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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 643
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/23/2010 | Age: 52 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: Towel racks or bars |
| 52YOF SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO RIBS TRIPPED AND FELL STRUCK CHEST ON A TOWEL RACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2009 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 89YOF LOST BALANCE AND FELL ONTO TOWEL RACK AT HOME CONTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2009 | Age: 90 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 WAS FIXING TOWEL RACK & FELL IN BATHROOM DX;#THORACIC CONTUSION, UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| CHEST WALL PAIN-GRABBED TOWEL RACK FOR SUPPORT-RACK BROKE-PT FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| STRUCK BACK ON TOWEL RACK/MUSCLE SPASM RT DORSAL THORAX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT FELL TODAY IN BATHROOM AND HIT TOWEL RACK. DX: RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| PT LEANED ON A TOWEL RACK WHICH COLLAPSED. DX: CHEST CONT, 9TH RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Doors |
| WAS IN BATHROOM, SLIPPED AND FELL, THINKS SHE TRIED TO GRAB TOWEL RACK, FELL BACKWARDS, HIT HEAD ON DOOR. DX. L RIB FXS, CONT. R TONGUE, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Ceilings and walls |
| WOKE UP, TO BATHROOM, BLACKED OUT PULLED TOWEL RACK OFF WALL, +LOC. SY NCOPE, ACUTE CHEST PAIN, LEFT BBB. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/19/2001 | Age: 97 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars, Bathtubs or showers |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/11/2001 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/21/2000 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2000 | 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: Towel racks or bars, Sinks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/1999 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/1997 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towel racks or bars |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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