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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 387
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT HAD ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO BODY FROM PLUGGING IN DRYER @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Ceilings and walls |
| DRYER CAUGHT ON FIRE S/P MACHINERY SHORT. CAUGHT WALL ON FIRE & ALSO SC RUB BRUSH. ?FDA. PT EXPOSED 5-10 MIN. CO 4.8%. D:CO INHALATION EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing |
| PT PULLING LAUNDRY OUT OF THE DRYER AND GOT LIGHTHEADED AND PASSED OUT SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| SMOKE EXPOSURE-LEAVING LAUNDROMAT THAT HAD A DRYER FIRE-NO COHB-FD PRES NT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| SMOKE EXPOSURE-LEAVING LAUNDROMAT THAT HAD A DRYER FIRE-NO COHB-FD PRES NT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT PLUGGING IN CLOTHES DRYER,PT SHOCKED ON L THUMB/1ST FINGER DX ELECTRIC SHOCK TO LEFT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN UNPLUGGING HIS NEW CLOTHES DRYER. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/21/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT AT HOME DRYER CAUGHT FIRE SMOKE INHALATION TRYING TO GET FAMILY OUT OF HOME FD WAS PRESENT DX/ MILD ACUTE SMOKE INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| SHOCKED BY DRYER/ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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