Accidents - Clothes dryers - 0-5 years old - Year 2009 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 6
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 04/24/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothes dryers, Wire
PTS TOY WENT BEHIND DRYER. PT WENT TO GET IT AND BUMPED AN OPEN WIRE TH AT HIT OUTLET THEN CAUGHT FIRE. PT BURNED L FOREARM IN FIRE. DX BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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