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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 233
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/17/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS TOWELING OFF AFTER SHOWER WHEN SHE HAD NECK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SMOKE INHALATION WHEN KITCHEN TOWEL CAUGHT ON FIRE.FIRE DEPT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2006 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS WALKING WITH A TOWEL OVER HIS FACE TO KEEP THE SUN OUT DID NOT S EE CURB AND FELL OVER THE CYRB STRIKING FACE ON THE ROADWAY LAC FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2006 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 6 YOM WAS REACHING FOR TOWEL, FELL BACKWARDS CAUSING LACERATION TO B ACK OF HEAD. NO LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL AND INJURED TOE.DX TOE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| HANGING TOWEL UP IN BATHROOM,HIT A MARBLE STATUE OF AN ORCA WHALE WITH TOWEL,STATUE HIT PT'S HEAD DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Soaps |
| HAD EYE SWELLING AND DRAINAGE AFTER RUBBING EYES WITH DIRTY WASHCLOTH W ITH SOAP OR CLEANING PRODUCT ON IT AT HOME; CHEMICAL BURN LIKELY SOAP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Chemicals |
| ANOTHER STUDENT WRAPPED A TOWEL WITH CHEMICALS IN IT AROUND PATIENT'S E YES AT SCHOOL, EYES EXPOSED TO CHEMICALS;CORNEAL ABRASION, CONJUNCTIVIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2006 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SLIPPED ON TOWEL/FOREHEAD CT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT HAVING NOSEBLEEDING, SLIPPED ON TOWEL BUMPED FOREHEAD 3 DAYS AG O, 3 PREVIOUS NOSEBLEEDS; NOSE BLEED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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