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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,088
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/24/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LUMBAR STRAIN AFTER BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2003 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| 78 Y.O. W MALE W/BACK PAIN. PT WAS BENDING OVER DRYING OFF W/A TOWEL AF TER GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER & PAIN BEGAN @ HOME. E927 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Doors |
| LUMBAR STRAIN-@ HOME-REACHING FOR A TOWEL-FELL-HIT A DOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PICKING UP HEAVY WET TOWELS DX: LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL FELT PULL TO LOW BACK. DX: ACUTE BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| WHILE REACHING FOR A TOWEL, PATIENT HEARD SOMETHING "POP" IN LOWER BACK CAUSING BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2003 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| TRIPPED ON A TOWEL AND FELL FX HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/05/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LEFT LUMBAR STR. PT BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A TOWEL AND STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| STATES SHE TURNED FOR TOWEL AND HURT BACK DX LOWER TRUNK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT RESCHED FOR A TOWEL YESTERDAY STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| STATES SHE BENT OVER AND PICKED UP TOWEL AND HURT HER BACK DX LOWER TRUNK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| TINEA CRURIS OF GROIN FROM SHARING TOWEL WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS ATHLETE'S FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | 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: Towels or cloths |
| LOW BACK STRAIN. PAIN AFTER BENDING TO PICK UP TOWELS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A STACK OF TOWELS AT HOME STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2003 | Age: 64 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: Towels or cloths |
| TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL AT HOME INJURING HIP. DX: HIP CONTUSION, KNEE CO NTUSION, SCIATICA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| RT GROIN MUSCLE STRAIN-PT WAS WALKING AT HOME AND TRIPPED OVER SOME TOW ELS. PT DID THE SPLIT. NOW C/O RT GROIN PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| 32 Y O M BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL FROM FLOOR. DX BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LUMBAR STRAIN - 32 YOF C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER DRYING SELF OFF WITH T OWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT INJURED WHEN SLIPPED ON WET TOWELS ON FLOOR AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2003 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| IN BATHROOM, TURNING TO GET A TOWEL AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK . DX. LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 50 Y.O. W MALE W/BACK STRAIN. PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOWEL @ FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK. E927 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT INJURED BENDING OVER TO PICK UO A TOWEL; BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2003 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 93 YOF TRIPPED OVER TOWEL FELL AND FX HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/24/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| SLIPPED ON TOWEL ON KITCHEN FLOOR, JERKING BACK. ACUTE MUSCLE SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Coal or wood-burning stoves |
| PT WAS WEARING A TOWEL AND BACKED INTO WOOD STOVE; BURN TO BUTTOCKS DX: BURNS, 2ND DEGREE RIGHT BUTTOCKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2003 | Age: 36 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: Towels or cloths |
| BACK PAIN AFTER BENDING TO PICK UP A TOWEL YESTERDAY. DX. LUMBAR SPRAIN . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2003 | 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: Towels or cloths |
| BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOWEL DX. LBP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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