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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,074
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/04/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 33YOF FELL WHILE PUTTING UP BLINDS DX: RT ANKLE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2010 | Age: 30 years | 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 |
| 30 Y/O M LOWERED BLINDS AND HIT FACE LAC FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2010 | Age: 29 years | 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 |
| 29 YOM HANGING BLINDS AT HOME, CUT FINGER. DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2010 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 36YOWF PT REPORTS SHE WAS TAKING DOWN SOME BLINDS WHEN THEY FELL CUTTI NG HER L FA. DX. LAC TO L FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2010 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 27YOF WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH WINDOW BLINDS CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/25/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 48 YR OLD FEMALE PULLING SHADE DOWN AND IT HIT LIP AND SWOLLEN NOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 45YO M FOUND ENTANGLED IN BLINDS IN PLATE GLASS WINDOW. COMBATIVE. POSI TIVE FOR PCP. DX:DRUG INTOXICATION, FOREARM/ELBOW LACS, HYPOKALEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2010 | Age: 36 years | 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 |
| 36 Y/O/M CUT FINGER ON BLINDS AT ***DX/ RT INDEX FINGER LAC DX/ RT INDEX FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 34 years | 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 |
| 34 YOM PT WAS PUSHING ON A WIDOW BLIND AND SUFFERED A LAC TO L INDEX FI NGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2010 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 49YOM WITH LAC TO HEAD FROM SHARP END OF BLINDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 48 YOM FIXING WINDOW SHADES AND FELL LUMBAR SPINE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2010 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 28 YOF LAC TO LEG WHEN STRUCK ON METAL BLINDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2010 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 39 YOF, LAC TO FOREARM, PT AT HOME PUTTING UP BLINDS, THEY FELL AND CUT PT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2010 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 38YOM WAS HIT IN HEAD BY A SET OF BLINDS HE WAS LOWERING, THEY DROPPED ABOUT 1 FT & WEIGHED 20 LBS. DX - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2010 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 40 Y/O/F PLASTIC BLIND FELL AND HIT PT IN THE EYE AT HOME DX/ LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2010 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 41YO HISP MALE CLEANING A FRIENDS BLINDS WEEK AGO AT FRIENDS HOUSE CUT R INDEX FINGER, C/O PAIN, DX PHELON |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/31/2010 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 47YOM HAD SEIZURE AND GOT NECK CAUGHT IN CORD FROM BLINDS SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/29/2010 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| 46YO BLACK FEMALE HIT IN L EYE BY WINDOW BLINDS AT HOME DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2010 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | 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, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| 41 YOF C/O EYE PAIN TRIED TO LOOK OUT WINDOW IN THE DARK RAN INTO ROMAN SHADE AT HOME. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| WRIST CT-31YOF WENT TO GRAB A MINI BLIND THAT WAS FALLING AND IT HIT HER WRIST AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2010 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| 43YOM CLOSING HIS BLINDS AND CAUGHT THUMB ON THE WINDOW SUSTAINED A PW TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 48 Y/O/M CUT HAND ON METAL WINDOW BLINDS DX/ RIGHT HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2010 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 27 YOF CLOSED HEAD INJURY, VENECIAN BLINDS FELL AND HIT HER ON THE R S IDE OF HEAD, NO LOC NO LAC, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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