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Accidents - Clothes dryers - Year 2008 - Face

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 342
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Date: 12/27/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
RUNNING AND STRUCK HEAD ON DRYER. FORHEAD LACERATION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
HIT CHIN ON DOOR OF DRYER AT HOME 1.5 CM CHIN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
CHIN LAC.PT FELL INTO A DRYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HIT HEAD ON DRYER DX: EYEBROW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers, Washing machines
AT HOME PT STANDING ON WASHER,FELL HIT CORNER OF THE DRYER,NLOC DX FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
DX 1CM SIMPLE LAC L FORHEAD - SUTURED: DOING LAUNDRY W BROTHER WHEN BROTHER GOT MAD AND HIT PT'S HEAD INTO DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothes dryers, Lubricants
PT SPRAYED A CLOTHES DRYER BELT WITH BELT LUBRICANT & SOME HIT A HEATING ELEMENT & A FLASH FIRE BURNT PT ON FACE DX: 1ST DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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