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Accidents - Clothes dryers - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 5,141
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:861Lower Trunk:669
Lower Arm:630All Of Body:336
Hand:320Shoulder:273
Foot:259Elbow:253
Knee:243Toe:232
Upper Trunk:229Upper Leg:153
Ankle:151Lower Leg:129
Wrist:106Head:101
Eyeball:76Upper Arm:68
Face:41

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/29/2002Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
MOVING DRYER DX: BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
59 YO M CUT FINGER WHILE TRYING TO REPAIR DRYER. DX THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
AT HOME DOING LAUNDRY BENT OVER TO GET CLOTHES FROM THE DRYER AND INJUR ED LOW BACK LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
PATIENT WAS UNLOADING CLOTHES FROM THE DRYER, SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT 3RD FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT STATES HE CLOSED HIS FINGER IN THE DRYER DX FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
RT INDEX FINGER PARANYCHIA.PT RIPPED ARTIFICIAL NAIL OFF IN DRYER AND N OW FINGER AND NAIL ARE SWOLLEN AND RED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2002Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
AT HOME LEANING DOWN TO GET CLOTHES FROM CLOTHES DRYER FELL INJURED KNE E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
A JUG OF WATER FELL OFF DRYER ONTO PATIENT'S TOE AT HOME; TOE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2002Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LAC RT HAND WHILE FIXING A DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
CONTUSION TO FOOT WHEN DRYER FELL ON FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
CHILD'S THUMB SHUT IN DRYER DOOR. D: FRACTURE, THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
HIT LEG WITH CLOTHES DRYER DOOR DX: LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2002Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
INJURED HER LEFT KNEE WHILE CLIMBING ON DRYER AT HOME 5 DAYS AGO, HER KNEE HIT THE FRONT OF THE DRYER. DX CONTUSION LEFT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2002Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Towels or cloths
SHOULDER STRAIN-HIT ARM ON DRYER-RETRIEVING A TOWEL-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT STATES LACERATION ON A CLOTHESDRYER DX LACERATION TO RT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2002Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT PUT HAND IN DRYER AT HOME, BURNED ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
38 Y/O F C/O RIGHT FOREARM INJURY REACHING WHILE DRYER RUNNING. DX: CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
INJURED L FOREARM WHEN IT BECAME CAUGHT IN A RUNNING DRYER. L FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT. SHUT A CLOTHES DRYER DOOR ON HER FOREARM LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers, Other ranges
CUT THE BACK OF HIS LEFT THIGH WHEN CLIMBING ON A DRYER AND CUT HIS LEG ON A STOVE AT HIS HOME. DX LACERATION LEFT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
REACHED IN DRYER- WHILE DRYER STILL SPINNING CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers
PT C/O HITTING HER HEAD ON A HAND DRYER X6 HRS AGO;C/O PAIN TO FOREHEAD AND LIGHTHEADEDNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
SCAPULAR AND THORACIC PAIN. PT WAS BENDING OVER TO PUT WASH IN DRYER AND DEVELOPED PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers, Washing machines
LEFT SHOULDER CONTUSION.PT WAS LIFTING A WASHER AND DRYER AND INJURED S HOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
34 YOM WAS MOVING AN OLD DRYER AT HOME AND CUT LEFT FOREARM. LACERATION , LEFT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
WHILE TAKING CLOTHES OUT OF DRYER, PAIN RADIATED DOWN BACK, NO NUMBNESS /TINGLING. DX,LBP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2002Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
SQUATTED DOWN IN FRONT DRYER NOW BACKHURTS DX LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
CONTUSION ELBOW - 35 YOF INJURED RIGHT ELBOW AFTER ARM GOT STUCK IN DRY ER LAST WEEK, STILL HAS ELBOW PAIN AND ECCHYMOSIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT FELL INTO A DRYER AND LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2002Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT WAS WORKING ON A CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF TIN CUT HIS LEFT HAND. DX-LEFT HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
MOVING CLOTHES DRYER LAST WEEK AND CORNER HIT PT ON RT SHOULDER DX: MUSCOSKELETAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2002Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Clothes dryers
HIT TOE AGAINST DRYER WHILE MOVING IT DX: L GREAT TOE NAIL AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2002Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
CUT HER R FOREARM TODAY WHEN THE DRYER DOOR SLAMMED ON IT. 10CM LAC R FOREARM $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
PT COMPLAINT OF BACK PAIN MOVING DRYER 1 MONTH AGO, BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Clothes dryers
5 YO F CLOSED FINGER IN CLOTHES DRYER DOOR AVULSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
PT TAKING CLOTHES OUT OF DRYER AND REINJURED SHOULDER. DX L SHOULDER STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2002Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT FELL IN THE UTILITY ROOM AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE CLOTHES DRYER. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Clothes dryers
