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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,782
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/18/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 17YOM ALVEOLUS FRACTURE FROM RUNNING INTO CLOTHES LINE WHEN PLAYING HID AND SEEK IN THE DARK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2010 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Ceilings and walls |
| 55YOWF TRIPPED AND FELL OVER CLOTHES RACK AT HOME, HIT HEAD ON WALL. D X. ABRA L KNEE, FX L 1ST FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2010 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 73YOM RAN INTO A CLOTHESLINE WITH RIGHT EYE, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2010 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Benches |
| 82YOF AT SON'S HOUSE HANGING UP A CLOTHES LINE WAS STANDING ON A EXERCISE BENCH FELL OFF STRIKING HEAD;CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2010 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 85 YOF TRIPPED OVER THE DOG AND FELL HITTING HER HEAD ON THE CLOTHES RACK SUSTAINING A LACERATION TO HER SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 10 YO F FELL WHILE CLIMBINGON A CLOTHESLINE. TWISTED ANKLE AS WSELL AS HAVING A PART OF CLOTHESLINE FALL ON ANKLE. DX:ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2010 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Floors or flooring materials |
| 60 Y/O BF TRIPPED OVER CLOTHES RACK FELL IN FLOOR AND CONTUSED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 9 YR M FELL AND HIT A CLOTHESLINE POLE;DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 9 YO M JUMPED UP TO REACH CLOTHESLINE AND FELL INJURING ARM. DX:SALTER HARRIS FX, RADIUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 26 YOM WAS BITTEN ON RIGHT UPPER ARM WHILE GETTING CLOTHES ON CLOTHESLINE AT HOME. DX-INSECT BITE UPPER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2010 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 29YOM LEFT EYE PAIN WITH DECREASED VISION - PIECE OF CLOTHES LINE HIT HIM IN THE EYE LAST NIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 8 YO M SWINGING ON CLOTHESLINE AT CHURCH, IT BROKE, FELL HIT PT IN HEAD . DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2010 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 18MONTH OLD MALE FELL HITTING HEAD ON CLOTHING RACK AT HOME INJURED FACE;FACIAL LACERATION 1CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE. LACERATION FACE. 21 YOM* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2010 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Metal containers |
| DX FALL TO GND/RIB CONTU/SUPRATHERAPEUTIC INR: 80YOM IN PANTRY & HIT R FOOT ON LEG OF DRYING RACK, FELL STRIKING L LAT' CHEST ON CANNING JAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| STRAIN SHOULDER - 33 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH SHOULDER PAIN AFTER WORKING OVER HIS HEAD ON A CLOTHSLINE AT HOME - INSTALLING A CLOTHSLINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2010 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| CHI,SCALP LAC.50YOF WALKED INTO A COAT RACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| CHI.33YOF FELL INTO A CLOTHING RACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 6 YO M LAC TO SCALP WHEN HE WAS FLIPPING AROUND ON A CLOTHESLINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 13YOF GOT RT 5TH DIGIT CAUGHT IN CLOTHESLINE, AT HOME- SWELLING & BRUISING . DX; COMMUNICATED FRACTURE OF 5TH DIGIT OF RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/06/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 14YOM, RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE&FELL STRIKING HEAD, NO LOC YET WITH N&V >>CHI/NECK MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 5YOF SUSTAINED KNEE SPRAIN WHEN RAN INTO A POLE@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 5YOF- PT WAS SWINGING ON A CLOTHESLINE @ HOME FELL ONTO LEFT FOREARM NOW WITH PAIN .DX FOREARM FRACTURE. DISTAL RADIUS ULNA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 25 YOM FELL STRIKING FACE ON DOOR KNOB DX: FACIAL BONE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2010 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 79YOF TRIPPED OVER THE METAL FOOT OF A CLOTHES RACK AND FELL, LANDING ON HIP DX: PUBIC RAMUS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/08/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 6YOF SUSTAINED FACIAL CONTUSION WHN ACCIDENTALLY FELL DOWN A POLE@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 52 YO F HIT TOE AGAINST CLOTHES RACK CONTUSION TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 3 Y MALE FELL AND HIT HEAD ON METAL CLOTHING RACK DX: FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 19YOM AT UNSTATED LOCALE RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE INJ HEAD/ DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2010 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 42YOF AMPUTATION TO FINGER CAUGHT IN PULLY OF CLOTHESLINE AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Baseball |
| 7 YOM RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE WHILE PLAYING BASEBALL. DX: NECK CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 31 YO M FELL STRUCK MOUTH ON CLOTHES RACK LAC LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 7 YOM FELL FROM HANGING CLOTHES RACK, WAS HANGING ON BAR WHICH DISLODG ED, PATIENT FELL ON BACK. DX: ABRASION BACK, CONTUSION CHEST WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 18YOM FRACTURED HAND BLUNT TRAUMA TO HIS NECK RAN INTO A CLOTHESLINE AN D FELL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 7 YR F FELL OFF CLOTHESLINE ;DX FRACTURED LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/10/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 8 YO M SWINGING ON CLOTHESLINE WHEN FELL ON ELBOW 2 DAYS AGO. CONTINUED PAIN. DX:MUSCLE STRAIN, ELBOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 19YOM SUST HEAD INJURY AFTER HITTING POLE# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2010 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 79YOM CLOTHESLINE SNAPPED HIT HIM IN THE ARM/ MULT SKIN TEARS LT FOREAR M |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 15 YO M RUNNING TOWARD DRIVEWAY, GOT CAUGHT BY CLOTHESLINE, FELL HIT HE AD. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 16YOM RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE, SUSTAINED LACERATION 2.4 CM ON EYELID DX: 2.4 CM EYELID LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 14 YOF WAS RUNNING THROUGH YARD IN THE DARK AND RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 5 YR F RAN INTO CLOTHES LINE;DX LACERATED SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2010 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Clothing |
| 82YO HISP FEMALE AT HOME HANGING CLOTHES ON CLOTHESLINE FAINTED,FELL+LO C,R FOREARM ABRASION,L CHEEK ABRASION, DX SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/04/2010 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Clothing |
| TRAUMA LT.SHOUDER.52YOM.PT.REFERS WHILE HANGING CLOTHES,CLOTHESLINE FELL ON SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2010 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 70YOM TRIPPED AND FELL OVER HANGER RACK DX: HEAD CONTUSION, SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 19YOM, REPORTEDLY ETOH INTOXICATEDSTRUCK ONTO CHEST WITH CLOTHESLINE&FE LL BACKWARDS HITTING OCCIPIT>>SCALP LAC/ SMALL ICH |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/28/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 14 YOM SUS CONCUSSION AFTER RUNNING OUTSIDE IN THE DARK AND RUNNING INTO CLOTHESLINE% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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