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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 361
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A FALLING CURTAIN ROD CAUSING A LACE RATION TO HER LT EYEBOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 14 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 |
| PATIENT HIT ON HEAD WITH METAL CURTAIN ROD BY OLDER SIBLING AT HOME, IN TENT NOT MENTIONED; FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2002 | Age: 9 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 |
| CUT NOSE WITH CURTAIN ROD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2002 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings |
| PT FELL HITTING FOREHEAD ON CURTAIN ROD, HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2002 | Age: 4 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 |
| 4 MONTH M WITH LACERATIONS FROM A CURTAIN ROD FALLING ON HIM. DX: SUPERFICIAL LACERATION TO FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2002 | 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 |
| CUT NOSE WITH CURTAIN ROD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2002 | Age: 48 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 |
| HIT IN HEAD BY VALANCE/ FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2002 | Age: 12 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 |
| HIT IN HEAD W/ CURTAIN ROD. DX; 2 CM LAYERED FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 11 months | 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 |
| CURTAIN ROD FELL HITTING PT IN FOREHEAD. ABRASIONS TO FOREHEAD.DO NOT C ONTACT PT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| PULLED A CURTAIN ROD ON HER EYE. DX FACIAL ABRAS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2002 | Age: 2 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 |
| CURTAIN ROD VS. FOREHEAD DX: LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 7 years | 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 |
| DX FOREHEAD LACERATION: RAN INTO CURTAIN ROD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| PT AT THE BABY SITTERS HOUSE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A CURTAIN PULLING THE C URTAIN ROD OFF THE WALL STRIKING HIM IN THE AFCE LACERATION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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