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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 922
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/25/2010 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 67YOF, TRIPPED OVER A DROP-CLOTH&FELL LANDING ONTO HANDS >>WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2010 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 70 Y/O/F INJURED WIRST WHILE DRYING HERSELF OFF WITH A TOWEL AT HOME DX/ RIGHT WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| TRIPPED ON TOWELS FELL FX WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/17/2009 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LEFT WRIST STR. PT STRAINED WRIST WHEN RINGING OUT A WASHCLOTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2009 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WALKING ON THE BEACH AND TRIPPED OVER A TOWEL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED RIGH T ARM STRAINED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 69 YO C/O WRIST PAIN, LIFTING STACKS OF TOWELS FELT A POP IN LEFT WRIST DX-LEFT WRIST STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| C/O WRIST PAIN S/P SLIPPED ON A TOWEL ON THE FLOOR&FELL ONTO OUTSTRETCH ED HANDS>>FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT ON COUMADIN AND WHILE WRINGING OUT A WET TOWEL SHE FELT A POP IN RIG HG WRIST NOW HER WRIST IS SWOLLEN HMATOMA TO WRIST FROM POPPED VEIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| TRIPPED ON TOWEL, FELL/WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT CAUGHT HER FOOT IN A TOWEL AND TRIPPED ONTO OUTSTRETCHED RIGHT HAND FRACTURED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2006 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Towel racks or bars |
| PT WAS HANGING TOWELS AND RACK FELL AND INJURED WRIST. DX: SPRAIN WRIS T |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2005 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| L WRIST FX/66YOF AT HOME WAS REACHING FOR A TOWEL AND FELL. HIT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2004 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED ON TOWEL, FELL ON FLOOR DX. WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| 57YOHF WHO WAS USING SOME TYPE OF CLOTH TO SCRUB BATHTUB AND IT BECAME SNAGGED ON SOMETHING AND CAUSED HER TO SPRAIN WRIST AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LT WRIST SPRAIN-AT HOME-WHILE SQUEEZING A WASH CLOTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| WRIST SPRAIN, TENDONITIS - 58 YOF NOTICED PAIN TO WRIST THREE DAYS AGO AFTER TWISTING A TOWEL, INJURY TO RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2001 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2001 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2001 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/1998 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/1998 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/1998 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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