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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 355
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/27/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT CUTTING CARPET WITH A RAZOR KNIFE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2006 | Age: 43 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, Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT WAS SCRUBBING CARPET WITH A TOWEL & JAMMED RT MIDDLE FINGER SUSTAINING A MIDDLE FINGER EXTENSOR TENDON RUPTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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, Other manual workshop tools |
| PT HAD BEEN PULLING UP HER CARPET AND USING A SCRAPPER/ FOREIGN BODY TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/02/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Animal induced injury |
| PT WAS AGGRESSIVELY SCRUBBING A CARPET TO CLEAN UP A DOG "MESS" AND FEL T A SNAP IN HER FINGER. DX: BOUTONNIER DEFORMITY LEFT LONG FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2006 | Age: 50 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: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT TRIPPED ON CARPET GOING INTO FRIEND'S HOUSE DX: FX LEFT THUMB, RIGHT 2ND TOE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT WAS HELPING SISTER REMOVE SOME CARPETING WHEN A TACK STUCK HIM IN RT INDEX FINGER 1 WK AGO. DX - RT INDEX FELON, INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2006 | Age: 63 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 |
| TORN EXTENSOR TENDON R DISTAL 3RD DIGIT; CLEANING CARPET, GOT FINGERS C AUGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2006 | Age: 65 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: Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A CARPET AND FELL TO THE FLOOR ONTO AN OUTSTRETCHED RIG HT HAND FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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