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Accidents - Clotheslines or clothes drying racks - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 433
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1998:66
Year 2001:66
Year 2002:68
Year 2003:139
Year 2004:23
Year 2007:69

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 05/23/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
7YOF WAS HANGING FROM A CLOSE-LINE DROPPED TO THE GROUND,BRUSHED UP AGAINST A ROCK; 2-CM LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT CUT LEG ON A METAL CLOTHES HANGING STAND WHILE RUNNING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
CUT LOWER LEG WHEN CLIMBED ON A CLOTHESLINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/28/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PLAYING WITH DOG IN SNOW AT HOME INJURING LOWER LEG ON BASE OF CLOTHES LINE. DX; LACERATION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2003Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT WAS RUNNING AT HOME TRIPPED OVER A CLOTHESLINE FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
STRUCK LOWER LEG ON CLOTHES LINE POLE WHILE RUNNING THROUGH YARD/ CONTUSION RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/1998Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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