DX 2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT THUMB: ELECTRICAL PLUG IN FOR CLOTHES DRYER THREW SPARKS WHEN PATIENT TOUCHED IT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
FELL MOVING A DRYER DX. ELBOW FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT GOT ELBOW CAUGHT IN DRYER DOOR; ELBOW SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PULLED BACK MOVING DRYER/ DORSAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
31 YOM MOVING DRYER STRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
CUT FINGER ON EDGE OF CLOTHES DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LAC R LONG FINGER - SHUT FINGER IN DRYER DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
34 YOM MOVING DRYER CUT THUMBDX LACERATION L THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
41 YOF ACCIDENTALLY SLAMPED DOOR OF LAUNDROMAT DRYER ON RT. MIDDLE FING ER. CONTUSION, RT. MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT WAS WORKING ON A CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME AND WAS SHOCKED WITH 220 VOLTS. DX-ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2002Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
SPR R ANKLE/27YOM AT HOME WAS CARRYING DRYER AND DIDN'T SEE HOLE AND TU RNED ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT CUT LEFT HAND WHILE CLAENING A DRYER VENT AT HOME LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2002Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
DX LEFT CLAVICLE FRACTURE: FELL AT HOME, AGAINST DRYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2002Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
FELL AGAINST DRYER DX. HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
# 9 YOM STUCK LEG IN DRYER FRIEND TURNED IT ON DX FRACTURE L FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/18/2002Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
27YOM FELL WHILE CARRYING CLOTHES DRYER, HIT KNEE ON CEMENT/CUTE ABRASI ON/CONT R LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2002Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
ELECTRICAL SHOCK - PATIENT RECEIVED ELECTRICAL SHOCK - ARC FROM DRYER T O RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2002Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers
PT STOOD UP HIT HEAD ON DRYER, SCALP LACERATION PARTIAL THICKNESS, HEAD INJURY WITHOUT LOSS OF CONCIOUSNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
40YOF-CORNEAL ABRASION-BUMPED LEFT EYE ON DRYER AT GROUP HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
FELL AGAINST DRYER DX. CHEST CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
PT SUST SMOKE INHALATION DRYER WENT ON FIRE NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
PT SUST SMOKE INHALATION DRYER WENT ON FIRE NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
PT SUST SMOKE INHALATION DRYER WENT ON FIRE NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LAC (L) FOREARM, PT SUST INJURY WITH A DOOR FROM A DRYER AT THE LAUNDROMAT, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LAC TO ARM WHEN MOVING A CLOTHES DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2002Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
FINGER LAC-AT HOME-WHILE MOVING A DRYER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT STRUCK RIGHT WRIST AGAINST AN OPEN DRYER DOOR AT HOME CONTUSION WRI ST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
NON-DISPLACED FX R GREAT TOE/41YOF STUBBED R GREAT TOE ON DRYER IN HER BASEMENT TODAY. C/O PAIN & BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
59 YO F CUT LEG ON DRYER DOOR LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
CONTUSION (R) ELBOW, PT STS CAUGHT IN ROTATING CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT LIFTED CLOTHES DRYER. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
FELL OFF DRYER, STRUCK KNEE ON DOOR/ LAC LT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
LUMBAR STRAIN-TWISTED LOWER BACK WHILE PULLING THE DRYER. C/O PAIN TO B ACK NON-RADIATING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
HIT ARM ON DRYER DOOR-LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT.C/O SWELLING TO 4TH AND 5TH TOE SUSTAIN WHEN STRUCK CLOTHS DRYER.AT HOME. DX- CONTUSION RT.FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
RT INDEX FINGER LAC-CUT ON DRYER VENT AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers, Ceilings and walls
PT PINNED BETWEEN DRYER AND WALL, EXACERBATION LOW BACK PAIN CONTUSIONA BRASION L LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2002Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Clothes dryers
PT AT HOME HIT LT LOWER LEG ON OPEN DRYER DOOR, HEMATOMA LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2002Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
RT ANTERIOR SHOULDER DISLOCATION - FELL WHEN GETTING CLOTHES OUT OF DRY ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
51 Y.O. W FEMALE W/FX TOE. PT RAN INTO CLOTHES DRYER @ HOME. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
CONTUSION HAND - PATIENT EXPERIENCED A RAGE AND STARTED PUNCHING HER CL OTHES DRYER AT HOME - SHE HAS PAIN IN THE RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
LEFT 5HT FINGER FRACTURE.PT PUNCHED A DRYER AND INJURED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
