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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 697
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/07/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 48 YO FEMALE STRUCK HEAD ON CLOTHES RACK CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Clothing |
| PT HANGING UP CLOTHES ON CLOTHESLINE AND STEPPED IN A HOLE & INJURED ANKLE. DX L ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| HIT IN THE NOSE BY A CLOTHESLINE THAT WAS BLOWING IN THE WIND. CONTUSION NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 37 YOMC TRYING TO REMOVE CLOTHESLINE OUT OF GROUND AT HOME, PULLED BACK WARDS & FELL/ SPRAIN LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 33 YOM FELL INTO CLOTHES RACK SPRAIN MULTIPLE SITES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 39 YOWM WAS WORKING ON A CLOTHES LINE WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 30 YOWF WAS PULLING A CLOTHES LINE TOGETHER WHEN A METAL PIECE STRUCK F INGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2002 | Age: 26 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, Poles |
| 26 Y.O. W FEMALE W/SCALP LAC. PT WAS TRYING TO HOLD A CLOTHESLINE & THE POLE FELL ON HER @ HOME. E9179 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Clothespins |
| WALKED INTO CLOTHESLINE AND CLOTHESPIN HIT LEFT EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Clothing |
| PATIENT WAS HANGING CLOTHES ON CLOTHESLINE. BECAME DIZZY-TRIPPED & FELL . DX: DIZZINESS CAUSED TRIP AND FALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Clothing |
| 31 Y.O. B FEMALE W/BACK PAIN. PT WAS HANGING CLOTHES ON THE CLOTHESLINE WHEN HER BACK STARTED HURTING @ HOME. E927 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PT CAHING DOG IN THE BACKYARD AT HOME RAN FACE FIRST INTO A CLOTHESLINE LACERATION MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PT WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO PUT IN CLOTHESLINE WHEN THE SLEDGEHAMME R CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE DX: 2.5CM LOWER LIP + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 32 Y.O. B MALE W/FACIAL LAC. PT WAS RUNNING FROM THE POLICE & RAN INTOA CLOTHESLINE. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| 38 YOM LAC TO ARM FROM HOOK ON CLOTHES LINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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