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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 312
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| BURN TO R HAND, SHOWER CURTAIN CAUGHT ON FIRE DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| CURTAINS CAUGHT FIRE BILATERAL BURNS HANDS NO FIREDEPT STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| 66 YO M 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HAND PULLING DOWN CURTAIN THAT WAS ON FIRE NO MENTIION OF FIRE DEPT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| PT LAC HAND ON SHOWER CURTAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| R HAND PAIN, FELL OFF COUCH HANGING CURTAINS DX; HAND FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| 44YOM WAS HOME FIRE BEGAN,CURTAINS CAUGHT FIRE PULLED DOWN WITH HANDS, EASY TO PUT OUT;BURN RIGHT HAND,1ST AND 2ND DEGREE,NO FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| PT LAC HAND WHILE WORKING ON CURTAINS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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