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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 192
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials |
| RT ANKLE SPRAIN.PT SLIPPED ON A PLASTIC BAG ON THE FLOOR AND TWISTED AN KLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| RUNNING AND SLIPPED ON A PLASTIC BAG RESULTING IN A ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT TWISTED ANKLE WHILE TAKING OUT TRASH BAG; SPAIN ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plastic bags, Clothing |
| PT. STEPPED ON A WET PLASTIC BAG FILLED WITH CLOTHES AND TWISTED HIS AN KLE, RESULTING IN AN ANKLE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 58 Y/O FEMALE WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON A PLASTIC BAG SPRAINING H ER LT ANKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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