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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 343
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| FELL ON TOWEL BAR WHICH BROKE CUT CHEST LACERATION LEFT CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| LAC TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT WALKED INTO TOWEL RACK. DX: 1 CM BROW LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| HIT FOREHEAD ON PAPER TOWEL RACK DX: FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT IN SHOWER AND SLIPPED HIT HEAD AGST TOWEL BAR DX 1/2 CM LAC TO RT EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT HIT HEAD ON TOWEL BAR; SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT CUT FINGER ON SHARP POINT OF TOWEL RACK, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT WAS HANGING FROM TOWEL RACK IN BATHROOM AT HOME AND HIT LT SIDE HEAD ON UNKNOWN OBJECT CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND; MINOR SCALP PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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