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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To determine the causes and outcome of domestic accidents in children. METHODOLOGY: Data of Children admitted during 2 year period, who met the inclusion criteria were collected from the case records -demographic details, socioeconomic status, type of poisoning and the outcome was tabulated and analysed using appropriate statistical methods. RESULTS: 94 children sustained one or more domestic injuries. Most of them were females, 71.3% were in the age group of 1-5 years and from lower middle class (36.2%). Common type of domestic injuries was due to chemicals and insecticide poisoning (19.15%), kerosene poisoning (17.1%), burns and scalds (14.2%). The outcome of most of the children with domestic accidents were non-fatal (96.8%) but 1% resulted in death and 1% had sequelae.