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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 683
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT TRIPPED ON RUG BENDING RIGHT HAND UNDER , PT FRACTURED RIGHT 4TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT TRIPPED OVER CARPET AND FELL. DX: 3RD DIGIT LAC/DISLOCATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 36YOF WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SCRUB OUT SOME PAINT OUT OF CARPET,JAMMED RIGHT FINGER;FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| 37YOM WHILE AT HOME CUTTTING CARPET,ACCIDENTLY CUT THUMB; THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| 31YOF JAMMED LT MIDDLE FINGER ON CARPET, HYPEREXTENDED IT, NOW UNABLETO EXTEND FINGER UP FORWARD. DX - DISRUPTION OF EXTENSOR TENDON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| HURT FINGER ON RUG WHILE PULLING RUG DX FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT STATES WAS CLEANING CARPET AND THE RAG STOPPED BUT HIS FINGER KEPT GOING CAUSING AN INJURY. DX. SPRIAN R MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Recording tapes |
| SCRUBBING A CARPET - RAN THUMB ACROSS BROKEN CASSETTE PW RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT WITH LAC TO FINGER WHILE CUTTING CARPET, NO MENTION OF KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT WITH FINGER SPRAIN WHILE CLEANING A RUG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| THUMB PAIN-SINCE PULLING CARPET-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| PT CUT FINGER ON RAZOR BLADE WHILE CUTTING CARPET DX L INDEX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT WAS SCRUBBING CARPET, FELT POP, UNABLE TO EXTEND DISTAL 3RD FINGER. DX. RUPTURED TENDON DISTAL PHALANX R 3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| FINGER FB-SPLINTER WHILE REMOVING CARPET-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Heavy-duty workshop staplers |
| STAPLING CARPET TO STAIRS AND MISSED AND STAPLED THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Knives with replaceable blades |
| 31 YOM LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A RAZOR KNIFE WHILE CUTTING CAR PET AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| RT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER SPRAIN.PT TRIPPED OVER RUG AND INJURED FINGE RS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT WAS REMOVING OLD CARPET AT HOME AND CUT FINGER ON A UTILITY KNIFE DX; DEEP LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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