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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 500
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS IN BATHTUB AND PULLED A SET OF VENETIAN BLINDS DOWN ONTO HIS FAC E. STRUCK IN R EYE. BLINDS FELL 7FT. DX R SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2009 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 28DOM WAS STRUCK ON HIS HEAD BY A PULL UP WINDOW SHADE, AT HOME, THAT FELL, WHILE MOM WAS PULLING IT UP, STRUCK MOM ON SHOULDER. DX; CHI, ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2009 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| BLIND FELL ON HIM;DX LACERATED SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT WITH CARDIAC ARREST, TWO SEPARATE MENTIONS OF "MINI BLIND ACCIDENT" IN RECORD, NO FURTHER DETAILS |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/30/2009 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| LAC TO FINGER, PT CUT FINGER ON BLINDS AT NURSING HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PATIENT HAD PLASTIC BLIND ROD IN MOUTH, BROKE IN MOUTH CUTTING ROOF OF MOUTH; MOUTH LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT WAS PULLING ON THE BLINDS AND PULLED THEM DOWN ONTO HIS HEAD. D: C ONTUSION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2009 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| ROD TO ADJUST VENETIAN BLINDS FELL OFF, PT WAS WALKING AROUND W/ IT IN MOUTH, FELL, ROD STRUCK HIM IN MOUTH. HAS SCRAPE. DX MOUTH ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| HURT EYE WHEN PLAYING W BLIND, FACE CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Beds or bedframes |
| PT WRAPPED THE *** BLIND CORD AROUND THE NECK THEN JUMPED OFF THEBED MO M HEARD SCREAM FOUND ON FLOOR. DX NECK ABRASIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT WITH RESPIRATORY ARREST, FOUND HANGING FROM BLINDS, CORD AROUND NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/02/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT PULLING ON BLINDS AND THEY FELL ON HAND. DX FINGER FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 3YO HISP MALE BRGHT IN BY MOM - CORNICE WINDOW DRESSING FELL & A NAIL WENT INTO PT L TEMPLE AREA,NLOC,DX CLOSED HEAD INJ MINOR,PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2009 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| ACC CUT FINGER ON A FALLING METAL BLIND, BLD CTR'D >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| SCRAPED FINGER ON VENETIAN BLINDS DX: FINGER CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT.INJ.FOREHEAD AT HOME WHEN FELL & HIT BLIND. DX; LAC.FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT DX SUPERFICIAL ABRASION OF LT ARM - S/P DUE TO DIRECT BLOW LAST NIGHT,SHADES FELL ON LT ARM AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2009 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| FINGER LAC-CUT ON METAL MINI BLINDS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| HIT HEAD ON BOTTOM PLASTIC PART OF BLINDS DX: FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| GOT L EYE POKED W BLIND KNOW (BLIND LIFT) AT HOME DX L CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2009 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Beds or bedframes |
| MOM WAS CHANGING PT'S DIAPER ON BED SIBLING PULLED STRING TO BLINDS AND THE ENTIRE UNIT CAME OFF HITTING PT'S EYE. DX HEMORRHAGE R-EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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