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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 308
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/13/2010 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 77 Y FEMALE HIT IN HEAD WHEN BLINDS FELL WHILE PULLING STRING DX: CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2010 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| MINIBLINDS FELL AND HIT PATIENT ON FOREHEAD. ABRASION SCALP 58DOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2010 | Age: 67 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 |
| 67YO WHITE FEMALE RAISING A HEAVY BLIND CAME OFF WALL HIT PT IN HEAD+** *, DX HEAD INJURY, SUPRATHERAPEUTIC INR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 8 YO F WINDOW BLIND FELL HIT PT IN HEAD. DX SCALP LACERATION |
| 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: 08/16/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 2 YO MALE PULLED BLINDS DOWN ON HEAD. DX SCALP ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2010 | Age: 5 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 5MOM-CHI-SET OF WINDOW BLINDS FELL ON PT'S HEAD-@ HOME |
| 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: 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: 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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