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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,153
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/02/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| 2 YO FEMALE FELL ONTO CARPET. DX FINGER ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| TRIPPED, FELL ONTO CARPET ONTO RT HAND DX: RT INDEX FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PATIENT CUT 2ND FINGER WITH RAZOR WHILE INSTALLING CARPET, CUT FINGER D OING SAME YESTERDAY; FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Knives with replaceable blades |
| 23 YO LAYING WALL-TO-WALL CARPET INJURED FINGER ON CARPET CUTTER LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT LAYING CARPET WHEN FINGER GOT CAUGHT. D: FINGERNAIL AVULSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER INJURY FROM LAYING CARPET, DISLOCATED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. DX- RIGHT LONG FINGER EXTENSOR TENDON TEAR(MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Doorsills or frames |
| PT TRIPPED ON CARPET STRIKING FINGER ON A DOOR JAM FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Pins and needles |
| PT WAS CLEANING THE CARPET AT HOME AND GOT A SEWING NEEDLE EMBEDDED IN RIGHT THUMB FB FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Cabinet or door hardware |
| WAS LIFTING A RUG CAUGHT FINGER ON A HOOK ON WALL AND SUSTAINED A LACER ATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT CUTTING CARPET WITH A RAZOR KNIFE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT WAS SCRUBBING CARPET WITH A TOWEL & JAMMED RT MIDDLE FINGER SUSTAINING A MIDDLE FINGER EXTENSOR TENDON RUPTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Other manual workshop tools |
| PT HAD BEEN PULLING UP HER CARPET AND USING A SCRAPPER/ FOREIGN BODY TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/02/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Animal induced injury |
| PT WAS AGGRESSIVELY SCRUBBING A CARPET TO CLEAN UP A DOG "MESS" AND FEL T A SNAP IN HER FINGER. DX: BOUTONNIER DEFORMITY LEFT LONG FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT TRIPPED ON CARPET GOING INTO FRIEND'S HOUSE DX: FX LEFT THUMB, RIGHT 2ND TOE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT WAS HELPING SISTER REMOVE SOME CARPETING WHEN A TACK STUCK HIM IN RT INDEX FINGER 1 WK AGO. DX - RT INDEX FELON, INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2006 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| TORN EXTENSOR TENDON R DISTAL 3RD DIGIT; CLEANING CARPET, GOT FINGERS C AUGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A CARPET AND FELL TO THE FLOOR ONTO AN OUTSTRETCHED RIG HT HAND FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2004 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| 57 YOF SCRUBBING SPOT ON CARPET AT HOME AND FELT A POP IN R MIDDLE FING ER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2004 | Age: 23 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: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| WHILE PULLING UP CARPET CUT THUMB |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/09/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT FELL & HURT L FINGER TRIPPED ON CARPET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Stairs or steps |
| WAS RIDING DOWN CARPETED STAIRS ON A BLANKET AND JAMMED RT RING FINGER. SALTER 2 FX PROXIMAL PHALANX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PATIENT WAS CLEANING THE CARPET AND HEARD HER FINGER POP. DX-AVULSION FRACTURE DISTAL PHALANX RIGHT 3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| JAMMED FINGER WHEN WIPING COFFEE SPILL OFF CARPETING/ RT MIDDLE MALLET FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2003 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Ceilings and walls |
| INJ L SMALL FINGER @ HOME, TRIPPED OVER CARPET, HIT FINGER AGAINST WALL . DX: FINGER CONTUSION/SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| 20YOM GOT A SPLINTER UNDER L 4TH FINGERNAIL FROM FLOOR WHILE TAKING UP CARPET DX: FB LT 4TH DIGIT REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2001 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2000 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Knives with replaceable blades |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2000 | Age: 13 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: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2000 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Spot removers or cleaning fluids |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2000 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/1999 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/1999 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/1999 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/1999 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/1999 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/1998 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/1998 | Age: 4 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: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/1998 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/1998 | Age: 88 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: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/1997 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/1997 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | 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: 01/23/1997 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/1997 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Knives |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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