Accidents - Rugs or carpets - Year 2005 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,300
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	121
6-15 years old:	254
16-25 years old:	317
26-50 years old:	645
50+ years old:	962

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
R MID FING INJ/48YOF STS SHE WAS SCRUBBING THE CARPET AT HOME ABOUT 45M IN AGO AND INJURED HER FINGER. HEARD A SNAP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2005	Age: 66 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 JAMMED RT 3RD FINGER SCRUBBING CARPET. DX: FINGER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
FRACTURE FINGER - 68 YOM TRIPPED OVER A RUG AND FELL INJURING HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2005	Age: 88 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, Floors or flooring materials
88 Y/O F INJURED L THUMB WHEN TRIPPED ON CARPET AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HO ME. DX; SPRAIN L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Rugs or carpets
"BEATING A RUG" S/P STRUCK WITH BOARD OF WOOF HAND PAIN FINGER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2005	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON RUG AT HOME AND DISLOCATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2005	Age: 15 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
LT MIDDLE FINGER SPRAIN: TRIPPED OVER RUG, FELL, MIDDLE FINGER (L) HAND BENT BACKWARDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2005	Age: 27 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: Rugs or carpets, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
?PULLING UP THE CARPET, CUT FINGER ON A NAIL "LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2005	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
PW RT INDEX FINGER.PT WAS CLEANING A CARPET AND WAS STICK WITH AN INSUL IN NEEDLE IN FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2005	Age: 85 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: Rugs or carpets
TRIP & FALL OVER CARPET FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/31/2005	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT C/O FALL. PT TRIPPED OVER RUG. DX CONT TO HEAD.FX RT FINGER. CONCUSS ION WITHOUT LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED OVER A RUG. DX. R 4TH FINGER SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Rugs or carpets
DISLOCATED FINGER - 61 YOF WAS CLEANING THE CARPET AND RUBBING HARD, DI SLCATED THE TIP OF HER RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2005	Age: 40 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: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT PICKED UP A CARPET AND WAS STUNG BY SCORPION DX: ACUTE R 4TH FINGER INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Rugs or carpets
36 YO FEMALE TRIPPED ON MAT AND FELL DISLOCATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2005	Age: 55 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: Puncture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LIFTING A CARPET AND GOT A CARPET TACK IN THUMB PUNCTURE THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets, Other manual workshop tools
PULLING UP A CARPET, FINGER CAUGHT ON CROWBAR. "LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
CLEANING A CARPET AND FINGER BENT BACK TENDON INJURY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2005	Age: 56 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
AT HOME LAYING CARPET AND LACERATED FINGER WITH A UTILITY KNIFE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2005	Age: 47 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
FINGER STRAIN-PAIN WHILE SCRUBBING CARPETS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2005	Age: 51 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
JAM FINGER CLEANING CARPET DISLOCATE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	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: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED OVER RUG, FELL JAMMING FINGER. "ABRS/CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT GOT FB IN LT INDEX FINGER WHILE PUTTING HAND THROUGH CARPET (GLASS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2005	Age: 50 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: Rugs or carpets, Manual scissors
PT CUT FINGER ON BROKEN SCISSORS WHILE PUSHING RUGS INTO TRASH. " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		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 CARPETING WITH AN *** KNIFE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO L EFT FIFTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN 5 CARPETED STEPS AND INJURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets
DX LACERATION LEFT PINKY: GOT FINGERNAIL CAUGHT IN CARPET RUG, INJURED FINGER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	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
TAKING CARPET OUT OF BATHROOM - RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets, Other manual workshop tools
PT HYPERFLEXED FINGER SCRAPPING RUGS. " MALLET FIGNER/SPRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2005	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT WAS CUT BY GLASS IN CARPET. DX: .5 CM LAC R MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2005	Age: 25 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
ABRASION 3RD FINGER - INJURED FINGER WHEN PICKING STUFF UP FROM CARPET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2005	Age: 25 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
LEFT THUMB LAC, PT WAS CUTTING CARPET AND CUT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2005	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
2.5 OCCIPITAL LACERATION: 5TH PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL FX W/DISLOCATION REDUCED IN ER: TRIPPED ON RUG, HIT HEAD AT BEACON HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2005	Age: 7 months	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: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS CRAWLING FROM THE CARPET TO THE TILE FLOOR AT HOME CAUGHT RIGHT THUMB ON THE METAL CARPET DIVIDER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 CUT FINGER ON CARPET KNIFE WHILE INSTALLING CARPET IN A BOOT SUSTAIN ED" LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT WAS CUTTING CARPET AND HAND SLIPPED HUSBAND SAW SPLINTER UNDER FING ERNAIL SUBUNGUAL FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2005	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
84 YO FEMALE TRIPPED AND FELL ON TORN CARPET AT TRUMP MARINA FRACTURE LEFT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets
SCRUBBING CARPET TODAY & INJURED RT MIDDLE FINGER JOINT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets, Knives with replaceable blades
INSTALLING CARPET AT HOME AND SLIPPED WITH CARPET KNIFE AND LACERATED L EFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Rugs or carpets
RUG FELL ON HAND DX L 5TH PIP DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT JAMMED FINGER WHILE CLEANING CARPETS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
LEFT THUMB FX. PT TRIPPED OVER A RUG INJURING THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets
CUT HAND ON PIECE OF GLASS IN CARPET/ LT THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2005	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Rugs or carpets
MALLET FINGER, DISLOCATION - 67 YOF WAS CLEANING A SPOT ON THE RUG AND WAS GETTING UP AND HEARD A CRACK IN HER LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Rugs or carpets
WHILE @ *** PT TRIPPED OVER CARPET AND FELL , SLIGHT ABR TOBILAT KNEE L FOREHEAD BUMB , R FINGER NAIL HEALING NO LOC DX PARTIAL A
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
9 YOF WAS PLAYING WITH BROTHER AND JAMMED RIGHT RING FINGER INTO CARPET CAUSING FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets, Knives with replaceable blades
REMOVING CARPET AT HOME AND LACERATED RIGHT THUMB WITH BOX CUTTER LACER ATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2005	Age: 18 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
CUT THUMB WHILE CUTTING CARPET AT COUSINS-LAC RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2005	Age: 10 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
PLAYING AND JAMMED HIS THUMB ON CARPET DX L THUMB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2005	Age: 12 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
FELL OVER RUG DX: FX FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2005	Age: 10 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, Floors or flooring materials
WAS JUMPING YESTERDAY AND HIT HER RT THUMB ON THE CARPETED FLOOR. THUMB SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2005	Age: 44 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED ON CARPET, FELL JAMMING FINGER AGAINST THE FLOOR, SUSTAINED " FINGER SRAIN''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2005	Age: 25 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.INJ.L.HAND AT HOME WHEN HELPING DAD TAKE OUT OLD CARPET,CUT ON A UTI LITY KNIFE. DX; 3CM.LAC.L.HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets
CUTTING CARPET, CUT FINGER DX: LAC L SMALL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2005	Age: 58 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, Manual cleaning equipment
SCRUBBING CARPET, END OF FINGER CAUGHT, HEARD A SNAP/ EXTENSOR TENDON RUPTURE LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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