Accidents - Towel racks or bars - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,938
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	270
6-15 years old:	401
16-25 years old:	60
26-50 years old:	326
50+ years old:	879

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	768	Face:	399
Lower Trunk:	242	Lower Leg:	107
Ear:	83	Eyeball:	68
Hand:	68	Upper Trunk:	60
Pubic Region:	60	Lower Arm:	15
Wrist:	15	All Of Body:	15
Shoulder:	15	Mouth:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK - LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
DX LEFT WRIST LACERATION: CUT WRIST ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towel racks or bars
77 Y.O. W MALE W/CHI. PT FELL & STRUCK HEAD ON THE TOWEL RACK @ HOME. E 8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
55-YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HER FACE AS A RESULT OF FALLING INTO A PAPER TOWEL HOLDER AT A BAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT SLIPPED IN BATHROOM AND GRABBED TOWEL BAR WHICH BROKE. DX: INTRACTABLE HIP PX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/15/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Towel racks or bars
HIT RT SIDE OF FACE ON TOWEL RACK DX: CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 13 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: Towel racks or bars
SLIPPED IN WATER AND FELL INTO TOWEL RACK;ABRAS, FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towel racks or bars, Floors or flooring materials
CHILD PLAYING IN BATHROOM WHEN HE CLIMBED ON TOWEL RACK AND FELL BACK HITTING HEAD ON FLOOR. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2002	Age: 8 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 C/O CUT TO RT EYEBROW ON BATHROOM TOWEL RACK CORNER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2002	Age: 38 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: Other
Product: Towel racks or bars
HIT HEAD YESTERDAY ON TOWEL RACK DIZZINESS BLURRY VISION DX POST TRAUMA TIC LABYRINTHITIS AND DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2002	Age: 2 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, Ceilings and walls
2 YOWM ACCIDENTALLY PULLED A TOWEL BAR OUT OF THE WALL. TOWEL BAR THEN HIT PT IN THE HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
DX RIGHT LOWER ARM CONTUSION: STRUCK ARM ON TOWEL BAR IN BATHROOM AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars, Toilets
PT. WAS TRYING TO MOVE FROM WHEELCHAIR TO COMMODE , WAS LEANING ON TOWEL RACK, WHICH BROKE, CAUSING PATIENT TO FALL INJURING LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Towel racks or bars
FELL FROM HANGING ON TOWEL RACK DX. CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towel racks or bars, Ceilings and walls
LOW BACK PAIN/50YOM AT WK 3 NIGHTS AGO, FELL BACKWARDS & HIT HIS HEAD O N TOWEL BAR & HIT BACK INTO THE WALL. NOW C/O EXCRUICIATING PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT FELL FROM STANDING POSITION HITTING HEAD ON TOWEL RACK IN THE BATHROOM AT HOME AFTER ETOH INTAKE DX:ETOH INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT GRABBED TOWEL RACK AND FELL. DX: L FIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars, Sinks
WHILE PUTTING LOTION/POWDER ON LT FOOT (BUG BITES) FELL TRYING TO PUT F OOT ON SINK & HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RQCK. DX LAC SCALP, ABRAS LOWER BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Towel racks or bars
88YOF BUMPED R LEG ON TOWEL RACK DX: HEMATOMA/CONT R LEG TIBIA -FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 2 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
BROTHER THREW A TOWEL RACK AND HIT PT IN THE HEAD. D: LACERATION SCAL P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towel racks or bars, Towels or cloths
PT PULLED A TOWEL DOWN THAT WAS ON A RACK AND THE RACK FELL OFF THE WAL L STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
PATIENT CUT CHEEK ON RUSTY METAL PAPER TOWEL HOLDER AT PARK; FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
LAC (R) EAR, PT STRUCK THE TOWEL RACK IN THE BATHROOM, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
HIT CHIN ON TOWEL RACK DX: LACERATION CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
HIT IN MOUTH WITH TOWEL RACK. DX: LACERATION, INTRAORAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	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
13YOBF-LACERATION FOREHEAD-FELL AT HOME HIT FOREHEAD ON TOWEL RACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
TOWEL RACK IN BATHROOM LACERATED RIGHT EAR WHEN RUNNING IN TO IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2002	Age: 18 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, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON WET BATHROOM FLOOR AND FELL, HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK, CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT. HIT FOREHEAD ON POINTED EDGE OF TOWEL RACK IN MOTEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towel racks or bars
CHI - FELL HITTING HEAD ON TOWEL RACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towel racks or bars, Ceilings and walls
WOKE UP, TO BATHROOM, BLACKED OUT PULLED TOWEL RACK OFF WALL, +LOC. SY NCOPE, ACUTE CHEST PAIN, LEFT BBB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/02/2002	Age: 5 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
HEAD LACERATION - WAS HANGING FROM A TOWEL RACK AND FELL HITTING BACK O F HEAD ON TILE EDGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
CLIMBING DOWN A TOWEL RACK AT HOME AND FELL DOWN WHEN RACK BROKEAND HE FELL DOWN. SCROTAL SKIN LAC $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars, Clothespins
CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE, BENT OVER A TOWEL RACK AT HOME AND HIT EYE ON A CLOTHES PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2002	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Towel racks or bars, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED AGAINST TOWEL RACK FALLING TO FLOOR DX: FRACTURE TO HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towel racks or bars
FELL / HIT HEAD ON TOWEL BAR DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT HIT HEAD IN TOWEL RACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
SCALP LAC-HIT W/ A TOWEL RACK IN BATHROOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
LAC R EYEBROW; @ GAS STATION; HIT HEAD ON PAPER TOWEL HOLDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2002	Age: 19 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: Other
Product: Towel racks or bars
HIT HEAD ON A TOWEL RACK. DX HEAD AND JAW PAIN AND PT LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2002	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: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars, Bathtubs or showers
PT DX FOREHEAD LACERATION - HIT ON TOWEL RACK WHEN GETTING OUT OF BATH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT SUST HEAD INJURY HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Towel racks or bars
LT SHOULDER DISLOCATION-@ HOME-INJURED WHILE REACHING TOWARD A TOW EL RACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Towel racks or bars, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
TRYING TO GET SOMETHING OFF HIGH SHELF IN BATHROOM,SLIP&FALL HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK DX:CEPHALOHEMATOMA DISLOCATED TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
PT STRUCK HAND ON TOWEL RACK DX LACERATION, CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towel racks or bars
PATIENT FELL HITTING HEAD ON TOWEL HOLDER OR TISSUE HOLDER IN BATH ROOM AT HOME; FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2002	Age: 85 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 SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHROOM AT HOME HITTING HEAD ON A TOWEL RA CK. LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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