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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 962
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2005 | Age: 66 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 JAMMED RT 3RD FINGER SCRUBBING CARPET. DX: FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2005 | Age: 68 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 |
| FRACTURE FINGER - 68 YOM TRIPPED OVER A RUG AND FELL INJURING HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2005 | Age: 88 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| 88 Y/O F INJURED L THUMB WHEN TRIPPED ON CARPET AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HO ME. DX; SPRAIN L THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2005 | Age: 76 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 ON RUG AT HOME AND DISLOCATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2005 | Age: 85 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 |
| TRIP & FALL OVER CARPET FX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/31/2005 | Age: 83 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 |
| PT C/O FALL. PT TRIPPED OVER RUG. DX CONT TO HEAD.FX RT FINGER. CONCUSS ION WITHOUT LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2005 | Age: 61 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 |
| DISLOCATED FINGER - 61 YOF WAS CLEANING THE CARPET AND RUBBING HARD, DI SLCATED THE TIP OF HER RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2005 | Age: 55 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: Puncture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| LIFTING A CARPET AND GOT A CARPET TACK IN THUMB PUNCTURE THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2005 | Age: 56 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 |
| AT HOME LAYING CARPET AND LACERATED FINGER WITH A UTILITY KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2005 | Age: 51 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 |
| JAM FINGER CLEANING CARPET DISLOCATE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN 5 CARPETED STEPS AND INJURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2005 | Age: 51 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, Knives with replaceable blades |
| TAKING CARPET OUT OF BATHROOM - RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2005 | Age: 53 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, Other manual workshop tools |
| PT HYPERFLEXED FINGER SCRAPPING RUGS. " MALLET FIGNER/SPRAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2005 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| 2.5 OCCIPITAL LACERATION: 5TH PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL FX W/DISLOCATION REDUCED IN ER: TRIPPED ON RUG, HIT HEAD AT BEACON HOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| 84 YO FEMALE TRIPPED AND FELL ON TORN CARPET AT TRUMP MARINA FRACTURE LEFT 5TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2005 | Age: 58 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, Knives with replaceable blades |
| INSTALLING CARPET AT HOME AND SLIPPED WITH CARPET KNIFE AND LACERATED L EFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2005 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Rugs or carpets |
| MALLET FINGER, DISLOCATION - 67 YOF WAS CLEANING A SPOT ON THE RUG AND WAS GETTING UP AND HEARD A CRACK IN HER LEFT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 51 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 |
| CUTTING CARPET, CUT FINGER DX: LAC L SMALL FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 58 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, Manual cleaning equipment |
| SCRUBBING CARPET, END OF FINGER CAUGHT, HEARD A SNAP/ EXTENSOR TENDON RUPTURE LIF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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