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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 666
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/09/2010 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| 80 YO F TRIPPED FELL OVER CARPET AT HOME. DX FEMUR FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/15/2010 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| 88 YO F CARRYING A POUND CAKE ACROSS CARPET, TRIPPED FELL HURT LEG. DX DISTAL FEMUR FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/09/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| 16YOF GOT BRAND NEW CARPET IN APARTMENT AND SITTING ON THE CARPET AND D EVELOPED A RASH TO BACK OF THIGHS CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2010 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| 67YOF AT HOME TRIP AND FALL ON CARPET/ DX R THIGH AND KNEE HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2010 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| 10 MO FEMALE BEING HELD BY SIBLING WHO DROPPED PT TO THE CARPETED FLOOR . DX FEMUR FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2010 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| 6 MO FEMALE FELL TO CARPETED FLOOR WHILE BEING DRESSED. DX FEMUR FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2009 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED ON CARPETED FLOOR, DX: CLOSED FEMORAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/26/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| 2 YO MALE RUNNING AND TRIPPED ON CARPET. DX FEMUR FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/24/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Stairs or steps |
| BASEMENT DOOR WAS LEFT OPEN AND PATIENT FELL DOWN CARPETED STEPS. DX F EMUR FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT WAS WALKING ACROSS THE CARPET AND FELL ONTO THE CARPET. C/O THIGH PA IN. D: FEMUR FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/29/2007 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| 88 YOF WAS WALKING AND SLIPPED ON AN AREA RUG AND TWISTED LEFT UPPER LE G DURING FALL SUSTAINING A FRACTURED FEMUR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/22/2007 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL ONTO CARPETED FLOOR. DX FX FEMUR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/01/2006 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL TO A CARPETED FLOOR FRACTURED RIGHT DISTAL FEMUR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/11/2006 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT TRIPPED ON CARPET AND FELL, HAS LEG PAIN. DX: FEMUR FX. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SCRATCHED L LEG ON NAILS IN CARPET DX: LEG ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Televisions |
| DEV RASH ON THIGHS ? FROM WHAT BUT WAS LAYING ON CARPETED FLOOR AT NEIG NIEGHBORS WATCHING TV ? CARPET RECENTLY CLEANED D CONTACT DERMAITIS THI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2001 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/19/1999 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/26/1998 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Cribs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/1998 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | 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 |
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