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Accidents - Clotheslines or clothes drying racks - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 436
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1997:66
Year 1998:85
Year 2002:38
Year 2006:71
Year 2008:89
Year 2009:69
Year 2010:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/25/2010Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Metal containers
DX FALL TO GND/RIB CONTU/SUPRATHERAPEUTIC INR: 80YOM IN PANTRY & HIT R FOOT ON LEG OF DRYING RACK, FELL STRIKING L LAT' CHEST ON CANNING JAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2009Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
LOST BALANCE TAKING SOMETHING OFF CLOTHESLINE COMPRESSION FRACTURE T-3
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/09/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
DX CONTU CHEST WALL: PT RAN INOT CLOTHES RACK, SUNDAY C/O LOWER R RIB PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2008Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
BACKED INTO CLOTHES RACK CONTUSION RIGHT THORAX *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2008Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Beds or bedframes
74YOF GETTING UP OUT OF BED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,FORGOT THAT A CLOTHES RACK WAS BESIDE BED,TRIPPED FELL AGAINST RACK;RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2006Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT C/O OF MID BACK PAIN WHEN TRYING TO SET UP A CLOTHES LINE DX; THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2002Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
PT COMPLAINT OF BACK PAIN TAKING LAUNDRY OFF CLOTHES LINE, MID BACK STR AIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/28/1998Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/1998Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/1997Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clotheslines or clothes drying racks, Chairs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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