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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 242
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 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: 09/07/2002 | 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: 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) |
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