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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 687
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT EXPOSED TO NEW CARPET @ HOME TRIGGERED ASTHMA ATTACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Bleaches |
| BLEACH FUMES TOXIC EFFECT-CLEANIJNG CARPETS-MIXED CARPET CLEANER, *** & BLEAH-STRONG CHEMICAL SMELL-EYES STARTED TO BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2007 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| CANCER PT WALKING AT HOME DOWN HALL,FELLONTO CARPET,UNABLE TO GET UP CA USED BY SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2007 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| FELL BACKWARD ON RUG IN HALL BUT COULD NOT GET UP DUE TO WEAKNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Cosmetics |
| PT HAS HX OF ALLERG RXN TO CARPET, TONIGHT HAS INCREASED ERYTHEMA TO NECK, ELBOWS & UPR EXTREM WHEN ALOE VERA APPLIED DX-ECZEMA EXACERBATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Tablet or capsule drugs |
| 65 YOM FELL YESTERDAY ON CARPET AFTER TAKING PAIN MEDICATION *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2007 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Footwear |
| PT AT BABYSITTERS, THREW A SHOE, STARTED TO SHAKE AND FELL BACKWARDS ON TO THE CARPET, WAS LISTLESS, NOW ACTING NORMAL; 1ST TIME AFEBRILE SZ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2007 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials |
| ~PLAYING, SAT UP, FELL OVER & HIT HEAD ON CARPETED FLOOR, +LOC DX FALL WITH SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/06/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT WAS AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, & SLEPT ON THE CARPET, NOW HAS ITCHY RASH ALL OVER BODY. DX; CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2007 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT FELL AFTER TRIPPING OVER RUG, MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Alcohol |
| SLIPPED ON RUG, FELL + ETOH DX ETOH INTOXICATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| SOF SOB C HIVES&URTICARIA WHILE PULLING UP A RUG " ALLERGIC RXN'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials |
| 87 YOM TRIPPED ON RUG, FELL TO FLOOR - FAMILY REQUESTED EVALUATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, General purpose household cleaners |
| CHEMICAL EXPOSURE-@ HOME-CLEANING CARPETS W/A LEMON CLEANER & CHLORIDE DEVELOPED BURNING TO EYES, NOSE, & THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2007 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| AT HOME AND CRYING, HIT HEAD ON CARPET WHILE CRAWLING, STARTING SHAKING ALL OVER/TURNED BLUE, SEIZURE/BREATH HOLDING SPELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2007 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL ON CARPETED FLOOR GETTING READY FOR HEART CATH AT HOSPITAL SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/10/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| CAMPING @ MUSEUM, SLEPT ON CARPET, DEVELOPED SHORTNESS OF BREATH DX ALL RXN CARPET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2007 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED OVER RUG AND FELL PASSING OUT ONTO FLOOR AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/07/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT SUST ALLERGIC REACTION TO CARPET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2007 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| ALLERGIC REACTION-AFTER CARPET INSTALLED AT HOME DEVELOPED SWOLLEN HAND S AND LIPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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