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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 125
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 01/30/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| INJURED FINGER ON A TOWEL RACK THIS MORNING LACERATED THUMB * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| NONDISPLACED FRACTURE DISTAL PHALANX OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER FROM STRIKING HAND ON A RACK IN BATHROOM (ON SHOWER WALL) WHILE CLEANING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2000 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/1997 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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