Accidents - Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting - Year 2004 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 259
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	71
16-25 years old:	15
26-50 years old:	86
50+ years old:	86

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

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

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