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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 220
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2006 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| FELL WHILE HANGING UP CURTAINS DX ACUTE SCALP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2006 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Step stools |
| LACERATES HEAD FALLING FROM STEP STOOL TO FLOOR WHILE HANGING CURTAINS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| PATIENT GOT ENTANGLED IN HER SHOWER CURTAIN, FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HER HEAD. DX - CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2006 | Age: 34 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: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| STEEL ROD FELL ON HEAD WHILE HANGING CURTAINSDX: CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| CHI, SCALP LACERATION, PULLING ON CURTAIN AND FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Pipes |
| FELL BY TRIPPING TO GYM FLOOR AT SCHOOL ON BOTTOM OF CURTAIN WIEGHED BY STEEL BAR THAT STRUCK HEAD. DX: DEEP CHI, SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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