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Accidents - Clothes dryers - Year 2005 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 304
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Date: 12/09/2005Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
ACUTE CONT R FOREARM;CELLULITIS/71YOF PUT R ARM INTO MOVING DRYER THEN C/O R WRIST;FOREARM PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2005Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Clothes dryers
24 Y/O M INJURED L FOREARM WHEN DRYER FELL ON HIM AT HOME. DX; L FOREARM CRUSH INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2005Age: 91 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Clothes dryers
CAUGHT LEFT FOREARM ON THE CLOTHES DRYER YESTERDAY. SKIN TEAR TO LEFT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2005Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT STRAINED HIS ARM WHEN LIFTING A CLOTHES DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
STUCK RIGHT ARM INTO CLOTHES DRYER THAT WAS STILL MOVING, DRYER MOTION PULLED ON ARM DX: FOREARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2005Age: 14 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
FOREARM CT-FELL-HIT CORNER OF DRYER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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