DAYS AGO AFTER TWISTING A TOWEL, INJURY TO RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2001	Age: 87 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, Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2001	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2001	Age: 76 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/1998	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/1998	Age: 75 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/1998	Age: 82 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
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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