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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 503
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 09/06/2002 | 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: 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: 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: 05/17/2002 | 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: 04/01/2002 | 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) |
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