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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 255
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/25/2003 | Age: 49 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 |
| PT CUT RIGHT FOREARM ON A RUSTY DRYER AT HOME LACERATION ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2003 | Age: 23 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 |
| PT WORKING ON DRYER AT HOME, HIT RT LOWER ARM, LAC LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2003 | Age: 27 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 |
| PT SEEN FOR ARM LAC. INJURED ON THE DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| RT FOREARM CT-HIT ARM ON DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PTS MOM STATES CHILD GETTING SWIMSUIT OUT OF HOT DRYER AND BURNED ARM D X; BURNS TO LT FA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Knives with replaceable blades |
| WORKING ON DRYER AND ACC. CUT LT. OFREARM ON BOX CUTTER. DX. FOREARM LA C. UNEMPLOYED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2003 | Age: 22 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 |
| LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION. PT LEANING INTO DRYER TO REMOVE CLOTHES AND FELL FORWARD INTO THE DRYER. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/19/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| 29 YOF REACHING INTO DRYER WHILE DRUM STILL TURNING FX ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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