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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,350
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2010 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Chairs |
| 42 YOF WAS HANGING CURTAINS AND FELL OFF CHAIR CHEST WALL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| 45YOM FELL WHILE HANGING CURTAINS RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Tables |
| FELL WHILE HANGING CURTAINS AND HIT NIGHT STAND FRACTURED RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2009 | Age: 46 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: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| HAS MID CHEST PAIN AFTER HANGING CURTAINS DX; STERNAL BRUISING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS PUTTING UP SHOWER CURTAIN AND FELL HITTING CHEST ON TUB DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| 45 YOF FELL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HANG A CURTAIN ON SUNDAY SUSTAINING CHE ST AND SHOULDER CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| 42 YO MALE FELL WHILE HANGING SHOWER CURTAIN FRACTURE RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/13/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| 40 YO FEMALE FELL BACK WHILE HANGING CURTAINS FIVE DAYS AGO RIGHT RIB INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| BACK STRAIN-PAIN WHEN SHE PULLED THE SHOWER CURTAIN CLOSED-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| PUTTING SHOWER CURTAIN, FELL HITTING CW " MS STRAIN/CONTS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| CHEST PAIN WHILE HANGING CURTAINS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| SUDDEN THORACIC PAIN PULLING SHOWER CURTAIN SIDEWAYS " MS STRAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| FELL WHILE HANGING CURTAINS AND FX RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Ladders |
| CONTUSION CHEST AREA, PT HANGING CURTAINS, FELL OFF THE LADDER AT HOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, SWELLING R ELBOW, ARM, NO LOC OR DIZZ. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| 35 YOF CAME IN C/O CHEST PAIN ONSET WHILE HANGING CURTAINS, LEFT WITHOU T BEING EVALUATED |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 10/17/2005 | Age: 39 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: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Tables |
| HANGING CURTAINS, FELL, HITTING RIBS ON NIGHT STAND, C/O PAIN, DX; RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2005 | Age: 33 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: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Stepladders |
| DORSAL CONTUSION - 33 YOF WAS PUTTING UP CURTAINS AND FELL OFF STEPLADD ER STRIKING HER BACK AGAINST THE WINDOW SILL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| DOING HOME IMPROVEMENTM WORKS OUT REGULARLY, NOTICED CHEST SORENESS WHILE HANGING DRAPES CHEST WALL INFLAMATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| C/O LT UPPER CHEST PAIN WHILE PUTTING UP CURTAINS/ CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT FELL WHILE HANGING CURTAINS. SHE FELL ONTO FLOOR AT HOME. DX: UPPER RIB AND ABDOMEN PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2004 | Age: 44 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: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| FELL WHILE HANGING CURTAINS DX: UPPER BACK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Chairs |
| 43 Y/O F C/O BACK PAIN. PT FELL OFF OF CHAIR WHILE HANGING DRAPES. DX R IB FRACT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Bathtubs or showers |
| SPRAIN RIB AREA, PT FELL DOWN IN THE BATHTUB WHILE PUTTING CURTAINS AT HOME, C/O MODERATE PAIN (L) BREAST W/TENDERNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| CONTUSION TO CHEST WHEN FELL WHEN HANGING CURTAINS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| WHILE CLEANING CURTAINS DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN DX: ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN, PALPITATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2001 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2000 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Tables |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2000 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/1999 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Bathtubs or showers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/1997 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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