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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 577
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/04/2002 | Age: 38 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 |
| THUMB LAC, PT WAS CUTTING BLINDS AND CUT FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2002 | Age: 24 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, Knives |
| 24 YOM ATTEMPTED TO PUT CAP ON BLINDS WITH A BUTTERKNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT PTS FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| CUT FINGER ON VENTIAN BLIND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Lighting equipment |
| PT PUTTING UP LIGHTS, BLINDS FELL DOWN AND CUT FINGER DX: LT HAND INDEX FINGER LAC 2 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 VENETIAN BLINDS WHILE INSTALLING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| VERTICAL BLIND FELL ON FINGER DX-ACUTE 1.2 CM LACERATION L 2ND FINGER R EPAIRED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| LACERATED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON EDGE OF VENETIAN BLIND. DX: LACERATION, LEFT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 SUSTAINED LACERATION RT THUMB ON METAL BLIND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | 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, Windows or window glass |
| PATIENT WAS CLEANING THE WINDOWS WHEN A BLIND FELL. DX-LACERATIONRIGHT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| WINDOW SHADE FELL ON FINGERFX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| LAC (R) 2ND FINGER, PT SUST INJURY WITH A WINDOW SHADE AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| CUT TO KNUCKLE RT HAND 2/22 CUT ON ALUMINUM BLINDS ON BACK OF PICKUP WI NDOW DX: AVULSION RT HAND 2ND DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| SPRAIN (L0 THUMB, PT INSTALLING A WINDOW SHADE, FELL DOWN & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| LAC LT INDEX FINGER CUT BY WINDOW BLIND. SIMPLE LAC LT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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