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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,180
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2007 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Stairs or steps |
| PT HAD A FEW GLASSES OF WINE AND SLIPPED ON A TOWEL FALLING DOWN STAIRS DX: C3-4 FX, R RIB FX 7-9, R LOCULATED HEMOTHORAX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/10/2007 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT DRYING OFF WITH TOWEL SCRAPPED VERICOSE VEIN CAUSING HEMORRHAGE FROM VEIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| BATHING HUSBAND WHO HAS G TUBE,REMOVED TOWEL THAT COVERED TUBE AND TUBE CAME OUT AND NOW NEEDS REPLACEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT PULLED TOE NAIL OFF WITH TOWEL 3 DAYS AGO DX/ TOE NAIL AVULSION LEFT SECOND TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT TOWELING SELF OFF IN THE SHOWER ABD FELL LACERATION LEG- ON COUMADIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| S'D&F ONTO WET TOWEL GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER >> ANKLE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/23/2007 | Age: 53 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: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| BACK PAIN: PICKED UP A TOWEL, LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2007 | Age: 68 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: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| 68YOF WAS COMING OUT OF SHOWER,REACHED FOR TOWEL,SLIPPED HITTING HEAD AND UPPER BACK OFF SHOWER WALL;BACK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2007 | Age: 53 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 |
| EXPIERENCED LOW BACK PAIN WHEN TURNED TO PICK UP WASH CLOTH. DX LOW BAC K STRAIN# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2007 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT AT THE NURSING HOME TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A LAC ERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS BURNED IN HOUSE FIRE WHEN TOWELS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PT SLEPT. FD NS. DX: MULT SMALL AREAS OF BURNS R ARMS/R FLANK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2007 | Age: 58 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, Bathtub or shower enclosures |
| 58YOM WAS STEPPING OUT OF SHOWER,USING A TOWEL TO DRY OFF,DEVELOPED LOWER BACK PAIN;LOWER BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2007 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| POSSIBLE INJURY WHILE USING TOWEL AFTER BATH SCROTAL BLEEDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| R EAR LAC/87YOF AT SENIOR LIVING, CAUGHT FOOT ON TOWEL IN BATHROOM ANDF ELL AND HIT EAR ON CABINET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Toilets |
| PT SLIPPED ON A TOWEL AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON TOILET. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, SCALP LAC 4 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| 59YOM DRYING OFF WITH TOWEL IN SHOWER FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SWINGING BATH TOWEL BEHIND HER BACK AND CAUGHT FINGER HYPEREXTENDING TH EM,SPRAINING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT STATES HE HAS FUXX FROM HIS BATH TOWEL IN HIS EYE DX- F/B |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| CHEST PAIN WITH INCREASE DURING TOWEL FOLDING CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT AT THE BEACH SHAKING OUT A TOWEL AND GOT SAND IN EYES FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2007 | Age: 79 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 |
| 79 YOF REACHED FOR TOWEL - STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LS STRAIN-PAIN WHILE REACHING FOR A TOWEL-@ HOSPITAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2007 | Age: 62 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: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT INJURED L LEG 3WEEKS AGOREINJURED 2DAYS AGO,PICKING UP HEAVY LOAD OF TOWELS,LEFT LOWER BACK PAIN RADITES L HIP TO FOOT, DX SCIATICA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2007 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WIPED HIS FACE WITH A TOWEL THAT HAD SHAVING CREAM IN IT AND GOT IT INTO HIS EYES STARTED TO BURN CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/06/2007 | Age: 63 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, Bathtubs or showers |
| AT HOME PT REACHING FOR A TOWEL IN BATHTUB & FELL DX RIGHT HIP FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/01/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| TRIPPED ON TOWEL/LOWER LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2007 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SLIPPED ON TOWEL IN BATHROOM AND FELL UNABLE TO GET UP BEING WEAK,ADMIT TED FOR PNEUMONIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/12/2007 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 82YRS FEMALE, PT REACHING FOR A TOWEL, FELL DOWN & GOT HURT IN THE NURSING HOME, TRF TO ACUTE CARE. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/20/2007 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT JUST GOT OUT OF THE SHOWER AND DRYING OFF GOT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT IN THE TOWEL AND HYPEREXTENDED THE FINGER FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Cosmetics |
| CORNEAL AB AFTER WASHING MAKE UP OFF FACE WITH WASH CLOTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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