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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 609
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 03/30/2010 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| 86 YO F SLIPPED ON TOWEL FELLINJURED LEG ON FLOOR FX FEMUR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/13/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT STANDING ON HOOD OF CAR REACHING FOR BEACH TOWEL ON TOP, FELL I NTO WINDSHIELD AT HOME, GLASS BROKE; THIGH LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SPILLED HOT SOUP ON THIGHS WHEN WEARING SHORT NIGHT GOWN, APPLIED COLD WASHCLOTH, WHEN REMOVED WASHCLOTH SKIN CAME OFF;2ND DG BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SAT ON A RAG WITH MINERAL SPIRTS WHILE DRIVING. DX CHEMICAL BURN R THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Other ranges or ovens |
| PT WITH 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO UPPER LEFT LEG AFTER TRYING TO GET PAN OUT OF OVEN AND TOWEL CAUGHT ON FIRE NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2006 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PAINTING & TRIPPED OVER DROP CLOTH DX L FEMUR FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT WAS REACHING FOR HER TOWEL IN BATHROOM, STRETCHED HER LEG & DID THE SPLITS, HURTING HER LT HAMSTRING. DX - LT HAMSTRING MUSCLE PULL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Abrasive cleaners |
| YESTERDAY ACCIDENTLY USED A WASH CLOTH W/ *** FOR SHOWERING C/O RASH DX DERMITITUS TO THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2004 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| BEND OVER TO PICK UP TOWELS, SLIPPED & FELL, FOUND ON FLOOR FX FEMUR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Microwave ovens |
| 38 YO MALE HAD SMALL BLISTER ON UPPER THIGH, PUT MICROWAVED RAG ON IT AND BURNED THIGH - 2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2003 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT SLIPPED ON A TOWEL AND FELL. DX: R FEMORAL NECK FX, HX AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS, HYPERGLYCEMIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/16/2000 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Knives |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/1999 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/1997 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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