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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,506
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Doors |
| PT TRIPPED OVER RUG HIT HAND ON DOOR CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT CAUGHT FOOT ON A RUG AT HOME AND FELL HITTING HAND ON FLOOR DX: CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT PUT HAND ON CARPET STRIP. DX: R HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT TRIPPED ON CARPET AT STORE. DX: CONT L HAND/FACE/CHEST, ABR L KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| LEFT HAND STR. PT STRAINED HAND WHEN LIFTING UNLOADING A PIECE OF CARPE T |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| LEFT HAND CONTUSION.PT TRIPPED ON A RUG AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2007 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| TRIPPED OVER DOOR MAT FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2007 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT TRIPPED ON A RUG. DX: L FIFTH METACARPAL NECK FX, L FIFTH TOE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| RT HAND CONTUSION: TRIPPED OVER CARPET AT HOME AND TRIED TO CATCH SELF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Doors |
| 62 YO FEMALE FELL ON CARPET AFTER DOOR CLOSED BEHIND HER CONTUSION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT SUSTAINED BURN TO HAND AFTER TRYING TO PUT OUT THE CARPET THAT CAUGHT FIRE. NOT STATED IF FIRE DEPT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT TRIPPED ON CARPET AND FELL ON RIGHT HAND, CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL ON RUG DX: RT HAND FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| FOREIGN BODY HAND: CLEANING DAUGHTER'S ROOM, RAN HAND OVER CARPET, PIECE OF GLASS STUCK IN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2007 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| TRIPPED OVER SEAM IN CARPET SPRAIN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2007 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps |
| 89YOF AT HOME CAUGHT FOOT ON RUG,FELL DOWN 9 STEPS,HITTING HAND ON DOOR;HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| FOOT CAUGHT IN RUG AND FELL CUTTING HAND RB LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Bleaches |
| HAD HANDS IN BLEACH FOR TWO HOURS CLEANING FRINGE ON ORIENTAL RUG AND B URNED THEM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2007 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| 71 YOF FELL L HAND SKIN ABRASION HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Pins and needles |
| PT RUBBED HAND ON CARPET AND GOT A PIN STUCK IN HER HAND DX// FB RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| WHILE PUTTING IN NEW CARPET, CUT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Doors |
| PT TRIPPED ON RUG, FELL ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND AGAINST THE DOOR, SPRAIN OF LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2007 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| HAND LAC-FELL ON CARPET-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT FELL , AND TRIPPED UNTO CARPET, FRACTURE OF RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Toilets |
| PT REPORTS HAVING TRIPPED ON HER BATHROOM RUG AND FALLING WITH AN OUTSTRETCHED HAND AGAINST THE TOILET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2007 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT TRIPPED ON CARPET AND FELL INJURED HAND DX// LEFT HAND LAC FACIAL LAC SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/12/2007 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| 63 YO M CONTUSION TO HAND TRIPPED OVER A ROLL OF CARPET AND LANDED ON R HAND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| SLIPPED ON RUG & FELL INTO GLASS SHELF WHILE GETTING OUT OF SHOWER TO ANSWER THE PHONE / HAND LACERATION WITH TENDON INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT PUNCHED CARPETED FLOOR WITH RT HAND, HAND SWOLLEN DX: BOXER'S FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT PLAYING WITH SON WHEN FELL ONTO CLOSED FIST ON CARPET. D: METACARPAL FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT PUNCHED CARPETED FLOOR. DX: R HAND CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Doors |
| TRIPPED ON RUG AND HIT DOOR, LACS TO R HAND AND ARM DX: HAND AND FA LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2007 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| FALL, PAIN TO R HAND, TRIPPED ON RUG DX: DISLOCATION R 5TH MC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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