Accidents - Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers - 6-15 years old - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 988
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	212	Face:	181
Lower Arm:	98	Foot:	95
Ankle:	92	Head:	78
Lower Leg:	68	Upper Leg:	34
Mouth:	31	Knee:	30
Lower Trunk:	15	Ear:	15
Wrist:	15	Upper Arm:	5
Hand:	5	Neck:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Ceilings and walls
RT EYELID LAC-HIT A WIRE COAT HANGER-ON A WALL-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
DX LEFT HIP STRAIN: SLIPPED ON HANGER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT FELL ON COAT HANGER. DX: R THIGH LAC 10 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PATIENT STRUCK ON EYELID BY METAL COAT HANGER; EYELID CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
HIT SELF IN EYE WITH COAT HANGER DX. SCLERAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PUNCTURED EYEBALL WITH CLOTHES HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY POKED IN EYE WITH WIRE HANGER. D: RIGHT EYE ABRAS ION
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: 11/05/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PATIENT CUT NECK WITH METAL HANGER AT HOME; NECK LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
DX FRENULUM LACERATION: PUT METAL COAT HANGER IN MOUTH AT HOME.
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: 10/04/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
EYE SUPERFICIAL INJURY - 7 YOF GOT A HANGER STUCK IN RIGHT EYELID TODAY AT 7:40PM, SOME BLEEDING FROM THE EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
POKED IN THE EYE WITH A METAL HANGER DX: MINOR EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT FELL OVER METAL CLOTHES RACK AT SCHOOL; SPRAIN ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT. HIT IN THE EYE W/A COAT HANGER BY BROTHER, HAS ABRA TO CORNEA AND L AC. DX. OD PENETRATING TRAUMA W/TORN IRIS/PUPIL INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT WAS STUCK IN THE EYE WITH A HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
RT EYELID LAC - HIT IN THE EYE WITH A RACK @ THE STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Ball sports
PT WAS AT THE BABYSITTERS AND HER GRANDCHILDREN WERE THROWING BALL AT H ER AND HITTING HER WITH A HANGER RESULTING IN A CONTUSION OF THE EAR,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CONTUSED EYEBALL WITH HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
STUCK WIRE HANGER IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
STEPPED ON OLD COAT HANGAR;LAC FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Floors or flooring materials
LEFT ANKLE STR. PT STRAINED ANKLE WHEN SLIPPING ON A HANGER ON FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
HEMATOMA EYEBALL WHEN POKED WITH CLOTHES HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
HAD LOWER LEG CASE, WENT TO SCRATCH LEG WIH LONG COAT HANGER, AND GOT H ANGER STUCK IN CASE DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL FROM L LEG CAST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CONTUSED HEAD WHEN CLOTHES RACK FELL AT ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT GOT A HANGER STUCK UP HIS FOOT 1INCH DEEP. D: PUNCTURE WOUND WITH 2NDARY CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT C/O INJURY TO RT EYE WHILE PLAYING WITH METAL HANGER YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT STRUCK IN RT EYE WITH WIRE HANGER C/O PN, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
STUCK CLOTHES HANGER IN R EYE-HOOK PART OF COAT HANGER.DX;CONJUNCTIVAL ABR/ CORNEAL ABR RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
HANGER VS. EYE DX: ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
LIP LAC-IN CAR-SIBLING HIT HER W/A METAL HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT. WAS RUNNING AT SCHOOL, FELL & LANDED ON A COAT RACK DX: UPPER ARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
LT KNEE LAC AFTER CRAWLING AROUND ON KNEES IN ROOM. CAUGHT ON COATHANGE R. DX; 2 CM LAC LT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CLOTHES RACK FELL ON CHILD'S HEAD. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PATIENT SCRATCHED ON EYE WITH WIRE CLOTHES HANGER AT HOME; SCLERAL ABRA SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT STEPPED ON WIRE CLOTHES HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT HIT ON HEAD BY CLOTHES HANGERDX LAC TO LEFT EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
ABRASION UNDER THE EYE- WAS PLAYING WITH HIS BROTHER AND GOT SCRATCHEDW ITH A COAT HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT FELL @SCHOOL HITTING HEAD ON COAT HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT IN THE EYE WITH A HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PATIENT PLAYING WITH PLASTIC HANGER AT HOME, HANGER BROKE WITH A PIECE GOING INTO HIS EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Stairs or steps
TRIPPED UP STAIRS AT HOME AND BANGED CHIN ON A SHOE RACK. DX. .7 CM CHI N LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT WAS HIT TO HEAD WITH WOODEN HANGER THROWN BY MOTHER ACCIDENTALLY. D : CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOC / LACERATION FOREHEAD / CONTUSION FACIAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
FOOT LACERATION - STEPPED ON A BROKEN HANGER LACERATING RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
CORNEAL ABRASION - POKED SELF IN RIGHT EYE WITH A HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT C/O INJURY TO LT EYE S/P STRUCK BY A HANGER YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
SCRATCHED WRIST WITH HANGER LACERATION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
SLIPPED ON HANGER DX. KNEE STRAIN
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: 01/28/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
RT SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE-@ HOME-BENT OVER IN CLOSET-HIT EYE O N A CLOTHES HANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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