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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 400
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/25/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| 4 YOM SUS CORNEAL ABRASION AFTER BLINDS FELL AND HIT HIM IN EYE% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2010 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| MINIBLINDS FELL AND HIT PATIENT ON FOREHEAD. ABRASION SCALP 58DOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2010 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| A 21 MONTH OLD MALE SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FACE WHEN BLINDS FELL ON HI M |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2010 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 15MOBF PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WHEN BLINDS FELL AT HOME. DX. LAC FH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 5YOM GOT L THUMB CAUGHT IN STRING OF BLINDS, SWOLLEN, BRUSED DX: CONTUS ION OF L THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| 2 YO MALE PULLED BLINDS DOWN ON HEAD. DX SCALP ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 4 YO F FOUND BY UNCLE HANGING OFF GROUND BY CORD OF MINI BLINDS. UNSUPE RVISED 2 MINUTES. DX:NEAR HANGING. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/23/2010 | Age: 5 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 5MOM-CHI-SET OF WINDOW BLINDS FELL ON PT'S HEAD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 3 YOF-VENETIAN BLIND FELL, HIT PT IN NOSE; LAC . DX**: NOSE LAC/CONTUS ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| 3 YR M HURT NECK WITH VENETIAN BLIND CORD;DX CONTUSED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2010 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 15 MTH/OLD W/M RECEIVED ABRASION TO FOREHEAD WHEN HIT BY VENETIAN BLIND IN BATHROOM AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 4YO FEMALE WITH ABRASION TO NECK, WAS PLAYING WITH BLINDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2010 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 19 MO F STUCK BLINDS IN HER MOUTH;DX LACERATED MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2010 | Age: 15 months | 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 |
| 15 MO MALE PULLED BLINDS ONTO FACE. DX ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2010 | Age: 2 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 |
| 2 YO WM STUCK A ROD FROM MINI BLIND DOWN HIS THROATCONTUSION TONSIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 3 YO MALE PLAYING WITH WINDOW BLINDS AND WRAPPED CORD AROUND NECK. DX STRANGULATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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