RT WRIST CT-@ HOME-THROWING CLOTHES INTO DRYER-HIT A CABINET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2002Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
SHUT FINGER IN DRYER DOOR - FINGER LACERATOIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
INDUSTRIAL CLOTHES DRYER FELL ON FOOTCONTUSION LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
ELECTRIC SHOCK - VICTIM DISCONNECTED HER DRYER AT HOME AND GOT A SHOCKI N HER RIGHT ARM - SHE TINGLED FROM HER HAND INTO HER ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
FELL AGAINST DRYER DX. NOSE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT CUT FOOT ON SHARP EDGE OF DRYER 3 DAYS AGO. D: ABRASION/ CELLULITIS, FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO FOOT AFTER HITTING IT AGAINST THE CLOTHES DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO HEAD AFTER HITTING HEAD ON DRYER DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2002Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
HURT BACK WALKED INTO DRYER DX: CONTUSION TO BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT. BUMPED ANKLE AND FOOT ON DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
PT STRUCK SHOULDER ON DRYER. DX: R SHOULDER PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2002Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
HAD DRYER FALL FOUR FEET ONTO ANKLE CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2002Age: 5 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
FELL FROM CLOTHES DRYER -ELECTRIC - AND STRUCK FACE - LAC TO CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Stairs or steps
C/O MID TO UPPER BACK PAIN AFTER CARRYING A DRYER DOWN STAIRS DX: BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
L FOREARM PAIN, HIT W/DRYER DOOR AT HOME. DX. CONT L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
43 Y/O F C/O ELECTRICAL SHOCK ENTERED HAND WHILE CHECKING DRYER. DX: ELECTRIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HAD A DRYER FALL ON HAND WHILE MOVING IT; LAC LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2002Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
LUMBAR STRAIN - BENT DOWN TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF DRYER AND PULLED MUSC LES IN LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
PULLING LAUNDRY OUT OF THE DRYER & FELT PAIN IN WRIST. DX: TENDONITIS WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2002Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HIT HAND ON CLOTHES DRYER, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
STRAINED BACK WHEN MOVING CLOTHES DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PUT HAND IN DRYER, IT DID NOT STOP WHEN DOOR OPENED ELBOW AND WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Clothes dryers
40 Y/O F INJURED R THUMB NAIL WHEN GOT CAUGHT ON CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME. DX; PARTIAL AVULSION R THUMB NAIL .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT WENT TO TAKE LAUNDRY OUT OF DRYER FELT SUDDEN ONSET OF PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY HIT WRIST AGAINST METAL DRYER ONE WEEK. CONTINUED PAIN. D: WRIST CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
PUTTING LAUNDRY IN DRYER AND HAD PAIN IN HIP REPLACEMENT AREA; WIRES FX;DIAGNOSIS IS HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
33 YO F TAKING CLOTHES FROM DRYER DEVELOPED BACK PAIN BACK PAIN (LOW BACK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT TRIPPED HITTING HEAD ON DRYER WHEN PLAYING; EYELID LAC., CERVIC AL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
79 Y/O F C/O LEFT TOE INJURY - HIT LEFT GREAT TOE ON BOTTOM OF DRYER. DX: CONTUSION LEFT GREAT TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
FELL AGAINST CLOTHES DRYER RIGHT RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
WHILE FIXING DRYER GOT CUT ON SHARP METAL EDGE DX: LACERATION LT. UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT REACHING INTO A CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER FROM A PIECE OF THE METAL IN THE DRYER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
$LUMBAR STRAIN.PT MOVED A CLOTHES DRYER AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LACERATION FINGER - VICTIM CUT FINGER ON METAL PIECE ON DRYER DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Clothes dryers
CLOTHES DRYER FELL ON PT'S FOOT. DX: CONT/HEMATOMA R FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Clothes dryers
SAYS WORKNG ON CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME W/O UNPLUGGING IT, RECEIVED S HOCK TO L MIDDLE, RING AND PINKY FINGER. DX. 2 DEG BURNS TIPS OF 3&4 F
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2002Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT TRIPPED OVER OPEN DRYER DOOR. DX: SUPERFICIAL LAC BILAT FOREARMS, CONT R SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
STUCK HEAD IN DRYER TO FIX IT DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PAIN WHILE LIFTING DRYER DX. LS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/12/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
HIT TOE ON DRYER THIS AM.ABR TO TOE & PART OF NAIL MISSING.DX SOFT TISSUE INJ R 5TH TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
22 Y F PLUGGED IN HER DRYER AND GOT SHOCKED LATER HAVING EXTREME N OSE BLEEDS. DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT LAC R 5TH FINGER WHILE REPAIRING DRYER AT HOME DX R 5TH FINGER EXTENSOR TENDON LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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