Laundry Hampers

11YOM HAS RIGHT HIP PAIN AFTER HE WAS DOING LAUNDRY AND PUTTING CLOTHES IN A LAUNDRY HAMPER. DX: RIGHT HIP PAIN

70YOF COMES TO THE ER AFTER A FALL. SHE FELL AND HIT HER HEAD ON A HAMPER. SHE USUALLY USES A CANE TO AMBULATE BUT DID NOT USE A CANE WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO WALK BY HERSELF. EXAM NOTES CONTUSION RIGHT TEMPORAL AREA. DX: HISTORY OF FALLING; INJURY HEAD

85YOM PRESENTING AS A TRAUMA ALERT S/P FALL. PT REPORTS HE WAS AT HIS NH (*** SENIOR FACILITY) AND HAD A MECHANICAL FALL IN THE BATHROOM WITH WALKER . REPORTS HE WAS REACHING FOR HIS HAMPER WHEN THE HAMPER SLIPPED AND HE FELL FACE FIRST TO THE GROUND. + LAC TO EYEBROW AND PT HAS HEMATURIA (AT BASELINE) ON *** DX: FALL

87 YOM FELL INTO A LAUNDRY HAMPER YESTERDAY, WAS DOWN FOR SEVERAL HOURS UNABLE TO GET UP, C/O BACK PAIN. DX: RHABDOMYOLYSIS

56YOF C/O SHOULDER PAIN S/P PT STATES SHE WAS LIFTING A CLOTHING HAMPER A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WITH ABOUT 20LBS OF WEIGHT AND HAS HAD SHOULDER PAIN SINCE THEN. DX: SHOULDER PAIN

4YOF, FELL WHILE STANDING ON A HAMPER HITTING FACE ONTO A CHAIR VERSUS HARDWOOD FLOOR, ABRASION NOTED ON EXAM, DX: CLOSED FRACTURE OF NASAL BONE

72YOM PRESENTS WITH R 5TH TOE PAIN AFTER STUBBING TOE INTO LAUNDRY HAMPER X 1 WEEK. PT SAYS HE WAITED TO COME IN FIGURING PAIN WOULD SUBSIDE, BUT PT STILL WITH SWOLLEN TOE AND PAIN WHEN MOVING IT. DX: TOE FRACTURE, TOE PAIN

66YOM PRESENTS AFTER A TRIP AND FALL OVER HIS HAMPER WHERE HE STRUCK HIS HIP WITH PAIN. DX: FALL

93YOF WAS TRYING TO CHANGE OUT A ROLL OF TOILET PAPER AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL STRIKING HER HEAD AGAINST THE HAMPER DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY

8YOF WAS TRYING TO CLIMB ON TOP OF A LAUNDRY HAMPER AND FELL ABOUT TWO FEET ONTO THE WOODEN FLOOR DX: CONTUSION TO BUTTOCKS

56YOF WAS SITTING ON TOILET WHEN SHE FELL STRIKING HER CHEST ON THE HAMPER THAT WAS IN FRONT OF HER DX: FRACTURED RIB

72YOF PRESENTS WITH A SLIP AND FALL ON A WET BATHROOM FLOOR, STRIKING HER LEFT SIDE AGAINST A METAL HAMPER. -HEAD STRIKE, -LOC. COMPLAINS OF FLANK PAIN. DX: FALL AT HOME, FLANK PAIN, NEAR SYNCOPE

I purchased the following product at Dollar Tree http://www.dollartree.com/Laundry-Essentials-Mesh-Pop-Up-Hampers/p320736/index.pro When I went to pick it up by the handle a wire inside it broke and gashed my forearm. My forearm required medical attention and I received 5 stitches and had to get a tetanus shot. Upon further inspection of this product it appears to be made with some type of extremely sharp wire. I have emailed Dollar Tree and tried to contact via phone and have not gotten any response back

Pop-up wire-mechanism hampers similar to but not identical to the one in this link: [REDACTED] Have caused open-globe injuries in two of my patients. In both cases, the wire expulsed out of the fabric and hit the eye at such a high velocity and at an angle so as to cut the eye open. Both had eye surgery and decreased vision as a result. One was in August 2011 and the second in June 2012

Screw & nut came off hamper and later a button came off from a light tug from my baby. No injuries because I was present but they all are choking hazards & should be better built.

Injury to left eye due to the sudden unfolding of the hamper when unpacking it Left eye got painful and vision got vague after being hit.

About 2 weeks ago I purchased 2 hampers for our daughter's bedrooms. Saturday I took my one daughter's hamper down to the laundry room and was emptying it by reaching into it to get the clothes out. As I got toward the bottom where it is a bit narrower, I reached in and suddenly felt a searing pain in my finger. The hamper is made of plastic and has plastic cut-outs for decoration (and ventilation?). The edges of these cutouts are razor sharp and cut my finger deeply.

My three-year-old son was at my sister's house and climbed into an empty laundry hamper. The design of the laundry hamper and my son's height are such that his weight in the cloth bag forced the top of the hamper that consists of two parallel wood rods to snap shut around his neck. He was unable to breathe or even make noise. Luckily, his six-year-old brother and five-year-old cousin were in the room and were able to call for an adult to help. The hamper had to be fully lifted out of the corner where it stood in between a dresser and toy chest in order to get him out - not easy to do. He did not require medical care as he was extracted very quickly, but I am deeply concerned that this particular design that several manufacturers produce could be lethal for other children.

Last night my daughter injured herself on this hamper: Mainstays Removable Liner Hamper, purchased at Walmart in Windham, CT. Item # 0006164890651 MS 22-098-300-01 She had attempted to support herself with one hand on the side of it, and while leaning down to grab her teddy bear the frame broke and one of the upward metal "stakes/poles" went up her nose. She quite a bloody nose. Luckily it did not go too far, had she fallen harder, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE!!!!!!! This is an item that should be recalled!

I bought a fabric laundry basket from TJ Maxx in September 2022, after a few weeks, the metal hoop inside snap and poked out, the metal is sharp and thick and can easily cause injury.