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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 271
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| THORACIC STRAIN AFTER PUTTING UP BLINDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Buckets or pails |
| PT FELL WHILE HANGING BLINDS, STANDING ON A BUCKET; MULTIPLE CONT UPPER TRUNK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| DORSAL STRAIN - 50 YOF REPORTS PAIN IN BACK MIDDLE OF UPPER BACK AFTER RAISING VENETIAN BLINDS TODAY AT NOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2001 | 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: Other |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Windowsills or frames |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/1999 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Chairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/1997 | Age: 48 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: Other |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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