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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 192
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
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: 11/11/2006 | 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 |
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