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Accidents - Washing machines - 6-15 years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 628
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:114Foot:83
Head:82Lower Arm:74
Ankle:68Toe:68
Face:66Upper Trunk:31
Lower Trunk:31Finger:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/27/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Washing machines
FRACTURED NOSE WHEN FELL OFF WASHING MACHINE AT LAUNDRY MAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Washing machines
CHILD CLIMBING ON WASHING MACHINE, FELL OFF
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 12/05/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Washing machines
PLAYING FELL OFF WASHER INJURED ANKLE DX ANKLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Washing machines
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING AND MOVING A WASH MACHINE AND INJURED BACK .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Washing machines, Flatware
PT FELL WHILE CLIMBING ON TOP OF WASHING MACHINE TO GET A FORK AND SUSTAINED CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Washing machines
RT HAND PAIN. STATES REINJURED HAND TODAY. SHUT WASHER LID ON HAND TODAY. DX; HAND CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Washing machines
CAUGHT HAND IN WRINGER WASHER/ FX RT 2ND METACARPAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Washing machines
15 YOF HIT WASHING MACHINE CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Washing machines
FELL ON TUESDAY HITTING MID BACK ON WASHING MACHINE. DX; MID BACK CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Washing machines
MOVED HEAVY WASHER YESTERDAY COSTOCHONDRITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Washing machines
CONTUSION (L) 3RD TOE, VIA EMS, PT STRUCK A WASHING MACHINE AT HOME, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Washing machines
LACERATION SCALP, CUT HEAD ON OLD WASHING MACHINE WHICH WAS SITTING IN YARD AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Washing machines, Sheets or pillowcases
MULTIPLE FOREARM FRACTURED WHEN PUT ARM IN MOVING WASHING MACHINE, ARMC AUGHT ON SHEET AND PULLED INTO MACHINE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/04/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Washing machines
PT REPORTS SUSTAINED TRAUMA TO RT THUMB 4 DAYS AGO WHEN SHE SWUNG BACK TO HIT SOMEONE AND HAND HIT A WASHING MACHINE,THUMB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Washing machines
RT FOOT SPRAIN-@ HOME-FELL FROM A WASHING MACHINE-INVERTED FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Washing machines, Floors or flooring materials
L FOOT PAIN; FELL OFF WASHER TO FLOOR, VERBALIZES UNABLE TO WALK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Washing machines
FELL OFF WASHER DX. CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Washing machines
CHIN LAC, PT SLIPPED WHILE SITTING ON A WASHING MACHINE AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Washing machines
PT SUST. CONT TO HAND ON WASHING MACHINE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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