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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,248
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Doorsills or frames |
| TRIPPED OVER A RUG AND FELL INTO A DOOR JAMB. DX. FINGER FX., LIP LACER ATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| SLIPPED ON A RUG AND FELL. DX CONTUSION L FINGER #1 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| LAST NIGHT PT WAS PLAYING WAS PUSHED FELL ONTO CARPET ONTO LEFT PINKY NOW W/ SOME BRUSING/SWELLING TO JOINT. DX FRACTURE PINKY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT WAS CLEANING CARPET ATHOME AND INJURED FINGER DX: SPRAINED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| 13YOF WAS HOME TRIPPED ON CARPET ACCIDENTLY FELL,WITH LT KNEE ON TOP OF LT THUMB;THUMB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| LEFT RING FINGER FX.PT TRIPPED ON CARPET AND INJURED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| 35 YOM WENT TO SIT DOWN AND FELL LANDING ON CARPET LANDING ON LEFT RING FINGER SUSTAINING A DISLOCATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| DX GANGLION/R SPRAIN THUMB (DEQUARVAINS TENOSYNOVITIS)/R SH SPASM: C/O R WRIST PAIN & SH DISCOMF X 3D BEGAN AFTER FOOSH INJ ON CARPET AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT STATES WAS CUTTING CARPET AT HOME, CHANGED RAZOR BLADE AND SLICED HI S THUMB. DX. LAC THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| DX L HAND 1ST MCP JOINT PAIN-POSS UCL/RCL TEAR: TRIP'D OVER CARPET & FELL LAND'G ON L THUMB. C/O CONTINUED PAIN & SWELL'G |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PATIENT HURT FINGER WHILE PULLING ON CARPET. DX FRACTURE TO 2ND FINGE R, LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| RIGHT 5TH FINGER DIS . PT FELL TO CARPETED SURFACE AT HOME. ETOH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT CUT FINGER ON METAL WHILE INSTALLING CARPET AT HOME DX// LAC RIGHT SMALL FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Knives |
| RT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS USING A KNIFE TO CUT CARPET AND LACE RATED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| TRIPPED ON CARPET & FELL ONTO THUMB, DX; THUMB FX, LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| TRIP & FELL OVER RUG DX: FINGER LAC, ELBOW CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| TRIPPED OVER RUG DX: DISLOCATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| 88 YO FEMALE TRIPPED ON RUG AND FELL FORWARD LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT TRIPPED OVER RUG FELL CONTUSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| L THUMB INJ/32YOM STS AT HOME WAS PULLING CARPETING AND INJURED L THUMB . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL TO FLOOR AFTER TRIPPING OVER A RUG, LEFT THUMB SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| TRIPPED ON CARPET DX: R THUMB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT TRIPPED ON CARPET,FELL,INJURED R LITTLE FINGER DX R 5TH FINGER CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| H/O DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, OA, RUNNING AROUND AT HOME WHEN TRIPPED AND FE LL DOWN, HIT/CAUGHT THUMB ON CARPET, APPEARS DEFORMED; THUMB DISLOCATIO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Desk supplies |
| LEFT THUMB PW. PT WAS PULLING UP CARPET AND A RUSTY STAPLE POKED THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| TRIPPED ON A RUG LANDING ON (R) 5TH FINGER DX- FINGER DISLOCATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2008 | Age: 52 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: Rugs or carpets |
| 52 YO SLIPPED ON RUG CAUSING TO FALL ON FLOOR FX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| PT CARPET FELL ON FINGER AT HOME TODAY DX// FX LEFT SMALL FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2008 | Age: 89 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: Rugs or carpets |
| FRACTURE LT.HAND 2ND.DIGIT.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN(TRIP)OVER RUG. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials |
| 79YOF WAS AT SHOPN SAVE,TRIPPED OVER A RUG,FALLING WITH HAND HITTING FLOOR;FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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