Accidents - Clothes dryers - 26-50 years old - Year 1997

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,829
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	1,017	Hand:	555
Lower Trunk:	463	All Of Body:	307
Shoulder:	104	Toe:	79
Foot:	75	Elbow:	66
Face:	38	Lower Arm:	22
Lower Leg:	21	Ankle:	19
Upper Leg:	19	Wrist:	18
Knee:	18

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/20/1997	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/1997	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/1997	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/1997	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/1997	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/1997	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/1997	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/1997	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/1997	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/1997	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/1997	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/1997	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/1997	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/1997	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/1997	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/1997	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/1997	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/22/1997	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/1997	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/1997	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/1997	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/1997	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/1997	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/1997	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/1997	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/1997	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/1997	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/1997	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/1997	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/1997	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/1997	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/1997	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/1997	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/1997	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/1997	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/1997	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/1997	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/1997	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/1997	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/1997	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/1997	Age: 46 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: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/1997	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers, Blankets
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/01/1997	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/1997	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/1997	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/1997	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/1997	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/1997	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/1997	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: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/1997	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/1997	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/1997	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/1997	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/1997	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/1997	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/1997	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/1997	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/1997	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Clothes dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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