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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 131
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/16/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT CUT LEG W/WIRE HANGER. DX: R LEG LAC 7 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT.INJ.L.LOWER LEG AT HOME WHEN CUT ON METAL CLOTHES HANGER. DX; LAC.L. CALF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| TRIPPED ON A PLASTIC CLOTHES HANGER FRACTURE DISTAL TIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT HAS A CAST ON LOWER LEG WAS USING A HANGER TO SCRATCH LOWER LEG AND NOW IT STINKS SKIN UNDER CAST INFECTED CELLULITIS LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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