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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 106
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/03/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: 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: 05/18/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: 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: 03/21/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: 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: 03/05/2002 | Age: 31 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: 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 |
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