Accidents - Clothes dryers - Year 2006 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 95
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

26-50 years old:	15
50+ years old:	79

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/22/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
RIGHT LEG CONT. PT HIT LEG ON A DRYER DOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Clothes dryers
PT WAS LIFTING DRYER WHEN IT FELL AND HIT HIM IN LOWER LEG. DX: TIBIA L HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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