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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 296
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/08/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PUT PIECE OF PLASTIC BAG IN NOSE;DX FOREIGN BODY FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT HAD A PIECE OF PLASTIC IN MOUTH AND CHOKED. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN B ODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| INGESTED A PLASTIC CANDY WRAPPER. DX FB INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Plastic bags, Tablet or capsule drugs |
| INGESTED AP. 6 *** & 1 ***;WERE IN A *** BAG @ HOME. DX: ACCIDENTAL INGESTION NON-TOXIC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags, Diapers |
| A PLASTIC BAG HIT EYE WHILE PULLING A DIAPER FROM A BAG ABRASION LEFT CORNEAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 5 YO SWALLOWED PIECE OFF PLASTIC BAG INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/16/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT FELL ON A GARBAGE BAG WITH BROKEN GLASS AND GOT CUT ON THE THIGH AND LOWER LEG DX LACERATION THIGH/LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags, Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG ON FLOOR, SLID INTO WALL GETTING FOOT CA UGHT UNDER WHERE BASEBOARD WOULD BE; 5TH TOE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | 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: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT STEPPED ON A TRASH BAG W/ HIS L FOOT AND AN UNK FB CUT THE SOLE OF H IS L FOOT. HAS FAT EXPOSED. NEEDS STITCHED. DX L FOOT LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PTS MOM STATES FOUND CHILD UNRESPONSIVE WITH A PLASTIC BAG OVER HEAD DX ANOXIA |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| GOT PLASTIC BAG OVER HEAD;DX ANOXIA, EXPIRED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags, Foods |
| PATIENT SCRATCHED EYE WITH PLASTIC FROM BAG OF PEANUTS; CORNEAL ABRASIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| CHOKING EPISODE-ON SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC SHOPPING BAG-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| FOUND BY MOM CHOKING ON A PIECE FROM A PLASTIC SHOPPING BAG >> CHOKING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC BAG, STARTED COUGHING AND GAGGING. DX-FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Plastic bags, Car seats |
| PATIENT SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC SHOPPING BAG WHILE IN CAR SEAT, STAR TED COUCHING, CHOKING, VOMITED; FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| TRYING TO OPEN A PLASTIC BAG WHEN SHE HIT HERSELF IN THE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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