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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 630
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/24/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 10/23/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 10/23/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 10/07/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 10/04/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 09/17/2002 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 07/09/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 07/06/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LAC TO ARM WHEN MOVING A CLOTHES DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| HIT ARM ON DRYER DOOR-LACERATION ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 01/25/2002 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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 |
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