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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,044
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2006 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | 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, Furniture |
| PT WAS OPENING BLIND AT HOME AND LOST BALANCE FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON F URNITURE SUSTAINING CHI,NO LOC AND LAC TO BACK OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/25/2006 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 80YOF RAISING WINDOW SHADE IN BATHROOM KNEE GAVE OUT WEHEN TURNED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT TRIED TO LOWER BLINDS AT HOME , BLINDS FELL ON HEAD DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| BLIND FELL ONTO HAND " FINGER SPRAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2006 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT WAS CLOSING BLINDS AND FELL. DX: R FEMORAL NECK FX, R HIP/KNEE CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/13/2006 | Age: 60 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 |
| SHADE FELL ON PT ,PT SUST. HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2006 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT CUT FINGER ON VERTICLE BLINDS AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT INDEX FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2006 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT WAS TRYING TO FIX A SPRING ON A WINDOW SHADE WHEN IT POPPED OUT AND CUT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2006 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT CLOSING SHUTTERS IN THUNDER STORM, LIGHTENING HIT HOUSE AND SHOCKED PT, CAUSING HER TO FALL TO FLOOR HITTING HEAD, CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2006 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 2 SKIN TEARS R FOREARM/77YOF STS AT HOME VENETIAN BLIND FELL DOWN ON AR M THIS AM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| FB INTO EYE WHILE PULLING UP BLINDS " CORNEAL ABRS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2006 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT WAS FIXING HER BLINDS AND BENT OVER A FELT A POP IN LOWER BACK COMPR ESSION FX LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/20/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| WINDOW SHADE FELL, HIT PTS NOSE, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2006 | Age: 53 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 |
| PT HIT IN HEAD WITH PLASTIC BLINDS, HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2006 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT OPENING A WINDOW SHADE AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2006 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT PUTTING UP VERTICLE BLINDS, FELT PULL IN CHEST, CHEST PAIN, ADMITTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/10/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT DUSTING BLINDS, RAN RT FOREARM INTO SIDE OF BLINDS, PIECE BROKE OFF, FB FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2006 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| KNEE STRAIN - 70 YOF C/O RIGHT KNEE PAIN AFTER REACHING UP TO PULL DOWN WINDOW SHADES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2006 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| CUT HAND ON VENETIAN BLINDS HAND LAC. ANXIETY DISORDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2006 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| CORNEAL ABRASION L EYEBALL, PT SUST INJURY W/A WINDOW SHADE AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, NO BLURRED VISION OR PHOTOPHOBIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2006 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 70 YO FEMALE HAD WINDOW SHUTER FALL ON HEAD AT HOME LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT WAS HANGING MINI BLINDS AND BOOKCASE PT WAS USING GAVE WAY AND LACERATED PT'S KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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