Accidents - Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting - Year 2008 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 264
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	87
16-25 years old:	81
50+ years old:	96

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: 05/24/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	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
RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER INJURY FROM LAYING CARPET, DISLOCATED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. DX- RIGHT LONG FINGER EXTENSOR TENDON TEAR(MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2008	Age: 9 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, Doorsills or frames
PT TRIPPED ON CARPET STRIKING FINGER ON A DOOR JAM FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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