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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,311
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/29/2010 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Floors or flooring materials |
| 82 YOF CONTUSION TO CHEST WALL & ABRASION TO LT. LEG S/P TRIPPED & FELL OVER A VENETIAN BLIND LYING ON THE FLOOR.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2010 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| 65YOF GOT HIT BY FALLING SHADE WHILE VISITING AT HOSPITAL DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2009 | Age: 98 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| PT WAS OPENING WINDOW SHADE AND FELL DX: ACUTE BILAT RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/07/2008 | Age: 65 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Floors or flooring materials |
| L CHEST CONT: MUSCULOSKELETAL BACK PAIN: SYNCOPAL EPISODE: WENT TO REACH TO CLOSE BLIND "NEXT THING I KNEW I WAS ON FLOOR"PAIN RIB, FLANK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS BEDNING OVER TO PICK UP WINDOW BLINDS FROM FLOOR AND DEVELOPED UPPER BACK PAIN DX: THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| 52 YOF C/O LEFT SIDE CHEST PAIN AFTER PUTTING UP WINDOW TREATMENTS ON S ATURDAY, DX: CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2007 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| VERTICAL BLINDS FELL AGAINST PT CHEST. DX; CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2007 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT REACHED TO CLOSE BLINDS IN WINDOW - STRAINED UPPER TRUNK |
| 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: 11/28/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| THORACIC STRAIN AFTER PUTTING UP BLINDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| FELL WHILE PULLING UP BLINDS. DX. L CHEST WALL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/07/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Floors or flooring materials |
| OPENED BLINDS,TURNED AROUND,FELL TO FLOOR-CONTUSION CHEST/FACE /ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2005 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Televisions |
| FRACTURE RIBS - 82 YOF WAS TRYING TO CLOSE BLINDS, FELL AGAINST HEATER AND THEN AGAINST A TELEVISION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/13/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Buckets or pails |
| PT FELL WHILE HANGING BLINDS, STANDING ON A BUCKET; MULTIPLE CONT UPPER TRUNK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2004 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT TRYING TO OPEN HER BLINDS TO LEFT SOME LIGHT THROUGH HER WINDOWS SHE SLIPPED AND FELL FRACTURED RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PAIN WHILE HANGING BLINDS DX. CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2003 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 82 YOF WAS PULLING DOWN A SHADE IN THE SUN ROOM AND EXPERIENCED SHARP C HEST PAIN; WAS BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. CHEST PAIN. |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 11/24/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Chairs |
| CONTUSION RIGHT RIB - ATTEMPTING TO HANG VERTICAL BLINDS AND FELL OVER A SWIVEL CHAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| DORSAL STRAIN - 50 YOF REPORTS PAIN IN BACK MIDDLE OF UPPER BACK AFTER RAISING VENETIAN BLINDS TODAY AT NOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2001 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Windowsills or frames |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2001 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Chairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2001 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Chairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/1999 | Age: 8 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Christmas decorations |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/1999 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Rocking chairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/1999 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Chairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/1999 | Age: 63 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/1998 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters, Chairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/1997 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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