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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 319
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings |
| WALKING THROUGH GARAGE AND CURTAIN ROD FELL AND HIT RIGHT SIDE OF FACE. DX AVULSION/SUPERFICIAL LACERATION# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings |
| CHILD RUNNING AND JUMPING WHILE HOLDING A 1/4 INCH DOWEL ROD THAT IS US ED AS A CURTAIN ROD. HIT SELF IN EYE W/ ROD. D: ORBITAL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings |
| 2 YOM STRUCK BELOW RIGHT EYE ON CHEEK WITH A DRAPERY ROD BEING SWUNG AR OUND BY BROTHER SUSTAINING A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings, Bathtubs or showers |
| TAKING A SHOWER AND HIT FACE ON SHOWER CURTAIN HOOK. DX EYELID ABRASIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings |
| HIT IN BRIDGE OF NOSE WITH A CURTAIN ROD, AT HOME, THAT FELL- NO LOC DX: FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2008 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings |
| FOREHEAD LAC-PULLED DOWN A WOODEN CURTAIN ROD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings |
| PATIENT PLAYING WITH FRIEND, HIT IN FACE WITH METAL CURTAIN ROD; FACIAL LAC., LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings |
| 2 YO FEMALE PULLED CURTAIN ROD DOWN TO FACE FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings, Doors |
| PT OPENED A DOOR, & DISLODGED A STACK OF CURTAIN RODS, THAT WERE STACK VERTICALLY AGAINST DOOR, ONE ROD HIT HIM ON FOREHEAD. DX: FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings |
| HIT IN FACE W/ CURTAIN ROD DX: FACE LAC ABOVE LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings |
| PERIORBITAL LAC-HIT W/A CURTAIN ROD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2008 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings |
| CURTAIN ROD FELL ON PT. DX LACERATION FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings, Bathtubs or showers |
| 6 YOF WAS SWINGING FROM THE SHOWER CURTAIN ROD, & FELL, BIT TONGUE & CUT CHIN ON THE BATHTUB- NO LOC. DX; CHIN LACERATION , CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings |
| PT POKED EYELID WITH A CURTAIN ROD AT HOME. D: LACERATION RIGHT EYELI D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings |
| HIT IN CHIN W/CURTAIN ROD BY COUSIN, CHIN LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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