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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,605
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/22/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Mobile/Manufactured home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Mobile/manufactured homes |
| 64YOF BOYFRFIEND REMOVING OLD CARPET IN TRAILER SHE INHALED THE FUMES A ND DEVELOPED BRONCHOSPASMS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| 3YOF FAMILY GOT NEW CARPETING THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE INHALED THE NEW CARP ET FUMES ASTHMA ATTACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2010 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, General purpose household cleaners |
| 38YOF CLEANING HER CAPETS AND INHALED THE FUMES AND DEVELOPED BRONCHOSP ASMS ASTHMA ATTACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| 8YOM MOTHER PUT AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FLEA KILLING POWDER IN THE CARPE T CHILD INHALED THE POWDER AND DEVELOPED AN ASTHMA ATTACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT DEVELOPED A RASH AFTER SLEEPING ON CARPET, DX: ALLERGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2009 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Mobile/Manufactured home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| CARPET GOT WET IN MOBILE HOME,WHICH CAUSED MOLD AND MILDEW,HAD ASTHMA ATTACK * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR ONTO CARPETED FLOOR HAS BEEN THERE THROUG H OUT THE NIGHT DX DEMENTIA PLACED IN NURSING HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT LAYING SOME CARPET IN A HOT ROOM AND PASSED OUT SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, General purpose household cleaners |
| PT HAD ARPETS CLEANED AND THEY PUT SOME SORT OF MOLD REMEDIATION CHEMIC AL IN CARPET WHICH GAVE HER A HEADACHE AND NAUSEA POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, General purpose household cleaners |
| PT JUST HAD HIS CARPETS CLWANED AT HOPME WHEN HE INHALED THE CLEANING A GENT DEVELOPED BRONCHOSPASMS ASTHMA ATTACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT HAD A FLOOD IN HER HOUSE AND HER CARPET GOT WET SHE INHALED THE WET CARPET FUMES AND STARTED WHEEZING ASTHMA ATTACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT WITH DERMATITIS, WAS LAYING CARPET, DEVELOPED ITCHY RASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT MOVED INTO A BRAND NEW APARTMENT SLEPT ON A CARPETED FLOOR AND DEVEL OPED A RASH ALL OVER CNTACT ERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT JUST MOVED TO A NEW HOME WITH A BRAND NEW CARPET AND DEVELOPED AN AS THMA ATTACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| 3YOF AUNTS NEW HOME & CARPET - NOT CLEANED YET/ALLERGIC REACTION RXN GE NERAL RASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2006 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, General purpose household cleaners |
| PTS MOTHER CLEANED THE CARPET WITH A BRAND NEW CARPET CLEANER CHILD ROL LED ON THE CARPET AND DEVELOPED A RASH ALL OVER CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT WAS HAVING CARPETS CLEANED THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING PARKED IN THE GARAG E AND DEVELOPED A SEVERE EHADACHE CO2 POISONING COHGB-1 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT C/O GENERALIZED CRAMPING, PT LAYING CARPET IN UNCONDITIONED HOUSE AL L DAY DX: SEVERE DEHYDRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2005 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT. FELL ON CARPETED FLOOR IN THE EARLY EVENING; HAD TO LAY THERE ALL N IGHT; UNABLE TO GET UP. EXPOSURE WHEN FOUND NEXT DAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/17/2004 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Tables |
| HOLDING TABLE , BECAME DIZZY, FELL ONTO ROOM TO ROOM CARPETED FLOOR AT CARE CENTER. DX; DIZZINESS, ANXIETY, HYPERTENSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2004 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| FELL OUTSIDE ON CONCRETE AND ONTO CARPET IN HOUSE-C/O PAIN RT SHIN WHEN STANDING; NEAR SYNCOPE, UTI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| 25 YOM WAS TEARING OUT CARPETING AT HOME; DEVELOPED SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND WHEEZING. BRONCHOSPASM D/T CARPET DUST EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2003 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| CC:FACIAL SWELLING/SOB/DIZZINESS POSS DUE TO FUMES/MATERIAL OF NEW CARP ET-INSTALLED~4D AGO. DX: ACUTE ALLERGIC RXN; ANGIOEDEMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2001 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Exercise equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2001 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2000 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2000 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/19/2000 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/22/1999 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/18/1999 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/1999 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Beds |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/1998 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 12/08/1998 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/1998 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/1998 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Stairs or steps |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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