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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,238
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps |
| C3 FRACTURE - FELL DOWN CARPETED BASEMENT STAIRS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 12/17/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS COMBATIVE FELL THIS MORNING SLIPPED ON A RUG ONTO WOOD FLOOR. DX : CERVICAL SPINAL FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps |
| FELL DOWN 4-5 STAIRS (CARPETED) INJURING NECK. CERVICAL SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| CERVICAL STRAIN-TRIPPED OVER CARPET, STRUCK HEAD. NO LOC. C/O HEADACHE AND NECK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| CERVICAL STRAIN - 31 YOF WAS SCRUBBING THE CARPET THIS AM AND SUDDENLY DEVELOPED PAIN IN NECK, PROGRESSIVELY WORSE THROUGHOUT THE DAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| FELL ONTO CARPET DX: ABRASION NECK, SYNCOPAL EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/04/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Doors |
| PT.INJ.HEAD AT HOME WHEN TRIPPED ON A RUG & FELL AGAINST A DOOR. DX; CE RVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| CERVICAL STRAIN-AT STORE-TRIPPED OVER CARPETING & HIT HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PATIENT HAVING EPISODES OF VOMITING, UNABLE TO GET UP OFF CARPET, NECK TWISTED THEN FELT NECK PAIN; MUSCLE SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PULLING A RUG - FELL CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT AT CHURCH TRIPPED OVER A RUG STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Beds |
| FELL OFF BED TO CARPET;NECK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PICKED UP HEAVY RUG LAST NIGHT CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| SLIPPED ON WET CARPET AT HOME NOW NECK HURTS. DX NECK MUSCLE STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING SOME CARPET AND INJURED NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 3 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL 2.5 FT ONTO CARPETED CONCRETE OFF OF PHOTAGRAPHER'S PLATFORM AT STORE. DX: NECK PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| 95 YOF TRIPPED ON RUG AND FELL-DX FRACTURED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| CERVICAL,LUMBAR AND THORACIC STRAIN.PT TRIPPED OVER SOME CARPET AND INJ URED NECK AND BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2002 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Ceilings and walls |
| AT HOME TRIPPED OVER CARPET, STUMBLED AND HEAD HIT CORNER OF WALL C/O N ECK PAIN DX: CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Elevators or other lifts |
| CONTUSION NECK AREA, PT TRIPPED OVER A RUG WHILE GETTING IN THE ELEVATO R AT THE CLINIC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Other fireplaces |
| 61 Y.O. W MALE W/NECK STRAIN. PT TRIPPED ON HIS CARPET & FELL AGAINST T HE FIREPLACE HEARTH. E8881 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| S/P FALL WITH NECK PAIN. PT SLIPPED ON CARPET AT CHURCH AND FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2002 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIP ON RUG FALL TO FLOOR CERVICAL AND LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT INSTALLING CARPET GOT CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| FELL @ *** ON RUG; CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| STRRAINED NECK WHEN TRIPPED ON CARPET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Wheelchairs |
| PATIENT FELL BACK IN WHEELCHAIR AND HIT HEAD ON CARPET ON SATURDAY. HAS NECK PAIN. D: CERVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| TRIPPED ON CARPET, HURT BACK & NECK DX: MULTIPLE STRAINS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| TRIPPED ON CARPET DX. CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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