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Accidents - Clotheslines or clothes drying racks - 6-15 years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 613
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Head:169Hand:159
Knee:71Neck:71
Wrist:40Lower Arm:38
Face:35Mouth:15
Elbow:6Upper Trunk:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/14/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
CUT FOREARM ON CLOTHESLINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
RAN INTO A CLOTHESLINE/FACIAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT FELL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED LT WRIST / ARM WHILE SWINGING ON CLOTHESLINE DX: DISTAL RADIUS BUCKLE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
8 YO CLIMBED ON CLOTHESLINE FELL INJURED FOREARM FX FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
HIT HEAD ON MIDDLE OF CLOTHING RACK IN CLOTHING STORE DX: CHI, CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE & FLIPPED OVER ONTO GROUND, HIT HEAD CONCUSSION AND CONTUSION OF NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
RAN INTO CLOTHES LINE, FLEW BACK AND HIT HEAD/ ABRASION CONTUSION NECK, CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT PLAYING OUTDOORS, LACERATED HAND ON PIECE OF METAL ON CLOTHESLINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
FX FOREARM ,FELL OFF POLE OF CLOTHESLINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT RUNNING LAST NIGHT CAUGHT HIS NECK ON CLOTHES LINE C/O RT EAR PN AND NECK PAIN DX:CLOTHESLINE ABRASION TO NECK*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Poles
DX LACERATION TO HEAD: SWINGING ON CLOTHES LINE AT HOME, HIT METAL POLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT SLIPPED, HIT HAND ON A DRYING RACK, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT CAUGHT HAND IN CLOTHESLINE, PUNCTURING HAND DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
15 YO MALE RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE WHILE PLAYING MANHUNT FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT. FELL FROM CLOTHESLINE, LANDED ON L WRIST AT HOME. DX. FX L DISTAL RADIUS, DISTAL ULNA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT WAS SWINGING ON CLOTHESLINE AND FELL ; LANDED ON LEFT ARM. D: FX R ADIUS /ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
ELBOW CONTUSED, HANGING ON CLOTHESLINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
JUMPING AND HIT CLOTHESLINE/LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PULLING DOWN CLOTHES LINE & NAIL EMBEDDED INTO SKIN/CHEST, LUNGS SOUND CL & EQUAL BIL, STATES HAVING SLIGHT DIFFICULTY BREATHING
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 02/06/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
CONTUS L KNEE; WALKING DOWN HALLWAY, TRIPPED & STRUCK KNEE ON DRYING RA CK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT. WAS PLAY'G ON CLOTHES RACK + FELL HITT'G SIDE OF FACE YEST. HAS PER IORBITAL EDEMA TODAY, RED SCLERA, INNER CANTHUS. C/O H/A. DX.: HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Trampolines
FACIAL CONTUSIONS, FELL FROM TRAMPOLINE TO CLOTHESLINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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