Accidents - Clothes dryers - 26-50 years old - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,438
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	596	Upper Trunk:	287
Finger:	281	Hand:	148
Foot:	127	Shoulder:	126
Toe:	122	Wrist:	97
Upper Arm:	83	Unkown:	83
Neck:	83	All Of Body:	82
Head:	82	Elbow:	68
Lower Arm:	68	Knee:	68
Lower Leg:	15	Ankle:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
COMPLEX TOE LAC-DROPPED A DRYER ON TOE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
FELL TAKING CLOTHES OUT OF DRYER SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/20/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers, Stairs or steps
CONTUSION RT KNEE: MOVING DRYER WHEN FELL DOWN APPROXIMATELY 13 STEPS ONTO HARDWOOD FLOOR, DRYER LANDED ON RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/17/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT INJURED MOVING CLOTHES DRYER; LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2005	Age: 48 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 WAS LIFTING DRYER AND FELT "TEAR" IN ARM. DX: TORN R BICEP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LAC TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON A CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2005	Age: 47 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
PT LACERATED THUMB WHILE WORKING ON DRYER DX: 2 CM. LEFT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT CUT HAND ON DRYER. DX: 2 CM L HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
STANDING ON CLOTHES DRYER AND JUMPED OFF SPRAIN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
INSTALLING DRYER,PAIN AFTER PUSHING LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
47 YO JUMPED OFF DRYER SPRAIN ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Clothes dryers, Electrical outlets or receptacles
ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM DRYER PLUG LAST PM, L HAND, ARM, NECK AND CP DX: ELECTROCUTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2005	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
CUT FINGER ON A ?CLOTH DRYER DOOR "LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT GOT RT HAND CAUGHT ON INSIDE OF METAL CLOETHES DRYER DOOR C/OPAIN RT HAND FLAP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT DROPPED A DRYER ON RT FOOT DX: RT FOOT CONTUSION, RT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothes dryers
GAS DRYER VENT WAS SEALED OFF. DX. MILD CARBON MONOXIDE INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
29 Y/O W/M RECEIVED ABDOMINAL PAIN WHEN PICKED UP ON DRYER AND INJURED HERNIA SIDE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Clothes dryers, Knives
PT WAS FIXING A CLOTHES DRYER USING A KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND PUNCTUR ED PATIENT IN THE CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT WAS LEANING OVER A CLOTHES DRYER & PULLED CHEST DX: STRAIN UPPER CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
MOVING DRYER TODAY. ACUTE LOWER BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	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
STUBBED TOE WHILE MOVING DRYERS. " FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Washing machines
PT LIFTING WASHER AND DRYER; NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT MOVING A DRYER STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothes dryers
2ND DEGREE BURNS-BURNED ON CLOTHES DRYER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
FX TOES-DRYER FELL ON FOOT-@ HOOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Clothes dryers
RT 3RD FINGERNAIL AVULSION.PT CAUGHT FINGERNAIL IN DRYER DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
RT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND ON A DRYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 41 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
PT GOT SUPRAPUBIC CATHETER CAUGHT ON DRYER AND IT SNAPPED IN HALF, PT A LSO C/O CHEST PAIN WHILE DOING HOUSEWORK DX: SUPRAUBIC CATHETER REPLACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
RIB CAGE STRAIN AFTER MOVING DRYER AT HOME. R RIB /FLANK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
HIT LITTLE TOE ON DRYER DX TOE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
L ELBOW INJ/50YOF STS SHE HIT HER ELBOW 4 DAYS AGO AND HAS HAD PAIN SIN CE. TONIGHT REACHED INTO DRYER AND FELT SOMETHING POP. HAD EXTREME PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
47 YOM WAS TAKING CLOTHES OUT OF DRYER WHEN LOW BACK PAIN STARTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
TRIED TO MOVE DRYER 2 DAYS AGO. LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT CUT FINGER ON A DRYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT CUT WRIST ON BOTTOM OF DRYER, LACERATON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2005	Age: 35 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
STUCK RIGHT ARM INTO CLOTHES DRYER THAT WAS STILL MOVING, DRYER MOTION PULLED ON ARM DX: FOREARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
PT. LIFTED DRYER W/WIFE, IT FELL AND HE TRIED TO CATCH IT, FELT POP IN BACK. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMBAR, LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
REACHING BEHIND CLOTHES DRYER ABRASION CONTUSION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
BENT OVER TO PICK UP CLOTHES FROM DRYER & FELT "POP." ACUTE STRAIN LT S HOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers
STATES HE DROPPED DRYER ON HIS TOE DX LT TOE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing
PT COMPLAINING OF DIZZINESS SINCE YESTERDAY AFTER TAKING CLOTHES OUT OF DRYER. D: CHEST PAIN, NOS; HYPERTENSION. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/12/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
DROPPED DRYER ON FOOT DX FOOT CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers, Stairs or steps
46YFC MOVING DRYER DOWN STEPS AND MISSED A STEP TWISTING BACK C/O LOW BACK PAIN/STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
DROPPED DRYER ON WRIST THIS AFTERNOON CONTUSION R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
DRYER FELL ON HAND 1 WEEK AGO. SOFT TISSUE INJURY RT 5TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothes dryers
LIFTING DRYER YESTERDAY, HURT CHEST DX CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT C/O LACERATION TO R WRIST, CUT WRIST ON EDGE OF DRYER. DX: RIGHT WRIST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
CAUGHT FINGER UNDER DRYER WHEN FELL ON IT. LT LITTLE FINGER INJURY-CT/A B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2005	Age: 37 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
STATES SHE WAS HELPING A FRIEND MOVE A DRYER AND HURT HER BACK DX LOWER TRUNK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothes dryers
28 YOF STUCK HER ARM IN A CLOTHES DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Clothes dryers
PATIENT WAS INSTALLING A CLOTHES DRYER AND IT SHOCKED HIM THROWING AGAI NST THE WALL. DX; CONCUSSION AND ELECTRICAL SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers
CHI,SCALP LACERATION.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A DRYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2005	Age: 41 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: Clothes dryers
PT STRUCK LEFT SIDE OF CHEST AGAINST THE CORNER OF A DRYER CONTUSION CH EST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2005	Age: 34 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
PT BENT OVER TOTAKE LAUNDRY OUT OF DRYER AND HAD ACUTE ONSET OF PAIN D X LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2005	Age: 43 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
MUSCULOSKELETAL BACK PAIN, MOVING IN A NEW DRYER, WIFE HELPING UP STEPS, SHE LET GO OF HER END, SOMETHING POPPED IN PT'S BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
1 CM. FINGER LAC-@ HOME-CUT ON THE DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
LEFT 4TH FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER ON A PIECE OF METAL ON A DRYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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