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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 501
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 26 YOF LACERATED LEFT UPPER ARM ON A BROKEN CERAMIC TOWEL RACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK ON A TOWEL RACK AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2007 | 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: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT HIT ELBOW ON TOWEL RACK, CONTUSION TO ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PATIENT C/O ELBOW PAIN AFTER HITTING HER ELBOW HARD INTO A CONCRETE TOWEL RACK AFTER BLOWING HER HAIR. DX-CONTUSION TO RIGHT ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT DX FOREHEAD LACERATION - SLIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 30 Y/O F INJURED L ELBOW WHEN HIT IT ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME. DX; L ELBOW SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| LACERATES THUMB ON METAL TOWEL RACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT SLIPPED AT HOME STRIKING RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST A TOWEL RACK CONTUSION ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| FOREHEAD LAC, PT STRUCK A TOWEL RACK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 42 Y/O F INJURED L ELBOW WHEN HIT IT ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME. DX; L ELBOW CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2007 | Age: 37 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: Towel racks or bars |
| PT BENT OVER AT HOME YESTERDAY STRIKING HEAD ON A TOWEL RACK SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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