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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 219
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/26/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| C/O L ELBOW PAIN & SWELLING X 3-4 DAYS. PAIN STARTED AFTER LIFINTG A V DRYER BUT, PT DOES NOT REMEMBER ACUTE INJ. TENDONITIS L ELBOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT HIT ELBOW ON DRYER DOOR AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT ELBOW SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT CAUGHT R ELBOW IN DRYER. DX. SPRAIN, CONT R ELBOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| LEFT ELBOW LAC.PT CLOSED DRYER DOOR ON ELBOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT PUT ARM INTO CLOTHES DRYER TO STOP SPINNING, ARM WAS TWISTED, STRAIN ED ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| PT HIT LEFT ELBOW AGAINST A DRYER TWO DAYS AGO SUSTAINED A CONTUSION T O ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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