Accidents - Clothes dryers - Year 2009 - Upper Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 123
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

26-50 years old:	82
50+ years old:	41

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/19/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT REACHING INTO DRYER & HEAD "POP" IN (R) UPPER ARM DX;* RUPTURED ( R) BICEP TENDON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
38 YOM INJURED RIGHT ARM WHILE MOVING DRYER UPPER ARM INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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