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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,240
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2003 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PLAYING OUTSIDE, SUDDEN ONSET NECK PAIN AT HOME. 6 DAYS AGO PAPER TOWE L HOLDER FELL LACERATING FOREHEAD. DX; MUSCLE SPASM NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT SUST CONTUSION TO FACE WITH TOWEL RACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2003 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PATIENT FELL HOLDING ONTO A TOWEL RACK. DX-HUMERUS FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2003 | Age: 34 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 |
| INJURED LOWER BACK A WEEK AGO, TODAY WAS CLEANING BATHOOM, FELL AND HIT BACK ON TOWEL RACK DX: LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| LEFT FOOT SOFT TISSUE INJURY-WOODEN PAPER TOWEL HOLDER FELL INJURING LE FT FOOT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2003 | Age: 24 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.INJ.SCALP AT HOME WHEN STOOD UP & HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK. DX; LAC.SC ALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 46 YO MALE HIT TOWEL RACK WITH FIST CONTUSION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Doors |
| PT FELL WHILE CLIMBING IN BATHROOM AND CAUGHT EYELID ON TOWEL HOOK WHICH WAS ON DOOR; LACERATION OF LEFT EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 17 YO MALE HAD TOWEL RACK FALL ON LEFT FOOT AT ***LACERATION FOOT LACERATION FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2003 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK DX. CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| HIT FOREHEAD ON TOWEL RACK DX FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2003 | Age: 35 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 |
| HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK DX: HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Hair dryers |
| PT WAS BLOWING HER HAIR DRY WITH A POWER HAIR DRYER BENT DOWN TO DO THE BACK AND HIT FACE ON THE TOWEL RACK CONTUSION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT IN BATHROOM, CUT RT PINKY ON BROKEN TOWEL RACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2003 | Age: 26 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 |
| TOWEL BAR FELL ON FACE-LACERATION NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| DX RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION: CUT ARM ON METAL EDGE OF TOWEL RACK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT HIT HEAD ON TOWEL BAR IN SCHOOL BATHROOM DX: CHI W/ CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2003 | Age: 27 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 |
| DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2003 | Age: 2 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: Laceration |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT HIT HEAD ON A TOWEL RACK DX: LAC TO FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: RAN INTO TOWEL BAR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2003 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| FX R HIP - FELL WHEN HAND SLIPPED OF TOWEL RACK |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/21/2003 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 94 Y/O F INJURED LOWER BACK WHEN FELL IN BATHROOM HITTING TOWEL RACK AT HOME. DX; LOW BACK CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 19 YO FEMALE FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON TOWEL RACK CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2003 | Age: 32 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 STATES HE WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL AND WAS IN BATHROOM VOMITTING AND COME UP AND HIT HEAD ON TOWEL RACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PAPER TOWEL HOLDER FELL ON 53 YO FEMALE AND HIT LEG IN BATHROOM AT CASI NO CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| 47 YO FEMALE FELL WHILE HOLDING ONTO TOWEL RACK CONTUSION LEFT ARM/HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT FELL AND HIT TOWEL RACK. DX: CHEST CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Towels or cloths |
| LUMBAR STR/41YOF LEANED TOWARD TOWEL RING TO GET A TOWEL AND IN DOING S O INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2003 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE HIT HIS RT HAND ON A TOWEL BAR CAUSING A CONTUSI ON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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