Accidents - Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 562
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1999:	66
Year 2000:	59
Year 2002:	145
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	58
Year 2006:	71
Year 2007:	69
Year 2008:	74

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
PT CUT SELF WHILE PUTTING TOGETHER A CURTAIN ROD. DX: L HAND LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
WHILE AT HOME PT INJURED HER RT HAND AFTER HITTING IT ON A CURTAIN ROD. DX: RT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
PT LAC RT HAND ON CURTAIN HOOK WHILE CLEANING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
PT HANGING CURTAINS AT HOME, ROD FELL ONTO LT HAND, CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
HIT HAND ON A METAL HOOK DX: R HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
59 YO MALE CUT LEFT HAND WITH CURTAIN ROD LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
1.5 CM LACERATION TO DORSUM RT HAND, SUTURED, TRIED PULLING CURTAIN ROD APART, ROD SLIPPED, CUT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
CUT BY CURTAIN ROD; LAC LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2000	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2000	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/1999	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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