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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 360
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 02/15/2010 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 30 YOF FELL IN BATHROOM AND LANDED ON TOWEL RACK. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT FELL INTO TOWEL RACK, CONTUSION TO BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT COULDN'T GET OUT OF BED, CRAWLED TO BATHROOM AND TRIED TO PULL HIMSE LF UP USING THE TOWEL RACK, TOWEL RACK GAVE & PT FELL TO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| INJURED LOWER BACK A WEEK AGO, TODAY WAS CLEANING BATHOOM, FELL AND HIT BACK ON TOWEL RACK DX: LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2003 | Age: 41 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: Towel racks or bars, Towels or cloths |
| LUMBAR STR/41YOF LEANED TOWARD TOWEL RING TO GET A TOWEL AND IN DOING S O INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 50 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: Towel racks or bars, Ceilings and walls |
| LOW BACK PAIN/50YOM AT WK 3 NIGHTS AGO, FELL BACKWARDS & HIT HIS HEAD O N TOWEL BAR & HIT BACK INTO THE WALL. NOW C/O EXCRUICIATING PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2000 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/1998 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | 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: Towel racks or bars |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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