Accidents - Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,563
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2000:	18
Year 2001:	113
Year 2002:	189
Year 2003:	239
Year 2004:	74
Year 2005:	353
Year 2006:	159
Year 2007:	185
Year 2008:	13
Year 2009:	183
Year 2010:	31

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	18
6-15 years old:	232
16-25 years old:	92
26-50 years old:	278
50+ years old:	941

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/14/2010	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
80 YOF CAUGHT LEFT FOREARM ON A METAL HANGER SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2010	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
DX LAC FOREARM/CONTU FOREARM: 79YOF C/O BRUIS' & LAC TO L FOREARM AFTER RUN' INTO AN EDGE OF A HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Floors or flooring materials
63 YOF FELL LAST NIGHT FEET TANGLED ON CLOTHES HANGER IN THE FLOOR. DX-FX LEFT DISTAL RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2009	Age: 84 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: Avulsion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
DX SKIN AVULSION, BLDG RESOLVED/SUBTHERAPEUTIC INR: HIT HER R ARM ON WIRE HANGER IN THE CLOSET 2 D AGO. TORN SKIN TO R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT SLIPPED ON A HANGER AND FELL 2 WEEKS AGO AND SINCE THEN HAS HAD NUMB NESS IN LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
69YOM, METAL COAT RACK FELL , CUT FOREARM, CONTUSION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Doors
STEPPED ON PLASTIC HANGER AND HIT DOOR FRAME. DX- FOREARM CONTUSION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CUT ON A CLOTHES HANGER IN A CLOSET. DX LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT WAS @ DAYCARE 2 DAYS AGO AND HIT RIGHT WRIST/ARM ONTO A COAT RACK SINCE THAT TIME PT HAS BEEN GAURDING ARM. DX RADIAL BUCKLE FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Bottles or jars
PT FELL INTO A COAT RACK, ALSO WAS PUNCTURED TO WRIST WITH A BOTTLE CAP ARM PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/21/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CUT ARM WITH A HANGER. DX. FOREARM SKIN TEAR. JS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CONTUSED FOREARM, CLOTHES RACK FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 12 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: Foreign Body
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PART OF A PLASTIC HANGER GOT INTO CAST DX: REMOVED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CUT WITH A METAL HANGER. DX LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2007	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT LAC RT ARM ON A HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
WAS SCRATCHING ARM UNDER CAST WITH METAL COATHANGER AND GOT IT CAUGHT U NDER CAST. FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL UNDER CAST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT SLIPPED ON CLOTHES HANGER FELL ON LEFT ARM HURT WRIST DX FAC LEFT RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
54 YOM TRIPPED LAST NIGHT ON COAT HANGER CAUSING FRACTURE TO RIGHT LOWE R ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
FELL AGAINST CLOTHES RACK AND CONTUSED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2005	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT IN THE NURTSING HOME STUCK SELF ACCIDENTLY IN THE RIGHT FOREARM WITH A HANGER LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2005	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL PICKING UP COAT HANGER FROM FLOOR FX LT ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CUT FOREARM ON A WIRE HANGER. DX. AVULSION LACERATION FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT HIT ARM ON HANGER. DX: L FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT WAS CUT ON COAT HANGER IN CLOSET. DX: 3.5 CM L FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT STATES END OF COAT HANGER PUNCTURED FOREARM AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2005	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT CAUGHT FOREARM ON COAT HANGER C/O PAIN RT FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT SCRAPED ARM ON RUSTY HANGER. DX: R FOREARM ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
71 YO MALE HAD COAT HANGER ACCIDENTLY GO INTO ARM MINOR ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT HIT LT FOREARM ON COAT RACK YESTERDAY, SUSTAINED " LT FOREARM CONTUSION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
SCRATCHED BY A CLOTHES RACK IN STORE. DX. L FOREARM ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
RT FOREARM LACERATION-ACCIDENTALLY SUS A 1/2CM X 1/4 CM LACERATION TO F OREARM FROM A CLOTH HANGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
AT A CLOTHES STORE AND BANGED HAND ON A METAL RACK. DX. R FOREARM CONT USION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
GOT A METAL HANGER CAUGHT IN RT FOREARM DX: RT FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN THE LOWER ARM WITH A HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
RT FOREARM CONTUSION.PT TRIPPED OVER A COAT HANGER AND FELL AND INJURED FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
STEPPED ON A HANGER AT *** DX- ACUTE L DISTAL RADIUS COMPRESSIONS FRACT URE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
FOREARM LACERATION - 6 YOF LACERATED RIGHT FOREARM ON A HANGER IN A STO RE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT WAS SWINGING ON CLOTHES HANGER POLE AND FELL AND LANDED ON RIGHT ARM . D: ASTHMA / FRACTURE DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2002	Age: 61 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: Fracture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
61YO M TRIPPED AND FELL OVER CLOTHES HANGER FX ULNA CLOSED DISTAL END
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CUT LEFT FOREARM ON A METAL COAT HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT FALL ONTO A HANGER AT HOME, PIECE PUNCTURED RT ARM, PIECE STAYE D IN ARM, FB LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2001	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2001	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2001	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Cribs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2001	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2001	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2000	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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