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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 247
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 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: 12/12/2002 | 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: 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 |
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