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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 473
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT CLOTHES DRYER WENT ON FIRE IN HOME POSSIBLE SMOKE EXPOSURE DX// SMOKE EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2008 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT CLOTHES DRYER WENT ON FIRE IN HOME POSSIBLE SMOKE INHALATION FIRE DE PT ON SCENE DX/ POSSIBLE SMOKE EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Floors or flooring materials |
| WAS GETTING THINGS OUT OF THE DRYER WHEN SHE TURNED AROUND AND EASED HERSELF TO THE FLOOR, WAS DIZZY. DX: DIZZINESS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2008 | Age: 24 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 |
| ELECTROCUTION.PT WAS PLUGGING IN A CLOTHES DRYER AND WAS ELECTRCUTED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing |
| PATIEN WAS DRYING CLOTHES WHEN DRYER STARTED SMOKING AT HOME. DX-INHALATION SMOKE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Medical equipment, general |
| CHEST PAIN: WORKING ON *** DRYER AT HOME, GOT SHOCKED, NOW HASCHEST PAI N ( HAS A PACEMAKER) |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PATIENT WAS AT CLOTHES DRYER DURING A LIGHTNING STORM. DX-LIGHTNING INJURY. PATIENT LEFT AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-GAS EXPOSURE FROM DRYER VENT-COHB 8.0-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-GAS EXPOSURE FROM DRYER VENT-COHB 1.7-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| SMOKE INHALATION IN HOUSE FIRE WHEN DRYER CAUGHT FIRE,FIRE DEPT ATTENDE D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 WORKING ON A CLOTHS DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 WORKING ON A CLOTHS DRYER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| DRYER EXPLODED, CAUGHT ON FIRE, AT HOME, & PT INHALED SMOKE- FIRE DEPT. RESPONDED, EMS GAVE HER OXYGEN. DX; SMOKE INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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