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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 76
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WITH PAIN AT SITE OF INCISION AFTER PULLING STITCHES BY USING A TOWEL TO DRY OFF DX: BREAST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT INJURED BACK WHILE TOWEL DRYING HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| SLIPPED ON TOWEL LAYING ON BATHROOM FLOOR AND FELL, HIT TUB WITH UPPERB ACK, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Laundry baskets |
| BACK PAIN-AT HOME-AFTER SHE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL AND LAUNDRY BASKET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| THORACIC CT-@ HOME-REACHING FOR TOWEL ON A RACK- FELL-HIT BATHTUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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