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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 326
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT RUBBED FACE WITH A TOWEL YESTERDAY, HAS FACIAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2002 | 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: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT IN THE EYE WITH A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SPRAINED ANKEL WHEN SLIPPED ON TOWEL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2002 | 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: Towels or cloths |
| SPRAINED ANKLE WHEN TRIPPED OVER TOWEL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET TOWEL OFF SHELF DX SPRAINED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT AND HER BROTHER WERE PLAYING AROUND AND WAS HIT WITH A WASH CLOTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Built-in swimming pools |
| PT WAS AT A LOCAL POOL, WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE GRASS, JUMPED A TOWELAN D CAUGHT TOE ON THE TOWEL AND BENT TOE BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| TRIPPED OVER TOWEL, CAUGHT TOE. NONWORKSPRAINED RIGHT GREAT TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| HAIR GOT CAUGHT IN TOWEL - PULLED AND HURT NECK. D: ACUTE CERVICAL ST RAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| FOREIGN BODY EYEBALL FROM TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LAST NIGHT CLEANING WITH TOWEL, HURT WRIST WHILE WRINGING TOWEL DX: LEFT WRIST INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Tableware and accessories |
| GLASS IN LEFT PALM - WASHING DISHES & PIECE OF GLASS IN TOWEL- SQU EEZED TOWL & GLASS GOT STUCK IN HAND. D: NO DX; LEFT W/OUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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