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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 665
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/18/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| FELT LIGHTHEADED, FELL HIT HEAD ON CARPET DX: HEAD CONTUSION, VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE, CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT WAS WORKING AT HOME WHILE KNEELING ON CARPET AND SUSTAINED ABRAISONS TO KNEES THAT GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS KNEE |
| 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: 07/21/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT RECENTLY CAME INTO CONTACT WITH BRAND NEW CARPET AT HOME AND DEVELOP ED A RASH TO UPPER BACK CONTACT DERMTAITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL TO CARPETED FLOOR AT HOME AND STRAINED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT PULLING UP CARPET AT HOME AND CAUGHT CARPET TACK IN LOWER ARM CAUSED AN ABRASION THAT GOT INFECTED ADMITTED FOR CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/21/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Stairs or steps |
| PT CARRYING HER CHILD AND FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF CARPETED STAIRS AND SUS TAINED A CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Stairs or steps |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL FROM STEPS TO A CARPETED FLOOR AND STRAINED RIGHT A NKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| PTS LEG GAVE OUT AND FELL FACE FIRST TO A CARPETED FLOOR SUSTAINED A NA SAL FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WALKING BAREFOOT IN CARPET LAST WEEK STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK THAT GOT EMBEDDED IN FOOT PULLED IT OUT NOW INFECTED CELLULITIS FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| INSTALLING, LIFTING LARGE ROLL OF CARPET AT FRIENDS HOUSE, HAS LOW BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT SLIPPED ON THE CARPET AND FELL BACKWARDS STRUCK LOQWER ARM FRACTURE D WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/07/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT WITH CHI, LIFTING A HEAVY ROLL OF CARPET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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