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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 355
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/22/2002 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| 71 YOM WAS LAYING CARPET IN THE BATHROOM; HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING RT. SIDE OF CHEST ON AN INHALER THAT WAS IN HIS POCKET. CONTUS.,CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2002 | Age: 53 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: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| BILATERAL RIB PAIN - BENT OVER AT HOME TO PICK UP SOMETHING. PAIN IN RIBS CAUSED HER TO PASS OUT - FELL ON CARPETED FLOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2002 | Age: 80 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: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PULLED UP CARPETING..UPPER BACK PAIN...MUSCLESKELETAL BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 87 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: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT FELL ON CARPTED FLOOR DURING NIGHT WHILE GOING INTO BATHROOM.CONTUSI ON R RIB AREA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT STATES WAS LIFTING A ROLL OF CARPETING INJURING HIS BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2002 | Age: 18 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: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DWON 15 CARPETED STAIRS DX BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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